Operation Enduring Freedom begins on Oct. 7, 2001, with U.S. and British airstrikes on al-Qaida and the Taliban. With sustained airstrikes and ground forces attacking key areas, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kabul and Kandahar are taken by the U.S. and coalition forces. As the Taliban is pushed from these key areas of Afghanistan, the first elected president, Hamid Karzai, takes office. On May 2, 2011, Operation Neptune Spear begins. In the early morning hours, Black Hawks leave Afghanistan bound for Abbottabad, Pakistan. The target is Osama bin Laden. Navy SEALs land at the Abbottabad compound to carry out this mission. As the SEALs move through the compound, they locate and kill bin Laden on the third floor. After the U.S. mission killing bin Laden, NATO began withdrawing troops, ending their combat operations in December 2014. The last US troops departed Kabul on Aug. 30, 2021 ending nearly 20 years in Afghanistan and America's longest war.
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