A timeline of the US intervention in Afghanistan

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The US intervention in Afghanistan that started 20 years ago soon after the 9/11 attacks has come to an end. Here's a brief list of key events that shaped the conflict

US President Joe Biden attends the transfer of the remains of fallen service members at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, August, 29, 2021, after 13 members of the US military were killed in Afghanistan last week.

The ruling Taliban had been sheltering Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda movement, which carried out the 9/11 attacks. The fragmented Taliban and other outfits regroup in their strongholds in southern and eastern Afghanistan and launch an insurgency.Bush sends additional soldiers, bringing the total to 48,500 US troops deployed.In 2009, Barack Obama - elected president after a campaign that promised to end the Iraq and Afghanistan wars - boosts the US presence to around 68,000. In December, he sends another 30,000 troops.

President Donald Trump scraps any timetables for a US pullout, and re-commits thousands more soldiers in August 2017.

 

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The last US plane has left Afghanistan. The 20-year US occupation of Afghanistan is over. Alhamdulillah.

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