What did the US do in Afghanistan after the defeat of the soviets there?

Answer 1

Relations between the United States and the Soviet Union reached new lows after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979. Responding to this action, the United States led a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and withdrew its support for a new arms-control treaty. Additionally, after being elected in 1980, Ronald Reagan initiated a massive military buildup and showed a greater willingness to confront communism. Calling the Soviet Union an "evil empire," he provided aid to anti-communist forces in Latin America and ordered the invasion of Grenada in 1983 to prevent the establishment of a communist government there.

Answer 2

1. The global war on terrorism commenced on 9/11/2001.

2. The United States of America is NOT AT WAR with Afghanistan.

3. The United States of America is hunting (searchng) for terrorists believed hidden there.

Answer 3

The modern involvement of the US in Afghanistan partly stems from the covert aid and training given to rebels there during the Soviet occupation from 1979 to 1989. An entire generation of Afghanis grew up in conditions of incessant war.

After the Soviet withdrawal, the lack of interest by the US spurred the rise of warlords, and eventually the rule of the Taliban and sharia law. When they began a mutual association with Osama bin Laden and the Al Qaeda movement, Afghanistan again drew the concern of the US. But it was not until the attacks of September 11, 2001, that military action against the ruling faction was initiated.

After removing the Taliban and their Pakistani supporters, the US continued by renewing war against Saddam Hussein in Iraq (once a paid ally of the West). He had only been spared in the first Gulf War (1991) to serve as a bulwark against the ambitions of Iran. The two powers that actively hosted and encouraged terrorism were therefore preoccupied by their domestic warfare.

Although Iran continues to posture in the Islamic world, another contentious nation, Libya, has taken heed of the conflicts and adopted a more cautious role. It remains to be seen if the US can form stable political structures in Afghanistan and Iraq, given the nature of the forces that oppose this.

Answer 4

It invaded in the hope of capturing Osama Bin Laden.

Answer 5

They got involved after the 9-11 attacks on their country by a group of terrorists who had taken over a country called Afghanistan.

Answer 6

After the defeat of the Soviets, America stopped giving weapons to the Afghans and they left.

Answer 7

To destroy the Taliban(terrorists). Mainly Al-Queda