We animated the key moments of the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, breaking down how Operation Enduring Freedom unfolded from the first airstrikes to the rapid collapse of the Taliban regime.

It took barely two months after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 for the United States mission to point itself toward defeat. “Tomorrow the Taliban will start surrendering their ...

President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan brings to an end a 20-year chapter between the two countries. But there’s more to the history of US-Afghan relations.

And the original sin of the war in Afghanistan was going to war in Iraq. In September 2001, when Joe Biden was the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I was the policy adviser for the ...

US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the American military intervention in Afghanistan will be brought to an end by September 11, 2021, and the last American soldier will leave that ...

Americans involved in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan took part in one of the most unique victories in U.S. military history, but some have expressed sadness over the way the war ended nearly 20 ...

The reported figures of 70,000 Afghan military and police deaths, alongside 46,319 civilian casualties estimated by the United States Institute of Peace, begin to illustrate the enormity of the loss.

In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Aaron O’Connell, associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin and director of research for the Clements Center for National Security, ...

In the case of the US invasion of Iraq 20 years ago, we are still in this final phase, seeking an elusive consensus about the war’s legacy. Article by Richard Haass March 17, 2023 Top Stories on CFR ...

(THE CONVERSATION) After 12 days of trading deadly airstrikes, Israel and Iran confirmed on June 24, 2025, that a ceasefire is in effect, one day after President Donald Trump proclaimed the countries ...