What Happened In Afghanistan In 2001

Soldiers in a firefight with taliban forces in kunar province.
What happened in afghanistan in 2001. The country is just days away from an election but people see little hope of peace reports kim sengupta in his latest dispatch from kabul asia afghanistan suicide attack near president s rally. War in afghanistan 2001 present part of the global war on terrorism and the continuous afghanistan conflict. 7th october the war in afghanistan 2001 present called u s. British royal marines during a clearance in helmand province.
The first phase toppling the taliban the ultraconservative political and religious faction that ruled afghanistan and provided sanctuary for al qaeda perpetrators of the september 11 attacks was brief lasting just two months. An afghan national army soldier surveying atop a humvee. In 2014 at the end of what was the bloodiest year in afghanistan since 2001 nato s international forces wary of staying in afghanistan indefinitely ended their combat mission leaving it to. Soldiers move through snow in logar province.
2001 2008 a chronology of events in afghanistan since the attacks of september 11 2001 tue 8 apr 2008 04 59 edt first published on tue 8 apr 2008 04 59 edt. Invasion of afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground. Afghanistan war international conflict in afghanistan beginning in 2001 that was triggered by the september 11 attacks and consisted of three phases. Operation enduring freedom begins.
An article published in march 2001 by jane s suggests that the united states was giving the northern alliance information and logistics support as part of concerted action with india iran and russia against afghanistan s taliban regime with tajikistan and uzbekistan being used as bases. The invasion of afghanistan was the opening salvo in the united states war on terrorism and a response to the september 11 2001 terrorist attacks on new york and washington d c. Operation enduring freedom begins.