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U.S. cruise missiles struck a terrorist training complex believed to have been financed by Osama bin Laden
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2001 September 11 - Taliban terrorists - al-Qaeda members - attacked the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon
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2001 October 7 - The Taliban refused to turn over Bin Laden and the U.S. and its allies began air strikes against Afghan military installations
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2001 December 7 - the Taliban regime collapsed
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2004 January 4: New constitution introduced