Responding to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 Americans, former President George W. Bush launched military operations in Afghanistan in October 2001 to target al-Qaeda, the Taliban and terrorist safe havens.

From killing al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to signing a bilateral agreement with the Taliban, four American presidents–Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden–made consequential decisions in the nearly 20 years that passed between the first strike authorized by President Bush and the full U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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