U.S. invasion of Afghanistan

U.S. Invasion of Afghanistan
Part of War in Afghanistan
Date October 7, 2001 – December 17, 2001 Location Afghanistan Result United States-led victory/ongoing Fall of the Taliban government Formation of the Afghan Interim Administration Formation of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) End of the 1996-2001 phase of the Afghan Civil War Start of the Taliban insurgency
Belligerents
United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Australia  Germany Northern Alliance	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Al-Qaeda 055 Brigade Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan East Turkistan Islamic Party Tanzeem-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
Commanders and leaders
George W. Bush Tony Blair Jean Chrétien John Howard Gerhard Schröder Burhanuddin Rabbani	Mohammed Omar Osama bin Laden Hasan Mahsum Sufi Muhammad

United States-led victory/ongoing

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Al-Qaeda

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
East Turkistan Islamic Party

The United States invasion of Afghanistan occurred after the September 11 attacks in late 2001, supported by close allies. The conflict is also known as the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Its public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda, and to deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan by removing the Taliban from power. The United Kingdom was a key ally of the United States, offering support for military action from the start of preparations for the invasion. It followed the Afghan Civil War's 1996–2001 phase between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance groups, although the Taliban controlled 90% of the country by 2001.

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