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Afghan-Sovet union close ties
Afghanistan developed close ties with the Soviet Union because the United States refused to grant military aid. -
The mujahideen
The freedom fighters begin receiving military and logistical assistance from the United States and other countries. -
US launches missiles
U.S. launches missiles at bases of Osama bin Laden because they believe he was responsible for two bombings in africa -
Twin towers
Terrorists highjack a plane and crash it into the twin towers and cost many inocent people their lives. -
Refusal to turn in Osama bin Laden
After the Taliban refuse to turn over Osama bin Laden, the United States and Britain begin bombing Afghanistan. -
Ramadan
U.S. warplanes and anti-Taliban fighters continue to strike enemys as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins -
U.S. goals
President Barack Obama the U.S. goals in Afghanistan: to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and its safe havens in Pakistan, and to prevent their return to Afghanistan -
removal of troops
President Obama announced that the United States would remove 10,000 of its troops from Afghanistan and 33,000 troops by the summer of 2012 -
US-Afghan relations
over one hundred guests joined officials from the U.S. Embassy, the Afghan government, and the international community for the opening of In Small Things Remembered, a photo exhibition that highlights U.S.-Afghan relations from 1911 to the present -
post tramatic stress disorder
us solider killed 17 Afghan civilians because of post tramatic stress disorder
