It began with the invasion by a United States-led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the September 11 attacks carried out by al-Qaeda, toppling the Taliban -ruled Islamic Emirate and establishing the Islamic Republic three years later.

The United States launched an invasion of Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks from October 7, 2001, to August 31, 2021, as a part of the war on terror.

On 29 February 2020, the US, represented by diplomatic envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, and the Taliban signed the Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan, commonly known as the US–Taliban deal, [52][53] that provided for the withdrawal from Afghanistan of "all military forces of the United States, its allies, and Coalition partners, including all no...

1999年10月15日 · The U.S. war in Afghanistan marks its tenth anniversary, with about hundred thousand U.S. troops deployed in a counterinsurgency role, primarily in southern and eastern regions.

2019年9月8日 · March 2002: 7,200 U.S. troops are in Afghanistan as Americans lead allied Afghan forces in the largest ground assault of the war to date. December 2002: The U.S. ends the year with about 9,700 troops deployed, mostly going after Taliban insurgents.

2021年10月7日 · The collapse of the Afghan government, after the United States spent billions to support it and the Afghan security forces, was a crushing and violent coda to the U.S. military mission in...

2021年8月31日 · U.S. forces begin bombing the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Special forces and CIA operatives also deploy to support the Northern Alliance, which sweeps toward the capital of Kabul and...

2021年4月15日 · President Joe Biden said the war in Afghanistan was never meant to be multi-generational, as he officially announced the drawdown of all 2,500 U.S. troops in that country beginning May 1 and...

2021年9月29日 · The Institutional Impact on the U.S. Military? Many observers have compared military efforts in Afghanistan to the Vietnam War, in large part because both conflicts resulted in the fall of U.S.-supported security institutions. The U.S. military after Vietnam was reportedly plagued with widespread drug abuse, discipline problems,

2021年8月31日 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending America’s longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost the lives of more than 180 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members, some barely ...