ARTS1811 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Osama Bin Laden, Bush Doctrine, Guerrilla Warfare
11 Nov 2018
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1million afghans died: mid 1990s taliban with backing from pakistan took control. Enviro bred terrorists: osama bin laden leading figure in al qaeda, sept 11, 2001 3000 killed, oct 2001 us bombed afghanistan. Targeted bin laden(cid:495)s al qaeda and the taliban. First ground base: most taliban forces driven away by end of 2001, al qaeda still held on in parts of the country. Isaf created in 2003 by us to help in rebuilding task. Despite this, insurgency began against us and nato. Counter attacks many innocent afghan civilians caught in between. New democratic govt: during all of this, new democratic govt. established in afghanistan. Us and nato tried to support it to prevent terrorism: obama sent more troops into afghanistan. Relinquished control to afghan govt. and newly trained forces: 2012 agreement reached between obama and president of afghanistan. Guidelines on how to move forward after american forces had left.
