The Afghanistan War by Alexander Parker

How to Lose a War After 20 Years

270521_9 — 2025-03-27 13:12:18 UTC

This video answers the question “So how did the war begin, what was Britain’s role and why did it last for 20 years?” This video did a very good explanation of specific conflicts within the war and was useful when it came to the research project.

Inquiry Quistion

270521_9 — 2025-03-27 13:16:27 UTC

What lead to the conflicts of the Afghanistan War?

Background

270521_9 — 2025-03-27 13:29:49 UTC

The war official started on October 7, 2001 and ended August 30, 2021. The early phase of the war was mainly Al-Qaeda and the Taliban versus the US, the northern alliance, and 1000 US special Forces. The main reason they went to war was because of the Al-Qaeda attacks on the United States Trade center and the pentagon. (CFR, An International Mission 1st paragraph)

Ground Zero Memorial, New York City, USA

270521_9 — 2025-03-27 13:39:25 UTC

Work Cited Link

270521_9 — 2025-03-27 13:42:56 UTC

November 2, 2011 -Military vehicles parked outside Loy Karez, Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

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Refugees at Slovenia -Austria Border, November 19, 2015

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Who and What is Al-Qaeda and The Taliban?

270521_9 — 2025-03-27 14:08:40 UTC

The Taliban was a group of individuals that basically ruled Afghanistan and provided sanctuary for Al-Qaeda. They were the ones who planed and executed the attacks on 9/11. They hijacked 4 planes with a team of 20 members and ended up killing approximately 3000 people. Afghanistan endured 64 suicide attacks, a tactic that had virtually unknown in any other countries in history before. Al-Qaeda held naive beliefs about the US in the run up to the attacks and have little information on why. (Britannica Paragraph 1)

270521_9 — 2025-03-31 13:41:44 UTC

Even after Bin-laden and Al-Qaeda were found responsible for the attacks on 9/11, they still refused to extradite Bin-laden to the US. (Britannica, Paragraph 1 “the Afghanistan war and removal power”)

Reconstruction

270521_9 — 2025-03-31 13:45:26 UTC

On April 17th 2002, president bush called for reconstruction within Afghanistan to try and help and free the country from evil and to make it a better place to live. (CFR, 1st Paragraph “The opening Salvo”)

The US power

270521_9 — 2025-03-31 14:02:35 UTC

The US had amazing power when it came to the war especially with help of NATO they had more than enough power to defeat Afghanistans Taliban Army. NATO mainly became involved because of what the foreign source did on 9/11. (Carlisle 88)

Pulling the Troops

270521_9 — 2025-03-31 14:08:24 UTC

Obama started the pulling of troops on may 27, 2014 and Biden ended the war by pulling out the final troops on April 14, 2021. (CFR May 27, 2014)

In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan Explained

270521_9 — 2025-04-03 17:00:52 UTC

This video is the explanation of the US relations during and after the war, and answer the question “what was the war for in order to understand what actually happened in Afghanistan and whether defeat was inevitable.” Also this video identifies throughout the whole war what went right and what went wrong in aspects to the US.

Conclusion of the War

270521_9 — 2025-04-03 17:09:14 UTC

The Afghanistan War, which began in 2001, officially ended in April 2021 with the US withdrawal and the Talibans takeover. The conflict resulted in significant loss of life and destruction, and while initial goals were met the long term goal for Afghanistan remains uncertain, leaving question about the effectiveness of the intervention.