2001 – 2021
Twenty years after 9/11, the Taliban are back in Kabul — America's longest war ends where it began, raising fundamental questions about the limits of military power and nation-building.
Chapter-by-chapter narrative with maps, primary sources, and key events.
Explore battles on a live map with a timeline slider and territory overlays.
Deep-dive into every major engagement — commanders, casualties, significance.
Biographical flip cards with real portraits, facts, and full biography pages.
Trace each figure's full life journey — birth, education, battles, and death — on a live map.
Scroll-driven visualization of casualties — each dot a thousand lives.
Weapons, war machines, and the military innovations that defined how this conflict was fought.
Cause-and-effect chains tracing the war's long shadow on history.
War crimes, massacres, and the darkest chapters of this conflict — documented for history.
Twenty years after 9/11, the Taliban are back in Kabul — America's longest war ends where it began, raising fundamental questions about the limits of military power and nation-building.
War in Afghanistan was fought from 2001 to 2021.
War in Afghanistan was fought between US-led Coalition / Afghan Government and Taliban / Al-Qaeda.
An estimated 164,000 people died in War in Afghanistan, including roughly 117,000 military and 47,000 civilian deaths. Figures are scholarly estimates and vary by source.
Major engagements included Fall and Recapture of Kunduz, Battle of Sangin, Fall of Kabul, and Operation Anaconda.