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Bookmark or Share- Scores of people die as freezing weather sweeps across AfghanistanKey points: Earlier this week, a Taliban spokesperson said at least 78 people had died in the coldest winter Afghanistan had seen in 15 years, while Acting Minister of Disaster Management Mullah ...
- Afghanistan: Extreme cold kills more than 150 people in Afghanistan ...Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images. CNN —. At least 157 people have died in Afghanistan’s harsh winter, a Taliban official said Tuesday, with the death toll doubling in less than a week as millions ...
- Afghanistan War | History, Combatants, Facts, & TimelineAfghanistan War, international conflict in Afghanistan beginning in 2001 that was triggered by the September 11 attacks and consisted of three phases. The first phase—toppling the Taliban (the ultraconservative political and religious faction that ruled Afghanistan and provided sanctuary for al-Qaeda , perpetrators of the September 11 attacks)—was brief, lasting just two months.
- Afghanistan War - Key Events, Facts & Combatants - HISTORYThe United States launched the war in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The conflict lasted two decades and spanned four U.S. presidencies, becoming the longest war ...
- The U.S. War in Afghanistan - Council on Foreign RelationsThe U.S. War in Afghanistan. The Taliban surged back to power two decades after U.S.-led forces toppled their regime in what led to the United States’ longest war.
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