Date:(2001-2021)

U.S. Troops: 980,000

U.S. Casualties: 2,455 dead

Financial Cost: $2 Trillion

Afghanistan War, global struggle in Afghanistan starting in 2001 that was set off by the September 11 assaults and comprised three stages. The main stage—bringing down the Taliban (the traditionalist political and strict group that managed Afghanistan and gave asylum to al-Qaeda, culprits of the September 11 assaults)— was brief, enduring only two months. The subsequent stage, from 2002 until 2008, was set apart by a U.S. procedure of overcoming the Taliban militarily and revamping center foundations of the Afghan state. The third stage, a go to exemplary counterinsurgency principle, started in 2008 and sped up with U.S. Pres. Barack Obama's 2009 choice to briefly expand the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan. The bigger power was utilized to execute a procedure of shielding the populace from Taliban assaults and supporting endeavors to reintegrate agitators into Afghan culture. The system came combined with a schedule for the withdrawal of the unfamiliar powers from Afghanistan; starting in 2011, security obligations would be step by step given over to the Afghan military and police. The new methodology to a great extent neglected to accomplish its points. Radical assaults and regular citizen setbacks remained obstinately high, while large numbers of the Afghan military and police units assuming control over security obligations had all the earmarks of being badly ready to hold off the Taliban. When the U.S. furthermore NATO battle mission officially finished in December 2014, the 13-year Afghanistan War had turned into the longest conflict at any point battled by the United States.

End

The long term war finished in 2021 when American soldiers were withdrawn from Afghanistan.