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Aug 20, 2021 · The United States launched the war in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The conflict lasted two decades and spanned four U.S. presidencies, becoming the longest...
Six members of my platoon were killed or badly wounded in an instant. Two of the dead were named Jacob, and they worked as a machine-gun team. The assistant gunner, 20-year-old Pfc. Jacob Carroll...
Oct 7, 2021 · The Times photographer Tyler Hicks, who chronicled the 20-year war, captured American troops in battle, the deaths of civilians, schoolgirls in class and the struggles of ordinary Afghans to...
Aug 19, 2021 · Heavy violence continues as the Taliban step up their attacks on Afghan and U.S. forces and civilians, and take over more territory. At the same time, an Afghan ISIS branch also emerges.
- Hannah Bloch
Oct 7, 2021 · The U.S. War in Afghanistan: How It Started, and How It Ended. The U.S. military departed the country on Aug. 30, a day ahead of schedule, ending a 20-year occupation and leaving Afghanistan in...
Aug 14, 2021 · The Taliban are inching close to the capital Kabul - there is heavy fighting in Maidan Shar, a regional capital just 40km (25 miles) away. A local official has told AP news agency that the...
Apr 22, 2024 · Afghanistan War, international conflict beginning in 2001 that was triggered by the September 11 attacks. U.S. forces quickly toppled the Taliban (the faction that ruled Afghanistan and provided sanctuary for al-Qaeda) in the first months of the war, only to face years of insurgency led by a reconstituted Taliban.
