Afghanistan War: Media

2001–2014

Videos

Remembering the 9/11 attacks
Learn more about how the September 11 attacks were remembered in 2021.
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Witness the historic speech by U.S. Pres. Barack Obama announcing the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces, May 2011
Pres. Barack Obama announcing that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden, May 2011.
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Images

Afghanistan War
U.S. Army soldiers on security duty in Paktīkā province, Afghanistan, 2010.
Sgt. Derec Pierson/U.S. Department of Defense
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
A Soviet armoured vehicle rolling past a group of civilians during the Soviet invasion...
Archive Photos/Getty Images
Mohammad Omar
Mohammad Omar.
© Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy
Afghanistan: U.S. Special Forces and Northern Alliance
U.S. Special Forces working with members of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan,...
U.S. Department of Defense
Kandahar, Afghanistan: Stephen Harper visiting troops
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addressing Canadian soldiers at their base...
Tom Hanson/AP Images
Iraq War: George W. Bush with sailors
Pres. George W. Bush with sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1,...
Tyler J. Clements/U.S. Navy
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, 2004.
Robert D. Ward/U.S. Department of Defense
Afghanistan War
U.S. special operations forces conducting a mounted combat patrol in search of Taliban...
Sgt. Daniel Love/U.S. Department of Defense
Orūzgān province, Afghanistan: eradication sweep of opium poppies
Afghan policemen destroying opium poppies during an eradication sweep in Orūzgān...
AP Images
Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, and Asif Ali Zardari
U.S. Pres. Barack Obama meeting at the White House with Pres. Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan...
Pete Souza—Official White House Photo
Afghanistan War
An Afghan man riding a bicycle on a dirt road during a security patrol by U.S. Marines...
Staff Sgt. William Greeson, U.S. Marine Corps/U.S. Department of Defense
Stanley McChrystal and Barack Obama
Stanley McChrystal (right) and U.S. Pres. Barack Obama, 2009.
Official White House photo by Pete Souza
Afghanistan War
A U.S. soldier calling for an air strike on the hills surrounding Barge Matal in...
Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, U.S. Army/U.S. Department of Defense
Afghanistan War
An Afghan National Police officer leading U.S. troops on a patrol in Khost province,...
Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander/U.S. Department of Defense
Stanley McChrystal: resignation
U.S. Pres. Barack Obama announcing the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal while...
Official White House Video
Petraeus, David
Gen. David Petraeus (left), Kandahār, Afghanistan, July 2010.
Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail/U.S. Department of Defense
Julian Assange
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at a press conference, 2010.
Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images News
U.S. government officials during the Osama bin Laden mission
U.S. Pres. Barack Obama (seated second from left) and various other government officials—including...
Pete Souza—Official White House Photo
Ashraf Ghani
Afghan politician Ashraf Ghani (right) shaking hands with his rival for the Afghan...
U.S. Department of State
improvised explosive device (IED)
Afghan and American security forces inspecting improvised explosive devices, Kandahār...
Spc. Ian Schell/U.S. Army
British army
British soldiers in Helmand province, Afghanistan, 2007.
Daniel Love/Photo Courtesy of U.S. Army
armed force
British soldiers in Helmand province, Afghanistan, 2007.
Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images
U.S. soldiers waiting to be evacuated by helicopter after their armoured vehicle...
David Goldman/AP Images
Afghanistan War: anti-Taliban fighters
Anti-Taliban fighters observing U.S. bombing of the cave sanctuaries of the al-Qaeda...
Erik de Castro—Reuters/Newscom