Please Note that the invasion of Afghanistan was undertaken by an INTERNATIONAL force lead by the Americans.
The invasion was ordered/sanctioned by the UNITED NATIONS (after a vote) because it was clear that the Taliban who were the government in Afghanistan were sheltering and supporting Al-Qaeda. The Al-Qaeda training camps and headquarters were in Afghanistan and so was Osama bin Laden.
After the Al-Qaeda atrocity on the US on 9/11 the organization and training camps had to be removed and as the Taliban would not do this, they needed to be removed and the people of Afghanistan given the opportunity to set out on the path of democratic self government.
Afghanistan and later Iraq.
They didn't - they were a faction of Afgan rebel fighters already there.
Afghanistan
Global War on Terrorism: Operation Enduring Freedom launched in 2001.
Aid in the overthrow of Taliban rule in Afghanistan.
2001
to invade afghanistan and topple the taliban government.
to invade Afghanistan and topple the taliban government.
The US invaded Afghanistan in 2001!
September 6, 1998
To target osama bin laden
US never been in Afghanistan but US troops were about 10 years
The US invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to wage war on terrorism, as Afghanistan is a hub for terrorists. The US is not at war with Afghanistan, but is working with the country to fight terrorism and keep Afghanistan out of terrorist hands. The same ideology was behind the Iraqi War.
Afghanistan and later Iraq.
The war in Afghanistan seems to have been going on for the longest time. US soldiers were first sent into Afghanistan after the Russian pulled out of Afghanistan. The first US soldiers entered Afghanistan in 2001.
they went to Afghanistan in 2001
they invaded Afghanistan in 1979