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:''For the Soviet invasion and war, 1979-89, see [[Soviet-Afghan War]]. For politics and society, see [[Afghanistan]].''
:''For the Soviet invasion and war, 1979-89, see [[Soviet-Afghan War]]. For politics and society, see [[Afghanistan]].''
{{Military conflict
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| conflict =Afghanistan War
| partof =[[War on Terror]]
| date =October 7, 2001-ongoing
| location =[[Afghanistan]]
| combatant1 =[[United States]]<br/>[[United Kingdom]]<br/>[[ISAF]]
| combatant2 =[[al-Qaeda]]<br/>[[Taliban]]
| commander1 =[[George W. Bush]]<br/>[[Barack Hussein Obama]]
| commander2 =[[Mohammed Omar]]<br/>[[Osama bin Laden]]
| strength1 =129.895 soldiers (ISAF)<ref>http://www.nato.int/isaf/docu/epub/pdf/placemat.pdf</ref>
| strength2 =
| casualties1 =
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}}
The '''Afghanistan War''' is the [[NATO]] operation in [[Afghanistan]], 2001 to the present, to destroy the [[Taliban]] and prevent the emergence of a base for [[radical Islam]]ic attacks on American interests. President [[Barack Obama]] has declared it to be the central front in the [[War on Terror|war on terrorism]] and has ordered a buildup of American troops to fight a stubborn insurgency led by the Taliban. NATO is supporting the effort through the International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, under U.S. command. The president since 2002 is [[Hamid Karzai]], known as corrupt and incompetent.
The '''Afghanistan War''' is the [[NATO]] operation in [[Afghanistan]], 2001 to the present, to destroy the [[Taliban]] and prevent the emergence of a base for [[radical Islam]]ic attacks on American interests. President [[Barack Obama]] has declared it to be the central front in the [[War on Terror|war on terrorism]] and has ordered a buildup of American troops to fight a stubborn insurgency led by the Taliban. NATO is supporting the effort through the International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, under U.S. command. The president since 2002 is [[Hamid Karzai]], known as corrupt and incompetent.