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Calculated Shard: 60 (from laksa068)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa060.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/timeline-us-war-afghanistan-1.6157838\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/timeline-us-war-afghanistan-1.6157838\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/timeline-us-war-afghanistan-1.6157838","crawl_time":1776143058,"first_indexed_time":1630377458,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"ca,cbc!www,\/news\/world\/timeline-us-war-afghanistan-1.6157838 s443","src_root_hash":"16866748907616178860","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Key dates in U.S. war in Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001 | CBC News","meta_descriptions":["The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war after a chaotic and violent evacuation from Kabul."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"World\nThe last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war after a chaotic and violent evacuation from Kabul.\nLast U.S. troops flew out of Kabul on Monday, ending America's longest war\nListen to this article\nEstimated 6 minutes\nThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.\nU.S. marines are seen in Herati, Afghanistan, in July 2009. The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\nThe last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan, the military said on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war after a chaotic and violent evacuation from Kabul.\nThe following is a chronology of U.S. involvement and major developments in Afghanistan over the past two decades:\nSept. 11, 2001\nU.S. involvement in Afghanistan is triggered by attacks on the United States plotted in Afghanistan by the al-Qaeda militant group, led by Osama bin Laden, who was in Afghanistan under Taliban protection.\nOct. 7, 2001\nU.S. forces begin air campaign with strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. Small numbers of U.S. special forces and CIA agents soon slip into Afghanistan to help direct the bombing campaign and organize Afghan opposition forces. The Taliban would swiftly be toppled, however, with no major U.S. combat deployment on the ground.\nAnti-Taliban Afghan fighters as the U.S. conducts airstrikes in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan in December 2001.  (Erik de Castro\/Reuters)\nNov. 13, 2001\nU.S.-backed Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul as the Taliban withdraw south. Within a month, Taliban leaders have fled from southern Afghanistan into Pakistan.\nDecember 2001\nU.S. forces bomb the Tora Bora cave complex in eastern Afghanistan where bin Laden is reported to be hiding, but he slips over the border into Pakistan, where he disappears.\nMay 2, 2003\nU.S. officials declare an end to major combat operations in Afghanistan. Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. focus turns to preparing for the invasion of Iraq, which required a diversion of U.S. troops, equipment and intelligence collection from Afghanistan. That allows the Taliban to slowly regroup, at first in the south and east.\nThe UN authorizes a NATO-led mission with the goal of stabilizing Afghanistan and establishing a new government. Canada is part of this mission, initially with about 700 soldiers deployed in Kabul and another 200 more in the country's southwest. \nU.S. President George W. Bush meets with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai of at the White House in February 2003. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\n2006-08\nWith U.S. forces mainly fighting a surge campaign in Iraq, only a much smaller contingent is deployed in Afghanistan. The Taliban launch major advances threatening to recapture swaths of territory, especially in the south. In response, an enlarged NATO mission brings thousands more troops, notably British forces, hundreds of whom are killed in intense battles against the Taliban in Helmand province. Canada's contribution will eventually grow to about 2,300, stationed mainly in and around Kandahar. \nFeb. 17, 2009\nAs Washington draws down in Iraq, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama decides to ramp up the force in Afghanistan. In his first major military decision as commander in chief, he orders in 17,000 more combat troops to reinforce 38,000 U.S. troops and 32,000 from some 40 NATO allies already on the ground. Later that year, with generals recommending a \"surge\" campaign similar to the one waged in Iraq in 2006-07, Obama would order an even larger buildup. The U.S. contingent would exceed 100,000 by the middle of 2010, carrying out extensive counter-insurgency operations across the country.\nMay 1, 2011\nBin Laden is killed in a raid by U.S. forces in Pakistan.\nWATCH | Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden: \nBarack Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden\nFebruary 1, 2013\n|\nDuration\n9:40\nOn May 2, 2011 at 11:35 p.m. (EST) , from the East Room at the White House, President Barack Obama announced to the world that the United States had killed Osama bin Laden.\nDecember 2011\nU.S. officials say U.S. diplomats have held about half a dozen secret meetings with Afghan Taliban contacts over the previous 10 months, mostly in Germany and Qatar.\nCanada's combat mission to Afghanistan ends, though soldiers stay in a training role until March 2014. In the end, more than 40,000 Canadian personnel served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2014, with 158 losing their lives. \nMay 27, 2014\nFollowing the surge campaign of Obama's first term, Washington rapidly draws down its forces and switches its emphasis to training and supporting the Afghan military. Obama outlines a plan to withdraw all but 9,800 American troops by the end of the year and pull out the rest by the end of 2016.\nDec. 28, 2014\nThe U.S. combat mission is officially concluded after the withdrawal of most combat troops and a transition to an \"Afghan-led\" war.\nCmdr. Sgt. Maj. John Etter salutes Afghan soldiers in Kabul in March 2014. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)\nAug. 21, 2017\nU.S. President Donald Trump announces his strategy, calling for a small, open-ended deployment of U.S. forces providing support to Afghans, with the goal of forcing the Taliban to negotiate peace with the Kabul government.\nFeb. 29, 2020\nUnder Trump, Washington signs an agreement with the Taliban in Doha to withdraw all U.S. troops. The Taliban agree to halt attacks on U.S. forces, not to let their territory be used for terrorism and to hold talks with the Afghan government, although those talks would subsequently prove fruitless.\nApril 14, 2021\nBiden announces U.S. forces will withdraw unconditionally by Sept. 11, implementing the agreement reached with the Taliban by his predecessor, Trump.\nWATCH | Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11:\nBiden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11\nApril 14, 2021\n|\nDuration\n2:04\nThe U.S. and NATO announce they will pull their troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 20 years after the terror attacks on the U.S. But experts are concerned the withdrawal could stall peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government.\nJuly 2, 2021\nU.S. troops abruptly pull out of their main base at Bagram airfield 60 kilometres north of Kabul.\nAug. 15, 2021\nAfter a stunning week-long advance capturing cities across the country, the Taliban seize Kabul without a fight. President Ashraf Ghani flees the country. The United States and Western allies launch an urgent airlift from Kabul airport to bring out their own citizens and tens of thousands of Afghans who aided them.\nWATCH | Desperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee:\n \nDesperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee\nAugust 16, 2021\n|\nDuration\n2:21\nAs the Taliban tightens its hold on Afghanistan, desperate people flocked to Kabul’s airport as a last resort to try and get onto planes headed west.\nAug. 26, 2021\nIslamic State launches a suicide bomb attack on the crowded gates of Kabul airport, killing scores of civilians and 13 U.S. troops, the deadliest incident for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in more than a decade.\nAug. 30, 2021\nU.S. General Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, announces completion of the U.S. troop withdrawal.\nWith files from CBC News","attrs_markdown":"![](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/nojsimg.gif)\n\n[Content](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/timeline-us-war-afghanistan-1.6157838#content)\n\n[Skip to Main Content](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/timeline-us-war-afghanistan-1.6157838#content)[Accessibility Help](https:\/\/cbchelp.cbc.ca\/hc\/en-ca\/categories\/31606111569053-Accessibility)\n\n[Menu](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sitemap)\n\n[Search](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/search)\n\nSign In\n\n##### Quick Links\n- [News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news)\n- [Sports](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports)\n- [Radio](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio)\n- [Music](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/music)\n- [Listen Live](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio)\n- [TV](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/television)\n- [Watch](https:\/\/gem.cbc.ca\/)\n\n- [news](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news)\n- [Top Stories](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news)\n- [Local](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/local)\n- [Climate](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/climate)\n- [World](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world)\n- [Canada](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada)\n- [Politics](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics)\n- [Indigenous](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/indigenous)\n- [Business](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business)\n- [The National](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/thenational)\n- [Health](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/health)\n- [Entertainment](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/entertainment)\n- [Science](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science)\n- [CBC News Investigates](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/investigates)\n- [Disability Life](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/disabilitylife)\n- [Go Public](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/gopublic)\n- [About CBC News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/about-cbc-news-1.1294364)\n- [Being Black in Canada](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/beingblackincanada)\n- More\n  \n  - [Business](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/business)\n  - [The National](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/thenational)\n  - [Health](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/health)\n  - [Entertainment](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/entertainment)\n  - [Science](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science)\n  - [CBC News Investigates](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/investigates)\n  - [Disability Life](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/disabilitylife)\n  - [Go Public](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/gopublic)\n  - [About CBC News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/about-cbc-news-1.1294364)\n  - [Being Black in Canada](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/beingblackincanada)\n\nKey dates in U.S. war in Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001 \\| CBC News Loaded\n\n[World](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world)\n\n# Key dates in U.S. war in Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001\nThe last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war after a chaotic and violent evacuation from Kabul.\n\n## Last U.S. troops flew out of Kabul on Monday, ending America's longest war\nThomson Reuters  ·\n\nPosted: Aug 30, 2021 9:10 PM EDT \\| Last Updated: August 31, 2021\n\n![Text to Speech Icon](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg)\n\nListen to this article\n\nEstimated 6 minutes\n\nThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.6159148,1630368968000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C265%2C3000%2C1687%29%3B)\n\nU.S. marines are seen in Herati, Afghanistan, in July 2009. The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\n\n## Social Sharing\n- X\n  \n  0\n- Email\n  \n  0\n- Reddit\n  \n  0\n- LinkedIn\n  \n  0\n\n17\n\ncomments\n\nThe last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan, the military said on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war after a chaotic and violent evacuation from Kabul.\n\nThe following is a chronology of U.S. involvement and major developments in Afghanistan over the past two decades:\n\n## Sept. 11, 2001\nU.S. involvement in Afghanistan is triggered by attacks on the United States plotted in Afghanistan by the al-Qaeda militant group, led by Osama bin Laden, who was in Afghanistan under Taliban protection.\n\n## Oct. 7, 2001\nU.S. forces begin air campaign with strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. Small numbers of U.S. special forces and CIA agents soon slip into Afghanistan to help direct the bombing campaign and organize Afghan opposition forces. The Taliban would swiftly be toppled, however, with no major U.S. combat deployment on the ground.\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.6159180,1630371084000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C2048%2C1402%29%3B)\n\nAnti-Taliban Afghan fighters as the U.S. conducts airstrikes in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan in December 2001. (Erik de Castro\/Reuters)\n## Nov. 13, 2001\nU.S.-backed Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul as the Taliban withdraw south. Within a month, Taliban leaders have fled from southern Afghanistan into Pakistan.\n\n## December 2001\nU.S. forces bomb the Tora Bora cave complex in eastern Afghanistan where bin Laden is reported to be hiding, but he slips over the border into Pakistan, where he disappears.\n\n## May 2, 2003\nU.S. officials declare an end to major combat operations in Afghanistan. Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. focus turns to preparing for the invasion of Iraq, which required a diversion of U.S. troops, equipment and intelligence collection from Afghanistan. That allows the Taliban to slowly regroup, at first in the south and east.\n\nThe UN authorizes a NATO-led mission with the goal of stabilizing Afghanistan and establishing a new government. Canada is part of this mission, initially with about 700 soldiers deployed in Kabul and another 200 more in the country's southwest.\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.6159160,1630369996000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C3000%2C2046%29%3B)\n\nU.S. President George W. Bush meets with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai of at the White House in February 2003. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\n## 2006-08\nWith U.S. forces mainly fighting a surge campaign in Iraq, only a much smaller contingent is deployed in Afghanistan. The Taliban launch major advances threatening to recapture swaths of territory, especially in the south. In response, an enlarged NATO mission brings thousands more troops, notably British forces, hundreds of whom are killed in intense battles against the Taliban in Helmand province. Canada's contribution will eventually grow to about 2,300, stationed mainly in and around Kandahar.\n\n## Feb. 17, 2009\nAs Washington draws down in Iraq, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama decides to ramp up the force in Afghanistan. In his first major military decision as commander in chief, he orders in 17,000 more combat troops to reinforce 38,000 U.S. troops and 32,000 from some 40 NATO allies already on the ground. Later that year, with generals recommending a \"surge\" campaign similar to the one waged in Iraq in 2006-07, Obama would order an even larger buildup. The U.S. contingent would exceed 100,000 by the middle of 2010, carrying out extensive counter-insurgency operations across the country.\n\n## May 1, 2011\nBin Laden is killed in a raid by U.S. forces in Pakistan.\n\n***WATCH \\| Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden:***\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.4336610,1717097520183\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C138%2C77%29%3BResize%3D620)\n\nBarack Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden\n\nFebruary 1, 2013\\|\n\nDuration 9:40\n\nOn May 2, 2011 at 11:35 p.m. (EST) , from the East Room at the White House, President Barack Obama announced to the world that the United States had killed Osama bin Laden.\n## December 2011\nU.S. officials say U.S. diplomats have held about half a dozen secret meetings with Afghan Taliban contacts over the previous 10 months, mostly in Germany and Qatar.\n\nCanada's combat mission to Afghanistan ends, though soldiers stay in a training role until March 2014. In the end, more than 40,000 Canadian personnel served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2014, with 158 losing their lives.\n\n## May 27, 2014\nFollowing the surge campaign of Obama's first term, Washington rapidly draws down its forces and switches its emphasis to training and supporting the Afghan military. Obama outlines a plan to withdraw all but 9,800 American troops by the end of the year and pull out the rest by the end of 2016.\n\n## Dec. 28, 2014\nThe U.S. combat mission is officially concluded after the withdrawal of most combat troops and a transition to an \"Afghan-led\" war.\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.6159172,1630370656000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C3000%2C1961%29%3B)\n\nCmdr. Sgt. Maj. John Etter salutes Afghan soldiers in Kabul in March 2014. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)\n## Aug. 21, 2017\nU.S. President Donald Trump announces his strategy, calling for a small, open-ended deployment of U.S. forces providing support to Afghans, with the goal of forcing the Taliban to negotiate peace with the Kabul government.\n\n## Feb. 29, 2020\nUnder Trump, Washington signs an agreement with the Taliban in Doha to withdraw all U.S. troops. The Taliban agree to halt attacks on U.S. forces, not to let their territory be used for terrorism and to hold talks with the Afghan government, although those talks would subsequently prove fruitless.\n\n## April 14, 2021\nBiden announces U.S. forces will withdraw unconditionally by Sept. 11, implementing the agreement reached with the Taliban by his predecessor, Trump.\n\n***WATCH \\| Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11:***\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.5988339,1717215058729\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620)\n\nBiden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11\n\nApril 14, 2021\\|\n\nDuration 2:04\n\nThe U.S. and NATO announce they will pull their troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 20 years after the terror attacks on the U.S. But experts are concerned the withdrawal could stall peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government.\n## July 2, 2021\nU.S. troops abruptly pull out of their main base at Bagram airfield 60 kilometres north of Kabul.\n\n## Aug. 15, 2021\nAfter a stunning week-long advance capturing cities across the country, the Taliban seize Kabul without a fight. President Ashraf Ghani flees the country. The United States and Western allies launch an urgent airlift from Kabul airport to bring out their own citizens and tens of thousands of Afghans who aided them.\n\n***WATCH \\| Desperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee:***\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.6143303,1717200022416\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620)\n\nDesperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee\n\nAugust 16, 2021\\|\n\nDuration 2:21\n\nAs the Taliban tightens its hold on Afghanistan, desperate people flocked to Kabul’s airport as a last resort to try and get onto planes headed west.\n## Aug. 26, 2021\nIslamic State launches a suicide bomb attack on the crowded gates of Kabul airport, killing scores of civilians and 13 U.S. troops, the deadliest incident for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in more than a decade.\n\n## Aug. 30, 2021\nU.S. General Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, announces completion of the U.S. troop withdrawal.\n\nWith files from CBC News\n\n[CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices](https:\/\/cbc.radio-canada.ca\/en\/vision\/governance\/journalistic-standards-and-practices)·[About CBC News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/about-cbc-news-1.1294364)\n\n[Corrections and clarifications](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564)·[Submit a news tip](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536)·\n\nReport error\n\n## Related Stories\n- [U.S. completes withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending 20-year deployment](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/rocket-attack-kabul-1.6157938)\n\n## Popular Now in News\n1. 1\n   \n   [Terrebonne byelection results](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/terrebonne-byelection-results-9.7158119)\n2. 2\n   \n   [Ruby Rose accuses Katy Perry of sexual assault, which singer denies](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/entertainment\/ruby-rose-katy-perry-allegations-9.7162156)\n3. 3\n   \n   [AnalysisMark Carney enters his majority era](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/carney-majority-byelections-analysis-9.7162517)\n4. 4\n   \n   [Scarborough Southwest byelection results](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/scarborough-southwest-byelection-results-9.7159213)\n5. 5\n   \n   [University-Rosedale byelection results](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/university-rosedale-byelection-results-9.7159194)\n\n## Trending Videos\n[![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/3ed0a2ba-2820-43e6-a39d-21e87b00e212,1775844863478\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C320%2C5635%2C3169%29%3B) Video 2:58Video Has Trump proven himself unfit for the presidency? \\| About That About That](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.7159421)\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/89191ddc-7221-4f73-92d1-00254e9f9cc0,1776131204943\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3B) Video 1:04Video Liberals win majority government, CBC News projects Politics News](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.7162678)\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/2ff2cd93-952e-47cc-a929-d47e503e5ad2,1775861621058\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3B) Video 4:08Video How Iran is using executions to crush dissent The National](https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.7161051)\n\n[![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/4af59013-9a1b-49b3-97aa-cedb13ed9f90,1776086690789\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3B) Video 2:05Video Liberals poised to secure majority. 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The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)\n\nThe last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan, the military said on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war after a chaotic and violent evacuation from Kabul.\n\nThe following is a chronology of U.S. involvement and major developments in Afghanistan over the past two decades:\n\n## Sept. 11, 2001\nU.S. involvement in Afghanistan is triggered by attacks on the United States plotted in Afghanistan by the al-Qaeda militant group, led by Osama bin Laden, who was in Afghanistan under Taliban protection.\n\n## Oct. 7, 2001\nU.S. forces begin air campaign with strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. Small numbers of U.S. special forces and CIA agents soon slip into Afghanistan to help direct the bombing campaign and organize Afghan opposition forces. The Taliban would swiftly be toppled, however, with no major U.S. combat deployment on the ground.\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.6159180,1630371084000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C2048%2C1402%29%3B)\n\nAnti-Taliban Afghan fighters as the U.S. conducts airstrikes in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan in December 2001. (Erik de Castro\/Reuters)\n## Nov. 13, 2001\nU.S.-backed Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul as the Taliban withdraw south. Within a month, Taliban leaders have fled from southern Afghanistan into Pakistan.\n\n## December 2001\nU.S. forces bomb the Tora Bora cave complex in eastern Afghanistan where bin Laden is reported to be hiding, but he slips over the border into Pakistan, where he disappears.\n\n## May 2, 2003\nU.S. officials declare an end to major combat operations in Afghanistan. Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. focus turns to preparing for the invasion of Iraq, which required a diversion of U.S. troops, equipment and intelligence collection from Afghanistan. That allows the Taliban to slowly regroup, at first in the south and east.\n\nThe UN authorizes a NATO-led mission with the goal of stabilizing Afghanistan and establishing a new government. Canada is part of this mission, initially with about 700 soldiers deployed in Kabul and another 200 more in the country's southwest.\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.6159160,1630369996000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C3000%2C2046%29%3B)\n\nU.S. President George W. Bush meets with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai of at the White House in February 2003. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\n## 2006-08\nWith U.S. forces mainly fighting a surge campaign in Iraq, only a much smaller contingent is deployed in Afghanistan. The Taliban launch major advances threatening to recapture swaths of territory, especially in the south. In response, an enlarged NATO mission brings thousands more troops, notably British forces, hundreds of whom are killed in intense battles against the Taliban in Helmand province. Canada's contribution will eventually grow to about 2,300, stationed mainly in and around Kandahar.\n\n## Feb. 17, 2009\nAs Washington draws down in Iraq, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama decides to ramp up the force in Afghanistan. In his first major military decision as commander in chief, he orders in 17,000 more combat troops to reinforce 38,000 U.S. troops and 32,000 from some 40 NATO allies already on the ground. Later that year, with generals recommending a \"surge\" campaign similar to the one waged in Iraq in 2006-07, Obama would order an even larger buildup. The U.S. contingent would exceed 100,000 by the middle of 2010, carrying out extensive counter-insurgency operations across the country.\n\n## May 1, 2011\nBin Laden is killed in a raid by U.S. forces in Pakistan.\n\n***WATCH \\| Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden:***\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.4336610,1717097520183\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C138%2C77%29%3BResize%3D620) Barack Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden February 1, 2013\\| Duration 9:40 On May 2, 2011 at 11:35 p.m. (EST) , from the East Room at the White House, President Barack Obama announced to the world that the United States had killed Osama bin Laden.\n\n## December 2011\nU.S. officials say U.S. diplomats have held about half a dozen secret meetings with Afghan Taliban contacts over the previous 10 months, mostly in Germany and Qatar.\n\nCanada's combat mission to Afghanistan ends, though soldiers stay in a training role until March 2014. In the end, more than 40,000 Canadian personnel served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2014, with 158 losing their lives.\n\n## May 27, 2014\nFollowing the surge campaign of Obama's first term, Washington rapidly draws down its forces and switches its emphasis to training and supporting the Afghan military. Obama outlines a plan to withdraw all but 9,800 American troops by the end of the year and pull out the rest by the end of 2016.\n\n## Dec. 28, 2014\nThe U.S. combat mission is officially concluded after the withdrawal of most combat troops and a transition to an \"Afghan-led\" war.\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.6159172,1630370656000\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C3000%2C1961%29%3B)\n\nCmdr. Sgt. Maj. John Etter salutes Afghan soldiers in Kabul in March 2014. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)\n## Aug. 21, 2017\nU.S. President Donald Trump announces his strategy, calling for a small, open-ended deployment of U.S. forces providing support to Afghans, with the goal of forcing the Taliban to negotiate peace with the Kabul government.\n\n## Feb. 29, 2020\nUnder Trump, Washington signs an agreement with the Taliban in Doha to withdraw all U.S. troops. The Taliban agree to halt attacks on U.S. forces, not to let their territory be used for terrorism and to hold talks with the Afghan government, although those talks would subsequently prove fruitless.\n\n## April 14, 2021\nBiden announces U.S. forces will withdraw unconditionally by Sept. 11, implementing the agreement reached with the Taliban by his predecessor, Trump.\n\n***WATCH \\| Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11:***\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.5988339,1717215058729\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620) Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 April 14, 2021\\| Duration 2:04 The U.S. and NATO announce they will pull their troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 20 years after the terror attacks on the U.S. But experts are concerned the withdrawal could stall peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government.\n\n## July 2, 2021\nU.S. troops abruptly pull out of their main base at Bagram airfield 60 kilometres north of Kabul.\n\n## Aug. 15, 2021\nAfter a stunning week-long advance capturing cities across the country, the Taliban seize Kabul without a fight. President Ashraf Ghani flees the country. The United States and Western allies launch an urgent airlift from Kabul airport to bring out their own citizens and tens of thousands of Afghans who aided them.\n\n***WATCH \\| Desperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee:***\n\n![](https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/ais\/1.6143303,1717200022416\/full\/max\/0\/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620) Desperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee August 16, 2021\\| Duration 2:21 As the Taliban tightens its hold on Afghanistan, desperate people flocked to Kabul’s airport as a last resort to try and get onto planes headed west.\n\n## Aug. 26, 2021\nIslamic State launches a suicide bomb attack on the crowded gates of Kabul airport, killing scores of civilians and 13 U.S. troops, the deadliest incident for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in more than a decade.\n\n## Aug. 30, 2021\nU.S. General Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, announces completion of the U.S. troop withdrawal.\n\nWith files from CBC News","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	World The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war after a chaotic and violent evacuation from Kabul. Last U.S. troops flew out of Kabul on Monday, ending America's longest war Listen to this article Estimated 6 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. marines are seen in Herati, Afghanistan, in July 2009. The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan, the military said on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war after a chaotic and violent evacuation from Kabul. The following is a chronology of U.S. involvement and major developments in Afghanistan over the past two decades: Sept. 11, 2001 U.S. involvement in Afghanistan is triggered by attacks on the United States plotted in Afghanistan by the al-Qaeda militant group, led by Osama bin Laden, who was in Afghanistan under Taliban protection. Oct. 7, 2001 U.S. forces begin air campaign with strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. Small numbers of U.S. special forces and CIA agents soon slip into Afghanistan to help direct the bombing campaign and organize Afghan opposition forces. The Taliban would swiftly be toppled, however, with no major U.S. combat deployment on the ground. Anti-Taliban Afghan fighters as the U.S. conducts airstrikes in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan in December 2001. (Erik de Castro/Reuters) Nov. 13, 2001 U.S.-backed Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul as the Taliban withdraw south. Within a month, Taliban leaders have fled from southern Afghanistan into Pakistan. December 2001 U.S. forces bomb the Tora Bora cave complex in eastern Afghanistan where bin Laden is reported to be hiding, but he slips over the border into Pakistan, where he disappears. May 2, 2003 U.S. officials declare an end to major combat operations in Afghanistan. Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. focus turns to preparing for the invasion of Iraq, which required a diversion of U.S. troops, equipment and intelligence collection from Afghanistan. That allows the Taliban to slowly regroup, at first in the south and east. The UN authorizes a NATO-led mission with the goal of stabilizing Afghanistan and establishing a new government. Canada is part of this mission, initially with about 700 soldiers deployed in Kabul and another 200 more in the country's southwest. U.S. President George W. Bush meets with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai of at the White House in February 2003. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) 2006-08 With U.S. forces mainly fighting a surge campaign in Iraq, only a much smaller contingent is deployed in Afghanistan. The Taliban launch major advances threatening to recapture swaths of territory, especially in the south. In response, an enlarged NATO mission brings thousands more troops, notably British forces, hundreds of whom are killed in intense battles against the Taliban in Helmand province. Canada's contribution will eventually grow to about 2,300, stationed mainly in and around Kandahar. Feb. 17, 2009 As Washington draws down in Iraq, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama decides to ramp up the force in Afghanistan. In his first major military decision as commander in chief, he orders in 17,000 more combat troops to reinforce 38,000 U.S. troops and 32,000 from some 40 NATO allies already on the ground. Later that year, with generals recommending a "surge" campaign similar to the one waged in Iraq in 2006-07, Obama would order an even larger buildup. The U.S. contingent would exceed 100,000 by the middle of 2010, carrying out extensive counter-insurgency operations across the country. May 1, 2011 Bin Laden is killed in a raid by U.S. forces in Pakistan. WATCH \| Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden: Barack Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden February 1, 2013 \| Duration 9:40 On May 2, 2011 at 11:35 p.m. (EST) , from the East Room at the White House, President Barack Obama announced to the world that the United States had killed Osama bin Laden. December 2011 U.S. officials say U.S. diplomats have held about half a dozen secret meetings with Afghan Taliban contacts over the previous 10 months, mostly in Germany and Qatar. Canada's combat mission to Afghanistan ends, though soldiers stay in a training role until March 2014. In the end, more than 40,000 Canadian personnel served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2014, with 158 losing their lives. May 27, 2014 Following the surge campaign of Obama's first term, Washington rapidly draws down its forces and switches its emphasis to training and supporting the Afghan military. Obama outlines a plan to withdraw all but 9,800 American troops by the end of the year and pull out the rest by the end of 2016. Dec. 28, 2014 The U.S. combat mission is officially concluded after the withdrawal of most combat troops and a transition to an "Afghan-led" war. Cmdr. Sgt. Maj. John Etter salutes Afghan soldiers in Kabul in March 2014. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Aug. 21, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump announces his strategy, calling for a small, open-ended deployment of U.S. forces providing support to Afghans, with the goal of forcing the Taliban to negotiate peace with the Kabul government. Feb. 29, 2020 Under Trump, Washington signs an agreement with the Taliban in Doha to withdraw all U.S. troops. The Taliban agree to halt attacks on U.S. forces, not to let their territory be used for terrorism and to hold talks with the Afghan government, although those talks would subsequently prove fruitless. April 14, 2021 Biden announces U.S. forces will withdraw unconditionally by Sept. 11, implementing the agreement reached with the Taliban by his predecessor, Trump. WATCH \| Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11: Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 April 14, 2021 \| Duration 2:04 The U.S. and NATO announce they will pull their troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 20 years after the terror attacks on the U.S. But experts are concerned the withdrawal could stall peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government. July 2, 2021 U.S. troops abruptly pull out of their main base at Bagram airfield 60 kilometres north of Kabul. Aug. 15, 2021 After a stunning week-long advance capturing cities across the country, the Taliban seize Kabul without a fight. President Ashraf Ghani flees the country. The United States and Western allies launch an urgent airlift from Kabul airport to bring out their own citizens and tens of thousands of Afghans who aided them. WATCH \| Desperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee: Desperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee August 16, 2021 \| Duration 2:21 As the Taliban tightens its hold on Afghanistan, desperate people flocked to Kabul’s airport as a last resort to try and get onto planes headed west. Aug. 26, 2021 Islamic State launches a suicide bomb attack on the crowded gates of Kabul airport, killing scores of civilians and 13 U.S. troops, the deadliest incident for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in more than a decade. Aug. 30, 2021 U.S. General Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, announces completion of the U.S. troop withdrawal. 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Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6159148,1630368968000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C265%2C3000%2C1687%29%3B) U.S. marines are seen in Herati, Afghanistan, in July 2009. The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) ## Social Sharing - X 0 - Email 0 - Reddit 0 - LinkedIn 0 17 comments The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan, the military said on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war after a chaotic and violent evacuation from Kabul. The following is a chronology of U.S. involvement and major developments in Afghanistan over the past two decades: ## Sept. 11, 2001 U.S. involvement in Afghanistan is triggered by attacks on the United States plotted in Afghanistan by the al-Qaeda militant group, led by Osama bin Laden, who was in Afghanistan under Taliban protection. ## Oct. 7, 2001 U.S. forces begin air campaign with strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. Small numbers of U.S. special forces and CIA agents soon slip into Afghanistan to help direct the bombing campaign and organize Afghan opposition forces. The Taliban would swiftly be toppled, however, with no major U.S. combat deployment on the ground. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6159180,1630371084000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C2048%2C1402%29%3B) Anti-Taliban Afghan fighters as the U.S. conducts airstrikes in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan in December 2001. (Erik de Castro/Reuters) ## Nov. 13, 2001 U.S.-backed Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul as the Taliban withdraw south. Within a month, Taliban leaders have fled from southern Afghanistan into Pakistan. ## December 2001 U.S. forces bomb the Tora Bora cave complex in eastern Afghanistan where bin Laden is reported to be hiding, but he slips over the border into Pakistan, where he disappears. ## May 2, 2003 U.S. officials declare an end to major combat operations in Afghanistan. Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. focus turns to preparing for the invasion of Iraq, which required a diversion of U.S. troops, equipment and intelligence collection from Afghanistan. That allows the Taliban to slowly regroup, at first in the south and east. The UN authorizes a NATO-led mission with the goal of stabilizing Afghanistan and establishing a new government. Canada is part of this mission, initially with about 700 soldiers deployed in Kabul and another 200 more in the country's southwest. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6159160,1630369996000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C3000%2C2046%29%3B) U.S. President George W. Bush meets with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai of at the White House in February 2003. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) ## 2006-08 With U.S. forces mainly fighting a surge campaign in Iraq, only a much smaller contingent is deployed in Afghanistan. The Taliban launch major advances threatening to recapture swaths of territory, especially in the south. In response, an enlarged NATO mission brings thousands more troops, notably British forces, hundreds of whom are killed in intense battles against the Taliban in Helmand province. Canada's contribution will eventually grow to about 2,300, stationed mainly in and around Kandahar. ## Feb. 17, 2009 As Washington draws down in Iraq, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama decides to ramp up the force in Afghanistan. In his first major military decision as commander in chief, he orders in 17,000 more combat troops to reinforce 38,000 U.S. troops and 32,000 from some 40 NATO allies already on the ground. Later that year, with generals recommending a "surge" campaign similar to the one waged in Iraq in 2006-07, Obama would order an even larger buildup. The U.S. contingent would exceed 100,000 by the middle of 2010, carrying out extensive counter-insurgency operations across the country. ## May 1, 2011 Bin Laden is killed in a raid by U.S. forces in Pakistan. *WATCH \\| Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden:* ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.4336610,1717097520183/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C138%2C77%29%3BResize%3D620) Barack Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden February 1, 2013\\| Duration 9:40 On May 2, 2011 at 11:35 p.m. (EST) , from the East Room at the White House, President Barack Obama announced to the world that the United States had killed Osama bin Laden. ## December 2011 U.S. officials say U.S. diplomats have held about half a dozen secret meetings with Afghan Taliban contacts over the previous 10 months, mostly in Germany and Qatar. Canada's combat mission to Afghanistan ends, though soldiers stay in a training role until March 2014. In the end, more than 40,000 Canadian personnel served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2014, with 158 losing their lives. ## May 27, 2014 Following the surge campaign of Obama's first term, Washington rapidly draws down its forces and switches its emphasis to training and supporting the Afghan military. Obama outlines a plan to withdraw all but 9,800 American troops by the end of the year and pull out the rest by the end of 2016. ## Dec. 28, 2014 The U.S. combat mission is officially concluded after the withdrawal of most combat troops and a transition to an "Afghan-led" war. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6159172,1630370656000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C3000%2C1961%29%3B) Cmdr. Sgt. Maj. John Etter salutes Afghan soldiers in Kabul in March 2014. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) ## Aug. 21, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump announces his strategy, calling for a small, open-ended deployment of U.S. forces providing support to Afghans, with the goal of forcing the Taliban to negotiate peace with the Kabul government. ## Feb. 29, 2020 Under Trump, Washington signs an agreement with the Taliban in Doha to withdraw all U.S. troops. The Taliban agree to halt attacks on U.S. forces, not to let their territory be used for terrorism and to hold talks with the Afghan government, although those talks would subsequently prove fruitless. ## April 14, 2021 Biden announces U.S. forces will withdraw unconditionally by Sept. 11, implementing the agreement reached with the Taliban by his predecessor, Trump. *WATCH \\| Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11:* ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5988339,1717215058729/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620) Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 April 14, 2021\\| Duration 2:04 The U.S. and NATO announce they will pull their troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 20 years after the terror attacks on the U.S. But experts are concerned the withdrawal could stall peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government. ## July 2, 2021 U.S. troops abruptly pull out of their main base at Bagram airfield 60 kilometres north of Kabul. ## Aug. 15, 2021 After a stunning week-long advance capturing cities across the country, the Taliban seize Kabul without a fight. President Ashraf Ghani flees the country. The United States and Western allies launch an urgent airlift from Kabul airport to bring out their own citizens and tens of thousands of Afghans who aided them. *WATCH \\| Desperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee:* ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6143303,1717200022416/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620) Desperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee August 16, 2021\\| Duration 2:21 As the Taliban tightens its hold on Afghanistan, desperate people flocked to Kabul’s airport as a last resort to try and get onto planes headed west. ## Aug. 26, 2021 Islamic State launches a suicide bomb attack on the crowded gates of Kabul airport, killing scores of civilians and 13 U.S. troops, the deadliest incident for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in more than a decade. ## Aug. 30, 2021 U.S. General Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, announces completion of the U.S. troop withdrawal. 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Readable Markdown	[World](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world) The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war after a chaotic and violent evacuation from Kabul. ## Last U.S. troops flew out of Kabul on Monday, ending America's longest war ![Text to Speech Icon](https://www.cbc.ca/a/assets/texttospeech.svg) Listen to this article Estimated 6 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6159148,1630368968000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C265%2C3000%2C1687%29%3B) U.S. marines are seen in Herati, Afghanistan, in July 2009. The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The last U.S. troops flew out of Afghanistan, the military said on Monday, fulfilling President Joe Biden's pledge to bring an end to America's longest war after a chaotic and violent evacuation from Kabul. The following is a chronology of U.S. involvement and major developments in Afghanistan over the past two decades: ## Sept. 11, 2001 U.S. involvement in Afghanistan is triggered by attacks on the United States plotted in Afghanistan by the al-Qaeda militant group, led by Osama bin Laden, who was in Afghanistan under Taliban protection. ## Oct. 7, 2001 U.S. forces begin air campaign with strikes on Taliban and al-Qaeda forces. Small numbers of U.S. special forces and CIA agents soon slip into Afghanistan to help direct the bombing campaign and organize Afghan opposition forces. The Taliban would swiftly be toppled, however, with no major U.S. combat deployment on the ground. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6159180,1630371084000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C2048%2C1402%29%3B) Anti-Taliban Afghan fighters as the U.S. conducts airstrikes in the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan in December 2001. (Erik de Castro/Reuters) ## Nov. 13, 2001 U.S.-backed Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul as the Taliban withdraw south. Within a month, Taliban leaders have fled from southern Afghanistan into Pakistan. ## December 2001 U.S. forces bomb the Tora Bora cave complex in eastern Afghanistan where bin Laden is reported to be hiding, but he slips over the border into Pakistan, where he disappears. ## May 2, 2003 U.S. officials declare an end to major combat operations in Afghanistan. Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. focus turns to preparing for the invasion of Iraq, which required a diversion of U.S. troops, equipment and intelligence collection from Afghanistan. That allows the Taliban to slowly regroup, at first in the south and east. The UN authorizes a NATO-led mission with the goal of stabilizing Afghanistan and establishing a new government. Canada is part of this mission, initially with about 700 soldiers deployed in Kabul and another 200 more in the country's southwest. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6159160,1630369996000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C3000%2C2046%29%3B) U.S. President George W. Bush meets with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai of at the White House in February 2003. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) ## 2006-08 With U.S. forces mainly fighting a surge campaign in Iraq, only a much smaller contingent is deployed in Afghanistan. The Taliban launch major advances threatening to recapture swaths of territory, especially in the south. In response, an enlarged NATO mission brings thousands more troops, notably British forces, hundreds of whom are killed in intense battles against the Taliban in Helmand province. Canada's contribution will eventually grow to about 2,300, stationed mainly in and around Kandahar. ## Feb. 17, 2009 As Washington draws down in Iraq, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama decides to ramp up the force in Afghanistan. In his first major military decision as commander in chief, he orders in 17,000 more combat troops to reinforce 38,000 U.S. troops and 32,000 from some 40 NATO allies already on the ground. Later that year, with generals recommending a "surge" campaign similar to the one waged in Iraq in 2006-07, Obama would order an even larger buildup. The U.S. contingent would exceed 100,000 by the middle of 2010, carrying out extensive counter-insurgency operations across the country. ## May 1, 2011 Bin Laden is killed in a raid by U.S. forces in Pakistan. *WATCH \\| Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden:* ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.4336610,1717097520183/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C138%2C77%29%3BResize%3D620) Barack Obama announces death of Osama bin Laden February 1, 2013\\| Duration 9:40 On May 2, 2011 at 11:35 p.m. (EST) , from the East Room at the White House, President Barack Obama announced to the world that the United States had killed Osama bin Laden. ## December 2011 U.S. officials say U.S. diplomats have held about half a dozen secret meetings with Afghan Taliban contacts over the previous 10 months, mostly in Germany and Qatar. Canada's combat mission to Afghanistan ends, though soldiers stay in a training role until March 2014. In the end, more than 40,000 Canadian personnel served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2014, with 158 losing their lives. ## May 27, 2014 Following the surge campaign of Obama's first term, Washington rapidly draws down its forces and switches its emphasis to training and supporting the Afghan military. Obama outlines a plan to withdraw all but 9,800 American troops by the end of the year and pull out the rest by the end of 2016. ## Dec. 28, 2014 The U.S. combat mission is officially concluded after the withdrawal of most combat troops and a transition to an "Afghan-led" war. ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6159172,1630370656000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C3000%2C1961%29%3B) Cmdr. Sgt. Maj. John Etter salutes Afghan soldiers in Kabul in March 2014. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) ## Aug. 21, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump announces his strategy, calling for a small, open-ended deployment of U.S. forces providing support to Afghans, with the goal of forcing the Taliban to negotiate peace with the Kabul government. ## Feb. 29, 2020 Under Trump, Washington signs an agreement with the Taliban in Doha to withdraw all U.S. troops. The Taliban agree to halt attacks on U.S. forces, not to let their territory be used for terrorism and to hold talks with the Afghan government, although those talks would subsequently prove fruitless. ## April 14, 2021 Biden announces U.S. forces will withdraw unconditionally by Sept. 11, implementing the agreement reached with the Taliban by his predecessor, Trump. *WATCH \\| Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11:* ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5988339,1717215058729/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620) Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 April 14, 2021\\| Duration 2:04 The U.S. and NATO announce they will pull their troops out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 20 years after the terror attacks on the U.S. But experts are concerned the withdrawal could stall peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government. ## July 2, 2021 U.S. troops abruptly pull out of their main base at Bagram airfield 60 kilometres north of Kabul. ## Aug. 15, 2021 After a stunning week-long advance capturing cities across the country, the Taliban seize Kabul without a fight. President Ashraf Ghani flees the country. The United States and Western allies launch an urgent airlift from Kabul airport to bring out their own citizens and tens of thousands of Afghans who aided them. *WATCH \\| Desperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee:* ![](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.6143303,1717200022416/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620) Desperate Afghans flock to Kabul airport in attempts to flee August 16, 2021\\| Duration 2:21 As the Taliban tightens its hold on Afghanistan, desperate people flocked to Kabul’s airport as a last resort to try and get onto planes headed west. ## Aug. 26, 2021 Islamic State launches a suicide bomb attack on the crowded gates of Kabul airport, killing scores of civilians and 13 U.S. troops, the deadliest incident for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in more than a decade. ## Aug. 30, 2021 U.S. General Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, announces completion of the U.S. troop withdrawal. With files from CBC News
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