Witness History
Witness History
America attacks Afghanistan
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September 9, 2021
10 minutes
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In October 2001, just a month after the 9/11 attacks, the first airstrikes against Afghanistan began in what the US and its allies called Operation Enduring Freedom. The country was being targeted because it had provided a haven for al-Qaeda. In 2011 Louise Hidalgo spoke to two Afghans who were in Kabul the night the bombing started.
(Photo: The aftermath of a US airstrike on Kandahar. Credit: Getty Images)