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Revision as of 10:19, 31 January 2024

War on terror
Clockwise from top left: Aftermath of the 11 September attacks; U.S. servicemen boarding an aircraft at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan; an American soldier and Afghan interpreter in Zabul Province, Afghanistan; explosion of a car bomb in Baghdad

Photographs, clockwise from top left: Aftermath of the September 11 attacks; U.S. servicemen boarding an aircraft at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan; a U.S. soldier and Afghan interpreter in Zabul Province, Afghanistan; explosion of an Iraqi car bomb in Baghdad.
Map: Countries with major military operations of the war on terror.
DateMain phase: 14 September 2001[1]30 August 2021[note 1]
(19 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)[note 2]
Location
Global
Status Ongoing; major wars ended
Belligerents
Main countries: Main opponents:
Commanders and leaders
George W. Bush
Barack Obama

Osama bin Laden 
Ayman al-Zawahiri  
Islamic State Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi  
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi  
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi  
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi  

Iraq Saddam Hussein Executed
Casualties and losses
4.5-4.6 million+ people killed[a]
(937,000+ direct deaths, 3.6-3.7 million indirect deaths)[b]
At least 38 million people displaced[c]

Notes

  1. ^ The War on Terror was also officially declared over in May 2010 and again in May 2013
  2. ^ Origins date back to the 1980s.

References

  1. ^
    • "Human Cost of Post-9/11 Wars: Direct War Deaths in Major War Zones, Afghanistan & Pakistan (Oct. 2001 – Aug. 2021); Iraq (March 2003 – Aug. 2021); Syria (Sept. 2014 – May 2021); Yemen (Oct. 2002–Aug. 2021) and Other Post-9/11 War Zones". The Costs of War. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
    • Berger, Miriam (15 May 2023). "Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023.
    • Savell, Stephanie (15 May 2023). "How Death Outlives War: The Reverberating Impact of the Post-9/11 Wars on Human Health" (PDF). Costs of War. Watson Institute of International & Public Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2023.
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  3. ^
  1. ^ "Video: Pres. Bush Declares War on Terror". ABC News archives. September 15, 2001.