📅 20 Ougùstùs 1998
The United States launched cruise-missile strikes on alleged al-Qaeda facilities in Afghanistan after the embassy bombings in East Africa. The strikes occurred without Afghan consent and did not...
📅 11 Sèptèmber 2001
Al-Qaeda carried out attacks in the United States, killing nearly 3,000 people. The attacks became the immediate trigger for the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, although most of the hijackers were not...
📅 2 Mei 2011
U.S. special forces killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The operation occurred outside Afghanistan, but it became a major marker in the U.S. counterterrorism campaign...