Template:War on terror infobox

War on terror
Clockwise from top left: Aftermath of the September 11 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 Major wars ended. Ongoing in small operations[a]
Belligerents
Main countries: Main opponents:
Commanders and leaders
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Osama bin Laden X
Ayman al-Zawahiri X
Ba'athist Iraq Saddam Hussein Executed
Casualties and losses
4.5–4.6 million+ people killed[b]
(937,000+ direct deaths, 3.6–3.7 million indirect deaths)[c]
At least 38 million people displaced[d]

Notes edit

  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 edit

  1. ^
    • Daniel, DePetris. "The US war on terror continues. We just don't talk about it". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
    • John, Haltiwanger (10 December 2023). "Graphic Truth: The US's "Global War on Terror" never ended". Costs of War. GZERO.
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  1. ^ "Video: Pres. Bush Declares War on Terror". ABC News archives. September 15, 2001.