Afghanistan WAR

9/11

ID: 24201

Zauq Akhtar, MSDS

Afghanistan Basics

Population = 32 million Area= 647,500 sq. km Language = Afghan Persian

70 different languages

Ethnicity = Mixed Pashtun 50% Associate with Tribes Literacy Rate = 36% Land = Mountain and Desert Landlocked Won Independence from Great Britain in 1919

History and Actors in

Afghanistan WAR

The Soviet war in Afghanistan lasted nine year from December 1979 to

February 1989.

Civil war in Afghanistan (1989-92) collapse of communist Najibullah

government

Civil war in Afghanistan (1992-96) leads to the Taliban controlling most

of Afghanistan

Civil war in Afghanistan (1996-2001) Taliban period

War in Afghanistan after 9/11 from 2001- till date ISAF/NATO

involvement

Military Power

September 11, 2001 Twin Towers

Attack

Al-Qaeda attacked on the Twin Towers of World Trade Center in New-

York city

After 9/11, (2001) USA waged a War on Terror with the help of her

allies i.e. UK and the NATO countries.

There was no clear picture to USA that who was the main target after

twin tower attacks.

Twin Towers

Attack

9/11 Actors

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International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)

Al-Qaeda

Taliban

Other Militant Organizations

United Kingdom (UK)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members

Non-NATO participates including Pakistan

United States of America (USA)

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Al Qaeda & Osama Bin Laden

Al Qaeda bombing of World Trade Centre (1993) attempt to destroy 11 Jumbo’s (1995) bombing of US facilities in Riyadh (1995) & Dhahran (1996), killing 26 and injuring 540 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 (1998) attack on USS Cole (2000) Osama Bin Laden

Originally from a rich Saudi Arabian family. Joined the call from Afghanistan to join a religious war against the Soviets He received training from our CIA operatives

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• The war followed the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in an effort to dismantle al-Qaeda and eliminate its

safe haven by removing the Taliban from power.

• U.S. President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban hand over Osama bin Laden and expel al- Qaeda

• The United States launched Operation Enduring Freedom on 7 October 2001.

• In December 2001, the United Nations Security Council established the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF),

to oversee security in the country and train Afghan National Security Forces.

• ISAF continued to battle the Taliban insurgency, fighting crossed into neighboring North-West Pakistan.

• U.S. military launched drone attacks in Pakistan to kill insurgent leaders.

• On 2 May 2011, U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

• UN-backed peace talks began between the Afghan government and the Taliban.

War in Afghanistan 2001-Present

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US Troops in Afghanistan

2002-2004

US Mission

limited to Kabul

2004-2006

Mission

expends other

regions of

country

Low level of

violence during

2002 to 2006

Growing violence

from 2007-2008

2009 First troop

increase under

president

Obama

(68,000)

2010 Second Obama

increase troops

98,000

US spending on this War International

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$0

$25

$50

$75

$100

$125

2001/2 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

$21

$15 $15 $20 $19

$39 $43

$60

$94

$119 $114

Source:

Federation

of American

Scientists

Spending's In

Billions

Duration 9/11 War International

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September 11, 2001

Present To

From

14 Years, 6 months and two weeks

Outcomes of the WAR International

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• USA and ally troops are dying or are injured everyday.

• Innocent Afghans are being killed or injured daily too, people are hating America because of it.

• More than 60 thousand Pakistani civilian and military personnel being killed.

• Hope to stop terrorists from planning attacks in the future

Reference International

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http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5365287n&tag=mncol;lst;1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2WUcyZKSCM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yhX1NNSnh4

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7364759n&tag=mncol;lst;3

Federation of American Scientists

US department of defense

Congressional Research Services

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