We animated the key moments of the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, breaking down how Operation Enduring Freedom unfolded from the first airstrikes to the rapid collapse of the Taliban regime.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2001 file photo, Northern Alliance soldiers watch as U.S. air strikes attack Taliban positions in Kunduz ...

Giustozzi, Antonio, The Taliban at War: 2001-2018 (United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2019). Hanagan, Deborah L., NATO in the Crucible: Coalition Warfare in Afghanistan, 2001-2014 (United States ...

October 7, 2001 – Operation Enduring Freedom begins. US President George W. Bush announces that US and British forces have begun airstrikes on Taliban and al Qaeda targets in Afghanistan. Airstrikes ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In the fall of 2003, the new commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. David Barno, decided on a new strategy. Known as ...

In an upcoming book, slated for release in October 2025, Paul D. Miller – a professor of the practice of international affairs at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service – chronicles the ...

U.S. veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission reviewing decisions on the 20-year conflict that their experience was not only hell, but also confounding, demoralizing and at times ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — US veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission reviewing decisions on the 20-year conflict that their experience was not only hell, but also confounding, demoralizing, ...