Operation Enduring Freedom

Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for both the first part (2001–2014) of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) and the Global War on Terrorism.

On 7 October 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes targeting Al-Qaeda and the Taliban had begun in Afghanistan.^[1] Operation Enduring Freedom was also a counterterrorism operation in other countries.^[2][3]

After 13 years, on 28 December 2014, President Barack Obama announced the end of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.^[4]

1. ↑ "Operation Enduring Freedom Fast Facts". CNN. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
2. ↑ "Helping Georgia?". Boston University Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy. March–April 2002. Archived from the original on 7 September 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
3. ↑ Lamothe, Dan (29 December 2014). "Meet Operation Freedom's Sentinel, the Pentagon's new mission in Afghanistan". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
4. ↑ DOD News, Defense Media Activity (29 December 2014). "Operation Enduring Freedom comes to an end". U.S. Army. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.