Event
U.S. war in Afghanistan
The U.S.-led campaign that began with strikes on 7 October 2001 and ended with the withdrawal of 2021.
- Dates
- 7 Oct 2001 – Aug 2021
- Place
- Afghanistan
Connections 10
involved
- George W. Bush announced the first strikes, 7 October 2001 Primary record 1
- Taliban its military installations were struck Primary record 1
- Al Qaeda its training camps were struck Primary record 1
- SIGAR audited the rebuilding Primary record 2
- Douglas Lute coordinated strategy at the National Security Council, 2007–2013 Primary record 2
- Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan estimated waste and fraud in wartime contracts Primary record 3
part of
- The post-9/11 wars Scholarship & press 4
followed from
- Attacks of 11 September 2001 Primary record 56
appears in
- What We Need to Learn Primary record 2
located in
- Afghanistan Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 7 Oct 2001 – Aug 2021 U.S. war in Afghanistan
Proof 6 sources
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Presidential Address to the Nation, 7 October 2001, The White House, 7 Oct 2001.
Primary record
On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
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What We Need to Learn: Lessons from Twenty Years of Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR 21-46-LL), Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Aug 2021.
Primary record
Archived copy
SIGAR has issued 427 audits, 191 special project reports, 52 quarterly reports, and 10 comprehensive lessons learned reports.
After coordinating Afghanistan strategy at the National Security Council from 2007–2013, Douglas Lute told SIGAR,
The U.S. government has now spent 20 years and $145 billion trying to rebuild Afghanistan, its security forces, civilian government institutions, economy, and civil society.
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Transforming Wartime Contracting: Controlling costs, reducing risks, Final Report to Congress, Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, Aug 2011.
Primary record
At least $31 billion, and possibly as much as $60 billion, has been lost to contract waste and fraud in America’s contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The U.S. Budgetary Costs of the Post-9/11 Wars, Costs of War Project, Brown University, 1 Sep 2021.
Scholarship & press
the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which is part of the same theater of operations, cost $2.313 trillion through FY2022.
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Authorization for Use of Military Force, Public Law 107-40, U.S. Government Publishing Office, 18 Sep 2001.
Primary record
That the President is authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001
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Presidential Address to the Nation, 7 October 2001, The White House (George W. Bush administration archive), 7 Oct 2001.
Primary record
On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
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