Question: when did the us first send troops to afghanistan
Answer: Date 7 October 2001 -- present ( 16 years , 1 month , 2 weeks and 6 days ) Location Afghanistan Status Invasion and occupation of Afghanistan Destruction of al - Qaeda and Taliban militant training camps Fall of the Taliban government Establishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under the Karzai administration Start of Taliban insurgency Drone Strikes in the tribal areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan Death of Osama bin Laden Death of Mohammed Omar in July 2013 Over two - thirds of Al - Qaeda 's operatives killed or captu