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Nov 24, 2009 · September | 11. Choose another date. 2001. Attack on America. This Day In History: 09/11/2001 - Attack on America. At approximately 8:46 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American...
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On September 11, 2001, 2,977 people were killed in the deadliest terrorist attacks in American history. The World Trade Center in March, 2001 Wikimedia Commons. The moment shocked the nation. Two planes, hijacked by Islamic jihadists vowing death to all Americans, plowed into both towers at the World Trade Center in New York.
- September 11, 2001: Us Attacked
- September 18, 2001: AUMF Approved
- October 7, 2001: ‘Enduring Freedom’ Launched
- April 17, 2002: Transitional Afghan Govt
- October 10, 2002: Iraq AUMF Approved
- 2003-2008: Taliban Regroups, Bush Sends More Troops
- Number of Soldiers Peaks Under Obama
- May 2, 2011: Bin Laden Killed in Pakistan
- June 2011: Obama Announces Troop Withdrawal
- End of Afghanistan Combat Operations
Nineteen members of al-Qaeda, a group granted sanctuary in by Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, hijack four commercial airliners in the US. Two of the planes are flown into the World Trade Center in New York City, collapsing both towers. One plane is flown into the Pentagon, the seat of the US Department of Defense, in Virginia. The fourth plane cras...
Then-President George W Bush signs the 2001 Authorisation of Use of Military Force (AUMF). The resolution, which was passed by Congress with only one legislator objecting, legally permits the US president, without further congressional approval, to use military action against a wide array of people or groups that “planned, authorised, committed, or...
Less than a month after the September 11 attacks, US President George W Bush launches “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan, after the Taliban refuses to hand over al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. In a matter of weeks, the US-led forces overthrow the Taliban, which had been in power since 1996. Apart from air raids, the US also gives backing ...
A transitional government led by Hamid Karzai is established in Kabul. US Congress approves $38bn in spending as part of Bush’s plan to rebuild Afghanistan.
Congress passes the 2002 Iraq AUMF after the Bush administration warns the Baghdad is developing “weapons of mass destruction”. Bush signs the resolution into law on October 16. The resolution sets the US on track for the invasion of Iraq, although no evidence would be found to substantiate the Bush administration’s claims.
Attention is diverted from Afghanistan as US forces in 2003 mount an invasion of Iraq. As attention turns to Iraq, the Taliban and other armed groups regroup in their strongholds in the south and east of Afghanistan, from where they can easily travel to and from Pakistani tribal areas. In 2008, the US command on the ground calls for more manpower t...
In 2009, in the first months of the presidency of Barack Obama – elected on campaign promises to end the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – there is a surge in the number of American soldiers in Afghanistan to about 68,000. In December, Obama raises the strength of US forces in Afghanistan to approximately 100,000. The objective, the US says, is to...
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who the US has identified as the mastermind behind the 9/11 attack, is killed on May 2, 2011, during an operation by US special forces in Pakistan, where he is in hiding.
Obama announces the US will begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, as the first attempts to negotiate between the US, Taliban and the Afghan government begin. By December, the US completely withdraws troops from Iraq.
In September 2014, Afghanistan signs a bilateral security accord with the US and a similar agreement with NATO: 12,500 foreign soldiers, of which 9,800 are Americans, will remain in the country in 2015, after the end of the NATO combat mission at the end of 2014. From the beginning of 2015, American troops will be charged with two missions: “anti-t...
Sep 11, 2001 · Tue 11 Sep 2001 11.31 EDT. America's two biggest airlines, American and United, both said that two of their commercial aircraft had crashed during today's attacks in the US. The jets were...
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The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax (a combination of "America" and "anthrax", from its FBI case name), occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
- September 18, 2001 – October 12, 2001
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On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States.
Jun 21, 2011 · In September 2001, al-Qaida terrorists hijacked three passenger planes and carried out coordinated suicide attacks against the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in...
