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Afghanistan War: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date September 26, 2001 - December 28, 2014
Location Afghanistan
Participants Australia • Canada • Denmark • France • Georgia • Germany • Italy • Norway • United Kingdom • United States
Context September 11 attacks • war on terrorism

Photos and Videos

Afghanistan War
A Soviet tank with soldiers rides down a rural road past buildings and a group of civilians during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979.
Mohammad Omar
Afghanistan: U.S. Special Forces and Northern Alliance
Kandahar, Afghanistan: Stephen Harper visiting troops
Iraq War: George W. Bush with sailors
Hamid Karzai
Afghanistan War
An Afghan policeman in uniform uses a stick to destroy white opium poppy plants in a large field in Afghanistan.
President Barack Obama sits at a conference table between Afghan President Hamid Karzai, wearing a striped shawl, and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in the White House Cabinet Room.
A uniformed arm rests a hand on a service cap beside a small American flag. Large text reads: remembering 9/11.
Watch the speech by U.S. Pres. Barack Obama announcing the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces, May 2011
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Key People

President Barack Obama stands smiling with arms crossed in the Oval Office, with the American flag and presidential seal visible behind him.
Barack Obama
president of United States
George W. Bush
George W. Bush
president of United States
Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures with his right hand while speaking, wearing a traditional cap and striped cloak at an event.
Hamid Karzai
president of Afghanistan
United States General Stanley McChrystal in military uniform speaks at a podium with a White House emblem in the background.
Stanley McChrystal
American military officer
Gen. David Petraeus.
David Petraeus
American military officer
Robert M. Gates
Robert M. Gates
American government official
Ben Roberts-Smith in a dark suit and striped tie stands outside the Federal Court of Australia, with blurred columns and people in the background.
Ben Roberts-Smith
Australian business executive and soldier
Cheney, Dick
Dick Cheney
vice president of United States
Mohammad Omar
Mohammad Omar
emir of Afghanistan
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
American government official
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice
American government official
Pat Tillman
Pat Tillman
American soldier and athlete

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