War in Afghanistan: Overthrow of the Taliban and Aftermath

by Dorothy Kavanaugh

For more than 30 years, Afghanistan has been plagued by war and violence. In October 2001, the United States sent troops to Afghanistan in order to remove the Taliban, a group of Muslim fundamentalists that had gained control of the country and were sheltering and assisting terrorist groups like Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization. It did not take long for the U.S. military to force the Taliban from power, but creating a peaceful and stable Afghanistan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142223360X
• ISBN13: 9781422233603
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8