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Al Qaeda hijacked 3 comercial airplanes in the U.S. They flew two planes into the World Trade Center in New York City and the other into the Pentagon.
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The U.S. begins to bomb Afghanistan and commits to get the Taliban and Al Qaeda out of the country.
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The U.S. begins Operation Anaconda which is the first large scale battle of the war. Soldiers go into Shah-i-Kot valley and try and “surround and capture" Al Qaeda hideouts.
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Many religious, tribal leaders, and delagates from all over the country meet, develope, and approve a new constitution.
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Hamid Karzai is elected as first democratic head of state in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan holds first free legislative elections in more than 25 years.
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President Obama launches risky new strategy on the war. Is not fully committing or backing out of the war but is trying to measure our progress and then decide his actions.
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NATO leads an offensive into the Helmand province to try and rid it of recent Taliban and drug trafficing insurgents.
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President Obama announces he will bring home 10,000 troops by the end of the year and 30,000 by next summer.
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Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal is fired from control of forces in Afghanistan. Replaced by Gen. David H. Petraeus.
