Who took over Afghanistan in 2001?

Who took over Afghanistan in 2001?

U.S. troops quickly overthrew the Taliban after they invaded Afghanistan in October 2001. Since then, the Taliban has waged an insurgency against the U.S.-backed Afghan government. The number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan peaked at around one hundred thousand in 2011.

What are the longest wars in US history?

Lengths of U.S. combat forces’ participation in wars

Rank	War	Dates
1	War in Afghanistan	2001 – 2021
2	Vietnam War	1955 – 1975
3	Philippine-American War and Moro Rebellion	1899 – 1913
4	War in North-West Pakistan	2004 – 2017

What was the population of Afghanistan in 2001?

But while those born after the U.S. invasion in 2001 make up around half of Afghanistan’s population of 33 million, their voice has largely gone unheard. RFE/RL spoke with Afghans born after the fall of the Taliban regime to see how they feel about the prospect of the fundamentalist movement officially returning to the fold.

How did the fall of the Taliban change Afghanistan?

RFE/RL spoke with Afghans born after the fall of the Taliban regime to see how they feel about the prospect of the fundamentalist movement officially returning to the fold. Zekeria, 18 “Afghanistan has changed,” says Zekeria, a high-school graduate from the capital, Kabul. “We won’t let the Taliban force their ideas on us again.”

How many people are still displaced from Afghanistan?

Afghanistan has one of the world’s largest repatriated populations. Almost six million refugees have now returned home since the Taliban were ousted – and the UNHCR estimates just under two million of these still require support. About 600,000 people are still recognised as internally displaced – most of them in the south and west of the country.

When did the last US troops leave Afghanistan?

After all that, the last US troops to depart — some of them surely born after the 9/11 attacks — will leave parts of Afghanistan under the control of the same oppressive Taliban leaders who were there in 2001.