War on terror

Military campaign following the September 11 attacks

The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is a global military campaign initiated by the United States in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001. A global conflict spanning multiple wars, some researchers and political scientists have argued that it replaced the Cold War. The main targets of the campaign were militant Islamist movements such as al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and their allies.

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