Afghanistan War - Hourly History

#ads Stream any unabridged audiobook of your choice with premium access by starting your trial on:https://booksreader.space/al-1961/Title: Afghanistan War Author: Hourly History Narrator: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith Format: mp3 Length: 1 hr and 3 mins Release date: 10-02-23 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Afghan War Publisher's Summary: On September 11, 2001, the United States faced the most devastating terrorist attack in world history when members of al-Qaeda, an Islamist fundamentalist movement, hijacked four commercial airliners and crashed them into buildings in New York and Washington, DC. Nearly 3,000 people died in these attacks, and one month later, US President George W. Bush announced the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom, a military operation intended to remove the Taliban in Afghanistan and ensure that terrorists from al-Qaeda had no safe haven in that country.