War On Terrorism: International military campaign that started after 11 September 2001

War on Terror
	; Clockwise from top left: Aftermath of the September 11 attacks; American infantry in Afghanistan; an American soldier and Afghan interpreter in Zabul Province, Afghanistan; explosion of an Iraqi car bomb in Baghdad.
Date	11 September 2001 – present ; (22 years, 7 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Location	Global
Status	Ongoing al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen (since 1998): Drone strikes being conducted by U.S. and Pakistani forces.; Al-Qaeda Emirate in Yemen is declared on 31 March 2011; Insurgency escalates into a full-scale civil war in 2015; NATO-led international involvement in Afghanistan (2001-2021): Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan; Destruction of al-Qaeda camps; Taliban insurgency; Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Death of Osama bin Laden Initiation of Operation Resolute Support by NATO; Transfer of combat roles to Afghan Armed Forces; U.S.–Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement; ; Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri; Iraqi conflict (since 2003): Iraq War (2003–11) Overthrow of the Ba'ath Party government in Iraq; Execution of Saddam Hussein; Death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June 2006; Free elections; ; Iraqi insurgency (2011–14); Civil war (2014–17); Continued insurgency; Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (since 2004): Ongoing insurgency; Large part of FATA under Taliban control; Shifting public support for the Pakistani government; Killing of Osama bin Laden; Drone strikes being conducted by the CIA; International campaign against ISIL (since 2014): Operation Inherent Resolve: U.S.-led Coalition airstrikes on ISIL positions in Iraq, Syria, Egyptian airstrikes in Libya, and West African airstrikes in Nigeria; Multinational humanitarian effort; Arming and support for local ground forces; ISIL beheadings; ISIL defeated in Iraq in December 2017; ISIL defeated in Syria in March 2019 following the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani; Other: OEF Horn of Africa; OEF Philippines; OEF Trans Sahara; OEF Caribbean and Central America;
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It replaced the Cold War. The former United States President Bush's argument was that the countries like North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Libya (also known as the Axis of Evil) were a direct threat to the United States and its allies. The term was typically used with a particular focus on militant Islamists and al-Qaeda.