page_title: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
section_title: 2001–2017
hierarchical_section_title: War in Afghanistan (2001–present) / History / 2001–2017
caption_attribution_description: English: Slovenian HMMWV M1114 in Afghanistan
context_page_description: The War in Afghanistan followed the United States invasion of Afghanistan on October 7 2001, when the United States of America and its allies successfully drove the Taliban from power in order to deny Al-Qaeda a safe base of operations in Afghanistan. Since the initial objectives were completed, a coalition of over 40 countries formed a security mission in the country called International Security Assistance Force, of which certain members were involved in military combat allied with Afghanistan's government. The war has afterwards mostly consisted of Taliban insurgents fighting against the Afghan Armed Forces and allied forces; the majority of ISAF/RS soldiers and personnel are American. The war is code named by the US as Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom's Sentinel; it is the longest war in US history.
  Following the September 11 attacks in 2001 on the US, which President George W.
caption: A Slovenian ISAF Humvee in Afghanistan
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