Kabul: The United States fell in Afghanistan and the Taliban government in 2001 after an 9/11 attack by Al-Qaeda, who was seeking protection in the country.
With American and NATO forces who have all except leave Afghanistan after 20 years of war, here is the main event line: on October 7, 2001 – less than a month after the September 11 attack which killed around 3,000 people in the United States – – President George W.
Bush Launches “Operation Perennial Freedom” in Afghanistan.
Taliban’s powerful Islamists have protected Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda movement, who carried out an 9/11 attack.
Operation opened the military front line in the US “war against terrorism” and within a few weeks, US-led troops overthrew the Taliban, who had been in power since 1996.
About 1,300 American soldiers were on the ground in November 2001, up to almost 10,000.
next year.
American attention was diverted from Afghanistan when US forces attacked Iraq in March 2003 to drive the Dictator Saddam Hussein.
Fragmented Taliban and other Islamic clothing regrouped in their fortresses in South and East Afghanistan, from where they can easily travel between their base in the Pakistani area, and launched a rebellion.
In 2008, US commands in Afghanistan called for more labor.
President Bush sent additional soldiers, brought a total of 48,500 US soldiers deployed.
In 2009, Barack Obama – President was elected after a campaign promised to end the Iraq and Afghan war – increasing the US presence to around 68,000.
In December, he sent 30,000 more soldiers.
The aim is for stymies that grow the Taliban rebellion and strengthen Afghan institutions.
In 2010, around 150,000 foreign troops were deployed in Afghanistan, 100,000 were Americans.
Osama bin Laden was killed on May 2, 2011 in US special forces operations in Pakistan.
Alliance NATO ended its combat mission in Afghanistan in December 2014.
But around 12,500 foreign troops – where 9,800 is America – remain to train Afghan forces and carry out anti-terrorist surgery.
Security in Afghanistan worsens when the Taliban rebellion spreads, with the branch of the Islamic group (IS) also becomes active in South Asia in 2015.
President Donald Trump gave rise to US schedules for US withdrawal and returned again in August 2017.
However, deadly attacks doubled, especially against Afghan forces.
The United States dramatically steps over air strikes.
In the following year, Washington and Taliban representatives quietly opened talks in Doha, led by US special envoys Zalmay Khalilzad, who focused on cutting the American military trail in Afghanistan.
Instead, Washington demanded that the Taliban from prevent the country be used as a paradise for jihadist groups including al-Qaeda.
On February 29, 2020, the United States and the Taliban signed a historic agreement.
It paved the way for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan in May 2021 – in return for rebels who offered security guarantees and agreed to hold peace talks with the Afghan government.
The peace talk began on September 12 but violence surged in Afghanistan and negotiations between the Taliban and Afghan government kiosks.
Taliban is blamed for waves of murders targeted at activists, politicians, journalists, and women who work.
The number of troops at the end of the President of Trump in January 2021 fell to 2,500 as support for military action.
In February, NATO has around 10,000 services in this country, the largest contingent from the United States.
President Joe Biden announced that he would hold on to the agreement with the Taliban, but delay the withdrawal deadline until September 11.
The surge in violence after the deadline that was missed May 1 and Taliban launched an attached attack, arresting a number of rural districts close to big cities, stirring concerns that Afghan security forces would buckle so US and international troops went.
Officials on June 2 announced the departure of all US and NATO forces from Bagram, Afghan’s biggest airbase, indicated that the full withdrawal of foreign troops was close.
Bagram functions as Linchpin for US-led operations in Afghanistan, and the ability of Afghan forces to hold the base is likely to prove it is important to maintain security in the nearest kabul and maintain pressure on militants.
The Taliban welcomed the final step in the withdrawal of foreign troops.
Timeline: US Intervention in Afghanistan
