War on Terror
On 20 September 2001, the United States, under the Bush Administration, alongside NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and UK allies launched ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’. Operation Enduring freedom was the official name given to the War in Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks the same year (9/11). The 9/11 attacks were attacks by hijacked planes crashing into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon building in New York (7). The US accused Al-Qaeda and the Taliban for launching the attacks and demanded that Osama Bin Ladan be removed from power and handed to the United States. The Taliban, in response, refused and demanded to know of evidence of Al-Qaeda or Osama Bin Ladan’s involvement in the attacks. The US did not provide evidence and instead launched Operation Enduring Freedom with the ultimate purpose of ousting the Taliban Regime and removing any Al-Qaeda leaders from power . On October 7, 2001, the official invasion begin and by Mid November Kabul had fallen. The remaining Taliban and Al-Qaeda troops moved to the mountains of Afghanistan where the US continued battling (8). In 2002, the US launched ‘Operation Anaconda’ with the purpose of defeating any remaining Al-Qaeda or Taliban forces in the Valley or Mountains of Eastern Afghanistan. After suffering great Casualties, the Taliban found refuge in Pakistan and regrouped there later (late 2002) attacking coalition forces remaining in Afghanistan (9). In response Coalition forces launched Operation Moshtarak in 2010 (10).
On 20 September 2001, the United States, under the Bush Administration, alongside NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and UK allies launched ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’. Operation Enduring freedom was the official name given to the War in Afghanistan in response to the September 11 attacks the same year (9/11). The 9/11 attacks were attacks by hijacked planes crashing into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon building in New York (7). The US accused Al-Qaeda and the Taliban for launching the attacks and demanded that Osama Bin Ladan be removed from power and handed to the United States. The Taliban, in response, refused and demanded to know of evidence of Al-Qaeda or Osama Bin Ladan’s involvement in the attacks. The US did not provide evidence and instead launched Operation Enduring Freedom with the ultimate purpose of ousting the Taliban Regime and removing any Al-Qaeda leaders from power . On October 7, 2001, the official invasion begin and by Mid November Kabul had fallen. The remaining Taliban and Al-Qaeda troops moved to the mountains of Afghanistan where the US continued battling (8). In 2002, the US launched ‘Operation Anaconda’ with the purpose of defeating any remaining Al-Qaeda or Taliban forces in the Valley or Mountains of Eastern Afghanistan. After suffering great Casualties, the Taliban found refuge in Pakistan and regrouped there later (late 2002) attacking coalition forces remaining in Afghanistan (9). In response Coalition forces launched Operation Moshtarak in 2010 (10).
