1. The War in Afghanistan

2. Afghanistan Facts Population = 32 million Size = Texas
Language = Afghan Persian
70 different languages
Ethnicity = Mixed
Pastun 50%
Literacy Rate = 36%
Land = Mountain and Desert
Landlocked

4. USSR vs. Afghanistan

6. Soviets in Afghanistan 1988

7. Thanks USA

9. Soviets leaving Afghanistan 1989

10. Taliban Takes Charge of Country in 1996

11. Taliban Police

12. 1,500 year old Buddha statues
March 2001

13. Opium – poppy plants

14. September 11, 2001

22. Al-Qaeda Claims responsibility for attack on USA
Taliban lets Al-Qaeda hide out in their county because they are allies.

23. Al-Qaeda Alliance with Taliban
1996 Osama bin Laden moves from Sudan to Afghanistan
Leader of Al-Qaeda

24. Al-Qaeda Network

26. 9/11
Men who Hijacked planes

27. Hi-jacker

28. Why did these people want to attack America?
According to Bin Laden, he is concerned with
US support for Israel
US support for governments he considers illegitimate (Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states).

30. Operation Enduring Freedom
Invade Afghanistan (Oct. 7, 2001)
Mission:
1) Capture Osama bin Laden
2) Destroy Al-Qaeda network
3) Remove Taliban Regime

32. NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Gave forces to War in Afghanistan

33. Americans in Helmand Province 2007

34. Afghan Man
Friend or Foe?

36. Iran supplies arms to the Taliban