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Afghanistan War: A History from Beginning to End
Discover the turbulent history of the Afghanistan War...
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On September 11, 2001, the United States faced the most devastating terrorist attack in world history when members of al-Qaeda, an Islamist fundamentalist movement, hijacked four commercial airliners and crashed them into buildings in New York and Washington, DC. Nearly three thousand people died in these attacks, and one month later, US President George W. Bush announced the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom, a military operation intended to remove the Taliban in Afghanistan and ensure that terrorists from al-Qaeda had no safe haven in that country.
Most people assumed that the conflict would be short, but this would become America’s longest war. US and NATO troops would remain in Afghanistan for 20 years until their final withdrawal in 2021. During that period, around a quarter of million people died in Afghanistan, many of them civilians, and expenditure by the US government alone is believed to have exceeded $2.3 trillion.
What was the outcome of this protracted and destructive war? The Taliban, the people Operation Enduring Freedom was intended to remove, are back in control of Afghanistan, whose ordinary citizens currently face poverty and famine. How can that be? How can a war prosecuted for 20 years by some of the richest nations on Earth fail to defeat a rag-tag guerilla army or to achieve lasting change in Afghanistan? This is the complex and tragic story of the Afghanistan War from 2001 to 2021.
Discover a plethora of topics such asBush’s War on TerrorMission Accomplished?NATO Obama’s WarPeace Outrage and AngerUS Withdrawal and Taliban VictoryAnd much more!
So if you want a concise and informative book on the Afghanistan War, simply scroll up and click the "Buy now" button for instant access!
Free BONUS Inside!
On September 11, 2001, the United States faced the most devastating terrorist attack in world history when members of al-Qaeda, an Islamist fundamentalist movement, hijacked four commercial airliners and crashed them into buildings in New York and Washington, DC. Nearly three thousand people died in these attacks, and one month later, US President George W. Bush announced the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom, a military operation intended to remove the Taliban in Afghanistan and ensure that terrorists from al-Qaeda had no safe haven in that country.
Most people assumed that the conflict would be short, but this would become America’s longest war. US and NATO troops would remain in Afghanistan for 20 years until their final withdrawal in 2021. During that period, around a quarter of million people died in Afghanistan, many of them civilians, and expenditure by the US government alone is believed to have exceeded $2.3 trillion.
What was the outcome of this protracted and destructive war? The Taliban, the people Operation Enduring Freedom was intended to remove, are back in control of Afghanistan, whose ordinary citizens currently face poverty and famine. How can that be? How can a war prosecuted for 20 years by some of the richest nations on Earth fail to defeat a rag-tag guerilla army or to achieve lasting change in Afghanistan? This is the complex and tragic story of the Afghanistan War from 2001 to 2021.
Discover a plethora of topics such asBush’s War on TerrorMission Accomplished?NATO Obama’s WarPeace Outrage and AngerUS Withdrawal and Taliban VictoryAnd much more!
So if you want a concise and informative book on the Afghanistan War, simply scroll up and click the "Buy now" button for instant access!
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63 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 10, 2023
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January 9, 2024
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You mention $9 billion America froze assets of Afghanistan at end of war and the cost of the war, but you neglected to talk about the totally irresponsible way president Biden withdrew causing the deaths of numerous American soldiers and civilians.....and that he left billions and billions of dollars worth of military equipment, arms, vehicles etc in the hands of the enemy.
You mention $9 billion America froze assets of Afghanistan at end of war and the cost of the war, but you neglected to talk about the totally irresponsible way president Biden withdrew causing the deaths of numerous American soldiers and civilians.....and that he left billions and billions of dollars worth of military equipment, arms, vehicles etc in the hands of the enemy.
October 31, 2023
Never start a fight in someone else’s house
When the history of the twenty-first century comes to be written, it seems likely that this conflict will be seen as both one of the costliest and one of the most futile.
When the history of the twenty-first century comes to be written, it seems likely that this conflict will be seen as both one of the costliest and one of the most futile.
January 26, 2025
Informative, to the point and seems like covered all the major aspects of the US - Afghan relation over two decades. Definitely one the best books from hourly history.
Only issue I found with this book is the way it ended abruptly ..
Only issue I found with this book is the way it ended abruptly ..
September 20, 2023
A great read
A truly fascinating account of the Afghanistan war. The players, the ideology, the tactics, the errors, in fact everything you need to know
A truly fascinating account of the Afghanistan war. The players, the ideology, the tactics, the errors, in fact everything you need to know
September 21, 2023
An overview of the Afghanistan War. A waste of lives and money on an unnecessary war.
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