The Afghan War: Operation Enduring Freedom 1001-2014

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction The Unholy Trinity; Chapter 1: War is Declared; Chapter 2: OEF -- The Air War; Chapter 3: OEF -- Liberation of Kabul; Chapter 4: OEF -- The Battle for Tora Bora; Chapter 5: NATO Takes Charge; Chapter 6: 'Terry' Taliban; Chapter 7: The IED War; Chapter 8: Tour of Duty; Chapter 9: UOR -- The Jackal; Chapter 10: Shouldering the Burden; Epilogue; Suggested Further Reading.;Drugs, war and terrorism were the unholy trinity that brought the US-led air campaign crashing down on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in October 2001 in Operation Enduring Freedom, and this photographic history is a graphic introduction to it. The immediate aim was to eject the Taliban from power, and to capture or kill the al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his supporters whom the Taliban were sheltering. The decade-long war that followed, first against the Taliban regime, then against Taliban insurgents, is one of the most controversial conflicts of recent times. It has also seen the dep.