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The War in Afghanistan

Afghanistan Facts Population = 32 million Size = Texas Language = Afghan Persian 70 different languages Ethnicity = Mixed Pastun 50% Literacy Rate = 36% Land = Mountain and Desert Landlocked

USSR vs. Afghanistan 1979 - 1989

Soviets in Afghanistan 1988

Thanks USA

Soviets leaving Afghanistan 1989

Taliban Takes Charge of Country in 1996

Taliban Police

1,500 year old Buddha statues March 2001

Opium – poppy plants

September 11, 2001

Al-Qaeda Claims responsibility for attack on USA Taliban lets Al-Qaeda hide out in their county because they are allies.

Al-Qaeda Alliance with Taliban 1996 Osama bin Laden moves from Sudan to Afghanistan Leader of Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda Network

9/11 Men who Hijacked planes

Hi-jacker

Why did these people want to attack America? According to Bin Laden, he is concerned with US support for Israel US support for governments he considers illegitimate (Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states).

Operation Enduring Freedom Invade Afghanistan (Oct. 7, 2001) Mission: 1) Capture Osama bin Laden 2) Destroy Al-Qaeda network 3) Remove Taliban Regime

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization Gave forces to War in Afghanistan

Americans in Helmand Province 2007

Afghan Man Friend or Foe?

Iran supplies arms to the Taliban

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