For my assigned blog #5 Mikayla and I will be talking about the major events that took place during the Afghanistan War. So here are some of the events that me and Mikayla have found.
October 7, 2001: the U.S. and British forces air strike Afghanistan because the Taliban refused to hand over Osama bin Laden, he was behind the 9/11 attacks.
September 20, 2001: President Bush Vows Attack on Afghanistan. President Bush demands that the Afghanistan leaders immediately deliver Osama Bin Laden and his network and close down all terrorist camps or face military attack from the US
December 7, 2001: Taliban Abandon Kandahar. The bombardment of Afghanistan began, Taliban forces abandon their last stronghold in Kandahar.
December 22, 2001: Hamid Karzai an Afghanistan tribal leader is sworn in as chairman of an interim government that replaces the defeated Taliban.
March 2002: Operation Anaconda, Afghanistan and American troops have their first large battle since raids on Tora Bora in December of 2001.
June 13, 2002: The grand council elects Hamid Karzai as Interim Head of State
August 11, 2003: North Atlantic Treaty Organization takes formal control of Peace Force in Kabul.
Janurary 4, 2004: National meeting approves a new constitution for Afghanistan, concluding 3 weeks of tense debates.
October 9, 2004: Hamid Karzai becomes the 1st democrat elected head of Afghanistan.
October 29, 2004: Osama Bin Laden taunts the Bush administration and takes full responsibility for the attacks on 9/11.
May 23, 2005: President Bush and Hamid Karzai sign an agreement to give American forces access to Bagram Air Base and freedom to conduct operations.
September 18, 2005: Afghanistans vote in the country’s first free legislative elections in more than a quarter than a century.
February 17, 2009: President sends 17,000 American troops to Afghanistan.
May 11, 2009: McChrystal is named New US Commander. McChrystal served in the Afghanistan military as chief of staff of military operations. And on June 23, 2010 he is fired.
December 1, 2009: Barack Obama said he would deploy additional 30,000 soldiers over the next 6 months and then he said he would withdraw them in 2014.
June 22, 2011: Obama orders troop reductions.
March 9, 2013: Taliban suicide bomber attacks Afghanistan ministry of defence, at least nine killed and 14 injured in Kabul attack.
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-501704_162-5850224.html
Comments
Whi;e I would prefer paragraph form, I understand why you did your blog in timeline form. Don't forget personal thoughts!