The War in Afghanistan was a prolonged conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. 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.

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.

By August 2021, the war began to come to a close with the Taliban regaining power two weeks before the United States was set to withdraw all troops from the region. Overall, the conflict resulted...

The 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes are a series of ongoing armed clashes consisting of cross-border airstrikes and exchanges of gunfire between Afghanistan and Pakistan.The conflict also separately includes the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), and Pakistani Taliban.The skirmishes took place over many locations along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, including …

February 1: The Afghanistan Compact is developed, establishing a framework of international cooperation with Afghanistan. March 29: Battle of Lashkagar. Taliban fighters attack a NATO base. May 15: Operation Mountain Thrust is launched, the largest offensive since the fall …

Oct 15, 1999 · 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.

Aug 19, 2021 · Here are some key events and dates from the past four decades. The Soviet army in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 31, 1979. The collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban's recapture of...

Aug 16, 2021 · Violence across Afghanistan continued in 2020 and 2021 as the United States increased air strikes and raids targeting the Taliban.

Oct 7, 2021 · Taliban leaders took his place in the presidential palace, driving tens of thousands of people to the country’s borders. Others flooded to the international airport in Kabul, where crowds scrambled...

Jan 18, 2025 · Afghan War, in the history of Afghanistan, the internal conflict that began in 1978 between anticommunist Islamic guerrillas and the Afghan communist government (aided in 1979–89 by Soviet troops), leading to the overthrow of the government in 1992.