War+LR

The war on afghanistan was launched October 7, 2010 in response the the 9/11 terrorist attack on the U.S. The aim on the invasion was to find Osama Bin Laden and other high-ranked Al-Qaeda members to be put on trial. The initial attack removed the taliban from power. On December 1 2009, President Obama announced that he would escalate U.S. military involvement by adding and additional 30,000 troops over a six month period time.