War on Jihadism (An Independent in 2000)

++Warning: This Page is very much under construction, please bear with me++ The War on Terrorism, 2001-Present is an ongoing war between the United Nations and multiple subnational terrorist cells.

The War on Terror began officially with the US invasion of Afghanistan, though most people will always consider September 11th, 2001 as the day the first shot was fired. Though the war is offically ongoing it is considered to be more of a policy war wrather than an actual war, much like the US War on Drugs. The war originally began as an American led effort in Afghanistan, but was handed over to the newly fromed UN Multinational Force in the Fall of 2003 when Saddam Hussein was confirmed to have used VX nerve gas on the Kurds in the 1980s. Brought on in response to the September 11th Terrorist attacts, the war has so far spread to eight countries, resulting in the removal of several regimes from power and the partitioning of several nations.

Following the 9/11 attacts and the discovery of the terrorist cell responsible, al Qaeda, US President Charles Malcolm Edwards ordered the deployment of a single detatchment of the US anti-terror Delta Force to parachute over Afghan airspace in the night and locate and prosecute the 9/11 plotters with exterem prejudice. The plotters, which included Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden, were discovered in a hut just outside of Kabul, and were all captured and detained for questioning. During the course of eleven hours of interigations, the subjects openly admitted to being behind the attacts, and revealed the locations of their arms dealers, financing, and followers. After said information had been gathered, the American agents proceded to record the brutal torture of the plotters. The agents were then evacuated out of Afghanistan when Pakistan agreed to allow US aircraft clearance to cross over their border into Afghanistan. Upon their return to US soil the soldiers were debreifed and gave the US vital intelligence concerning the location of the remaining al Quaeda forces, and their lines of support. Most of the al Qaeda followers were residing in Afghanistan at the time under the protection of the Taliban government. President Edwards and the Joint Chiefs then proceeded to prepare for a full scale invasion of Afghanistan. The torture footage, upon President Edwards request was then displayed accross the internet and on every major brodcast network around the world with a single warning from the President, "Do not think you can harm the people of this country and get away with it." What followed the warning and the subsequent Declaration of War by the US Congress on the Taliban Government of Afghanistan was the first official conflict of the War on Terror: The War in Afghanistan.

The Afghan War
On October 7th 2001 the first American bombers and naval vessels began the strategic bombardment of Afghanistan. After several hours of bombing of major lines of communication, infrastructure and military bases, the first US forces invaded the southern half of Afghanistan on October 8th 2001. The 66th Armored invaded with supprot from a flight of AC-130 gunships, and A-10 Warthogs. On October 13th the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit landed from a flight of V-22 Ospreys just outside of Kabul. By November 12th, Kabul had fallen and the first detatchment of Mobile Palisades had been delivered to secure the city. On November 27th, the US had completely secured the city and installed an interm govenrment. By December 1st the US sent the first series of "heavy aid" to Kabul, and began the reconstruction and development of the city. By December 3rd Kuduz had been completely secured, and much of the fighting had been forced West allowing NATO forces to secure Pashtunistan. By January 24th, 2002 the Pashtunistan Wall had completely severed off the fighting from one half of the country, and gave the new Afghan government the freedom to develope their territory with the supervision of the US, who was paying for most of the country's developement. By 2003 the fighting had died down enough for Afghanistan to hold their first free and open election. By 2004 Afghanistan has been completely pacified, now holding their own standing army. When Hurricane Katrina hit in the US in 2005, the US recalled all troops and handed the country over to UN supervision.