the war in afghanistan
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The War in Afghanistan
Map of Afghanistan
9/11• In September 2001,
terrorists from al-Qaeda carried out attacks on targets in the United States, including the World Trade Centre buildings in New York.
• 3000 people died in the attacks
Osama Bin Laden
• The man responsible for inspiring the attacks was Osama Bin Laden, head of al-Qaeda, whose terrorist base was in the mountains of Afghanistan.
Al-Qaeda• Means ‘The Base’• set up around 1989• Islamist group• Led by Osama bin Laden• Has bases in Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen
• Uses suicide attacks and bombings
• Supports a jihad (struggle)• Jihad (‘holy war’) against
enemies of Islam
Al-Qaeda
• Believes that all foreign influences should be removed from Muslim countries
• Believes in creating a new Muslim caliphate (a state with a purely Muslim government)
• Believes that Christians and Jews are out to destroy Islam
• Directs attacks mainly at the USA and the UK, but also against countries that have moved away from the true ideals of Islam.
Attacks on Afghanistan
• The USA immediately started bomb attacks against the terrorists in Afghanistan and against the Taleban government which was supporting them
ISAF
• By December 2001, the Taleban had been defeated.
• In January 2002, an international peacekeeping force came in (ISAF), agreed by the UN.
NATO takes over
• In 2003, NATO took over command of the ISAF
• Since then Afghanistan has had a new government elected and re-elected in 2009
President Hamid Karzai
The Taleban returns
• British troops have been fighting the Taleban in southern Afghanistan since 2005
• The Taleban want all foreign troops out of Afghanistan and want to govern the country again
Helmand Province
2011
• In 2011, there are about 67,700 ISAF troops in Afghanistan.
• They are backed by about 93,000 Afghan troops and about 80,000 trained Afghan police.
• The USA provides around 32,000 troops and Britain contributes 9,000.
Ministry of Defence | Fact Sheets | Operations Factsheets | Operations in Afghanistan: Why we are there
Military CasualtiesYear USA UK Other Total2001 12 0 0 122002 29 3 17 692003 48 0 9 572004 52 1 6 592005 99 1 31 1312006 98 39 54 1912007 117 42 73 2322008 155 51 88 2942009 226 82 76 384Total 856 219 354 1429
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