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War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

General Stanley A. McChrystal,

USA Is the current Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A).

Commander of Afghanistan Forces:

With his June 10, 2009 Senate approval to take command in Afghanistan, McChrystal was promoted to General.Shortly after McChrystal assumed command of NATO operations, Operation Khanjar commenced, marking the largest offensive operation and the beginning of the deadliest combat month for NATO forces since 2001.

General McChrystal submitted a 66 page report to Defense Secretary Robert Gates calling for more troops in Afghanistan, which became public on September 20, 2009. McChrystal warned that the war in Afghanistan may be lost if more troops are not sent, but the report ends on a note of cautious optimism: “While the situation is serious, success is still achievable.”

In 2009 General McChrystal requested between 30,000 and 40,000 more troops in Afghanistan

The War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001 as the U.S. military operation Operation Enduring Freedom, was launched by the United States with the United Kingdom in response to the September 11 attacks.

The stated aim of the invasion was to find Osama bin Laden and other high-ranking Al-Qaeda members and put them on trial, to destroy the whole organization of Al-Qaeda, and to remove the Taliban regime which supported and gave safe harbor to Al-Qaeda. The United States' Bush Doctrine stated that, as policy, it would not distinguish between terrorist organizations and nations or governments that harbor terrorists.

The September 11 attacks (often referred to as September 11th or 9/11 ) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 Al-Qaeda terroristshijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings. Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania, after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.
The United States responded to the attacks by launching a "War on Terrorism", invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, who had harbored al-Qaeda terrorists, and enacting the USA PATRIOT Act.

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Taliban Surrender Kandahar
Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar Elude US Crusaders
December 7, 2001

On December 7, 2001 the Taliban began surrendering Kandahar, their final
bastion and birthplace, but the USA's two most-wanted men in Afghanistan
appeared to have vanished. Anti-Taliban forces said they also seized bin Laden's
main mountain hideout in the Tora Bora region, but found no trace of him and
suspect he may have slipped into Pakistan. Mullah Omar, the spiritual leader of the Taliban, who was promised amnesty by US ally Hamid Karzai, also disappeared after the US refused to honor Karzai's pledge.

Still Hunting for Osama bin Laden
November 30, 2001

Bin Laden is probably hiding in the Tora Bora region southwest of Jalalabad,
according to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney.

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) during the 2001-present war in Afghanistan

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Operation Enduring Freedom Our Fallen Troops 2001-present

There have been 1,371 coalition deaths -- 822 Americans, 11 Australians, one Belgian, 213 Britons, 129 Canadians, three Czech, 24 Danes, 21 Dutch, six Estonians, one Finn, 31 French, 30 Germans, two Hungarians, 14 Italians, three Latvian, one Lithuanian, four Norwegians, 12 Poles, two Portuguese, 11 Romanians, one South Korean, 25 Spaniards, two Swedes and two Turks -- in the war on terror as of September 10, 2009.

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