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War in Afghanistan (2001–present)


00:05:16 1 Before the start of war
00:05:25 1.1 Origins of Afghanistan's civil war
00:08:20 1.2 Warlord rule (1992–1996)
00:09:31 1.3 Taliban Emirate vs Northern Alliance
00:13:35 1.3.1 Al-Qaeda
00:15:25 1.3.2 Change in U.S. policy toward Afghanistan
00:18:17 1.3.3 Northern Alliance on the eve of 9/11
00:20:01 1.4 11 September attacks
00:21:26 1.5 U.S. ultimatum to Taliban
00:23:32 2 History
00:23:41 2.1 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
00:26:54 2.2 Post-Anaconda operations
00:28:50 2.3 2003–2005 Taliban resurgence, war with Afghan forces
00:32:12 2.4 2006: War between NATO forces and Taliban
00:35:41 2.5 2007: US build-up, ISAF war against Taliban
00:39:47 2.6 Reassessment and renewed commitment 2008
00:42:29 2.7 Taliban attacks on supply lines 2008
00:43:11 2.8 US action into Pakistan 2008–2009
00:45:35 2.9 2009 US reinforcements, Taliban progress
00:45:46 2.9.1 Northern Distribution Network
00:48:02 2.9.2 2009 Increase in U.S. troops
00:50:36 2.9.3 Kunduz airstrike
00:51:02 2.9.4 Operation Khanjar and Operation Panther's Claw
00:52:08 2.9.5 Taliban gains
00:55:11 2.10 2010: American–British offensive and Afghan peace initiative
00:56:59 2.10.1 Troop surge
00:59:08 2.10.2 Battle of Marjah
01:00:01 2.10.3 WikiLeaks disclosure
01:01:02 2.10.4 Pakistan and U.S. tensions
01:01:55 2.11 2011: U.S. and NATO drawdown
01:02:02 2.11.1 Battle of Kandahar
01:02:57 2.11.2 Death of Osama bin Laden
01:03:17 2.11.3 Withdrawal
01:04:46 2.11.4 2011 U.S.–NATO attack in Pakistan
01:05:34 2.12 2012: Strategic agreement
01:05:57 2.12.1 Reformation of the United Front (Northern Alliance)
01:08:04 2.12.2 High-profile U.S. military incidents
01:09:20 2.12.3 Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement
01:10:33 2.12.4 NATO Chicago Summit: Troops withdrawal and long-term presence
01:11:14 2.13 2013: Withdrawal
01:11:23 2.13.1 Karzai–Obama meeting
01:13:24 2.13.2 Security transfer
01:14:22 2.14 2014: Withdrawal continues and the insurgency increases
01:19:37 2.15 2015 Taliban resurgence
01:23:55 2.15.1 Kabul Parliament attack
01:24:54 2.15.2 Kunduz Offensive
01:26:43 2.16 Taliban negotiations, 2015–2016
01:28:05 2.17 Taliban infighting, 2015–2016
01:30:04 2.18 Taliban offensive in Helmand Province, 2015–2018
01:39:39 2.19 2016
01:54:08 2.19.1 2016 peace deal
01:54:56 2.20 2017
01:55:05 2.20.1 Events
02:05:06 2.20.2 Donald Trump's Afghanistan policy
02:08:11 2.21 2018
02:08:20 2.21.1 Events
02:11:13 3 Impact on Afghan society
02:11:23 3.1 Civilian casualties
02:15:46 3.2 Health
02:16:01 3.3 Refugees
02:16:36 3.4 Interpreters
02:16:59 3.5 Drug trade
02:19:30 3.6 Public education
02:19:57 3.6.1 Girls' education
02:20:28 4 War crimes
02:21:01 4.1 Taliban
02:21:56 4.2 Northern Alliance
02:22:36 4.3 NATO & Allies
02:26:46 5 Costs
02:27:55 5.1 Criticism of costs
02:28:57 6 Stability problems
02:31:39 7 Afghan security forces
02:31:49 7.1 Afghan National Army
02:35:30 7.2 Afghan National Police
02:36:11 8 Tactics/strategy of anti-government elements
02:37:08 8.1 ISAF conception of Taliban strategy
02:38:09 9 Insider attacks
02:39:26 10 Reactions
02:39:35 10.1 Domestic reactions
02:43:55 10.2 International reactions
02:46:03 10.3 Public opinion in 2001
02:47:34 10.4 Development of public opinion
02:50:46 10.5 Protests, demonstrations and rallies
02:51:42 11 Human rights abuses
02:51:57 11.1 Taliban
02:53:21 11.2 White phosphorus use
02:54:09 11.3 Human rights abuses against Afghan refugees
02:56:08 12 Environmental legacy
02:56:42 13 See also



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The War in Afghanistan (or the U.S. War in Afghanistan), code named Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan (2001–14) and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (2015–present), followed the United States invasion of Afghanistan of 7 October 2001. The U.S. was supported initially by the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia and later by a coalition of over 40 countries, including all NATO members. The war's public aims were ...