Question

why was operation enduring freedom launched explain​

Answer 1

Answer:

The War in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) began in October, 2001 in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States

Answer 2

Answer:

The War in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom) began in October, 2001 in response to the

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Following the Soviet withdrawal from

Afghanistan in 1989 and the fall of the Afghan Communist government in 1992, a protracted civil war

raged on between the various factions of anti-Communist Afghan fighters, who called themselves the

Mujahadeen.Mullah Mohammed Omar, a Mullah (Islamic religious leader) and a member of the Pashtun ethnic group

led a new armed group called the Taliban. The word Taliban means "student", and they attracted the

support of Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida organization.

In 1994, the Taliban attacked and defeated local warlords and acquired a reputation for order and military

success. From that point onward, until they seized Kabul in September, 1996, the Taliban fought against

several militias and warlords, eventually defeating them all. Moscow feared the Taliban as a source of

aid and support for the rebels it has fought in Chechnya and Tajikistan. Iran, dominated by Shiite Islamic

fundamentalists, was at odds with the Sunni Muslim Taliban, largely over the treatment of the Afghan

Shiite minority called the Hazaris.

Pakistan's role in the Taliban success is controversial, as it is generally believed that several Taliban

military victories are directly attributable to armed Pakistani intervention.