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Is there still war in Afghanistan currently?
Violence across Afghanistan continued in 2020 and 2021 as the United States increased air strikes and raids targeting the Taliban. Meanwhile, the Taliban attacked Afghan government and Afghan security forces targets and made territorial gains.
When did the Iraq Afghanistan war end?
May 2003
In December 2001, the Taliban’s spokesman offered an unconditional surrender, which was rejected by the United States. In May 2003, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced an end to major combat operations in the country.
Is the Iraq war still going on?
The main phase of the conflict ended following the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the country in 2017, but a low-level ISIL insurgency is ongoing in the rural north parts of the country.
What war is happening now?
The war in Afghanistan has been on and off since 1978. The most recent phase began in 2001 and has primarily revolved around U.S. and U.N. forces and allied Afghan troops fighting Taliban insurgents.
What is the US doing in Iraq now?
The coalition officially concluded its combat mission in Iraq in December 2021, but U.S. troops remain in Iraq to advise, train, and assist Iraqi security forces against the ongoing ISIL insurgency, including providing air support and military aid.
What is the status of Afghanistan today?
Afghanistan is now facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. The Afghan economy has no cash to pay salaries or buy food. Western aid has been suspended because the Taliban government includes designated terrorists. And millions of Afghans face acute malnutrition and starvation in the coming months.
Why did the US really invade Afghanistan?
Theoretically, it holds that the United States (US) invaded Afghanistan as a self-defense strategy following the 9/11 attacks. Practically, however, as US foreign policy is about conquest, self-protection and resource-extraction, it seeks strategic dominance of geographical space to sustain its global relevance.
Are We losing the war in Afghanistan?
President George W. Bush sits in the White House after announcing that the United States and Britain had started bombing Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, marking the beginning of the longest war in American history. (William Philpott/Reuters)
What has the war in Afghanistan really achieved?
While no one else really won either, the Taliban make perhaps the most compelling case for having achieved victory after successfully enduring 20 years of pressure from a coalition of the most…
Is the conflict in Afghanistan worse than the Vietnam War?
You should be too — not that it will make much of a difference. Without a major, top-down change in policy — the kind that can’t be brought about by slathering on a fresh coat of public outrage — America’s war in Afghanistan is going to wind up worse than Vietnam.