Never Forget!
A Tomahawk cruise missile is launched from the Aegis class U.S. destroyer John Paul Jones sailing in the Arabian Sea October 7, 2001. The United States and Britain launched powerful air and missile strikes against bases, airports and training camps in Afghanistan, beginning its quest to hunt down and destroy those it blames for last month's attacks on New York and Washington. (Ruben Sprich/Reuters)
President George W. Bush said October 7, 2001 the United States and Britain had begun strikes against military installations of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and training camps of Islamic militant Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network. U.S. officials said the attacks included cruise missile strikes, seen above in a file photo, and were launched against Taliban military positions in the capital Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar. (Raytheon via Reuters)
The United States and Britain on October 7, 2001 launched a first wave of air strikes against Afghanistan and President George W. Bush said the action heralded a "sustained, comprehensive and relentless" campaign against terrorism. Eyewitnesses said they saw flashes and heard explosions over the Afghan capital of Kabul in the first phase of what the United States has said will be a protracted and wide-ranging war against terrorism and the states that support it. The attack had been prepared since the September 11 suicide attacks on the United States that killed around 5,600 people. A U.S. Air force B-52 bomber drops a load of M117 750-pound bombs over a bombing range in the United States in this undated file photo.B-52s, B-1 and B-2 stealth bombers are some of the aircraft that were reportedly used in the attacks on Afghanistan. REUTERS/USAF-Handout
Pakistani Pro-Taliban supporters shout anti-American slogans during a protest in Lahore late October 7, 2001. Pakistan, the only country to recognize Afghanistan's ruling Taliban, said on Sunday that it hopes U.S.-led strikes against Afghanistan will be brief and carefully targeted to avoid civilian casualties. (Mohsin Raza/Reuters)