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3.2K views · 246 reactions | On this day in 2001, Operation Enduring Freedom kicked off the start of the war in Afghanistan. The war was aimed at trying to remove the Taliban from power and would go on to last 20 years. Army Green Beret Officer Zac Lois explains what his tasks were while deployed in Afghanistan. | American Veterans Center | Facebook

On 7 October 2001, Operation Enduring Freedom began. American, British and Afghan United Front (Northern Alliance) forces were deployed to destroy al-Qaeda and remove the Taliban regime in Afghanistan following the 9/11 attacks. At the height of the conflict there were more than 130,000 NATO troops on the ground. Find out more about the conflict. http://ow.ly/wuaV50GnGMn | Imperial War Museum London