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United States invasion of Afghanistan

2001 – December 17, 2001 · Afghanistan

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The United States and its allies attacked Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks, working with the Northern Alliance. The Taliban government fell by December.

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Coalition

Afghanistan
United States
United Kingdom
France
Canada
Italy
Turkey
Germany
Australia
New Zealand
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Iran
George W. Bush belligerent leader Jacques Chirac belligerent leader Tony Blair belligerent leader Gerhard Schröder belligerent leader Burhanuddin Rabbani belligerent leader John Howard belligerent leader Jean Chrétien belligerent leader Silvio Berlusconi belligerent leader
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Helen Clark belligerent leader Ahmet Necdet Sezer belligerent leader Donald Rumsfeld belligerent leader

Taliban

Taliban
al-Qaeda
Mohammed Omar belligerent leader Osama bin Laden belligerent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi belligerent leader Jalaluddin Haqqani belligerent leader