The History of the United States in Afghanistan

Source: Newsweek 

The economic principle I’m exploring is "All choices have an oppturtunity costs." The questions that will guide me to study this principle will be The Pros and Cons of the United States fighting in Afghanistan. The article, "The History of the Afghanistan War" by the BBC, will exhibit this economic principle by explaining the events that lead the United States to enter the war with Afghanistan. 

 With the rise of terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, the United States became increasingly concerned with the growth of this group and with its leader, Osama Bin Laden. On September 11 2001, Al-Qaeda launched a terroist attack on U.S. soil that left 3,000 people dead.

When the Afghan leaders refused to release Bin Laden to U.S. officials, the United States soon used armed forces to defeat Al Qaeda and capture Bin Laden. October of 2001 began the United States' bombing of Afghanistan and several camps belonging to the Taliban and Bin Laden's allies. By November, the Northen Alliance soon gained control of the capital, Kabul, and was held by both the U.S. and the U.K. Ten years later in 2011, Bin Laden was captured and assasinated by US soldiers in Pakistan. However, with this occuring, there is still a number of people from the Taliban and Al-Qaeda that control parts of Afghanistan, which still remains as a dangerous country.

Both the United States and United Kingdom continue to struggle to rebuild the government and to fight off any terrorists that come by. Today, there is still no signs of this war ending in the future.

Based on what I have learned so far about the origins of the war, I believe that war was/was not justified because....For example,

In the next blog post, I will research the following question: What are the main impacts the U.S. has faced since entering this war?