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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; (23 years, 1 month and 4 weeks)
Location	Global (esp. in the Greater Middle East)
Status	NATO-led international involvement in Afghanistan (2001–2014) Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan; Destruction of al-Qaeda camps; Taliban insurgency; War in North-West Pakistan; Killing of Osama bin Laden; Death of Mohammed Omar; War in Afghanistan (2015–present) Initiation of Operation Resolute Support by NATO; Transfer of combat roles to Afghan Armed Forces; U.S.–Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement; ; Insurgency in Yemen (1992–2015): 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; Iraq War (2003–2011): Overthrow of the Ba'ath Party government in Iraq; Execution of Saddam Hussein; Free elections; Iraqi insurgency (2011–2014); Ongoing civil war (2014–present); Death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in June 2006; War in North-West Pakistan (2004–present): 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 (2014–present): Ongoing insurgency; 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; Other: OEF Horn of Africa; OEF Philippines; OEF Trans Sahara; OEF Caribbean and Central America;
Belligerents
Main participants:; United States; United Kingdom; France; Russia; China NATO participants:; Albania ; Belgium ; Bulgaria ; Canada ; Croatia ; Czech Republic ; Denmark ; Estonia ; Germany ; Greece ; Hungary ; Iceland ; Italy ; Latvia ; Lithuania ; Luxembourg ; Montenegro ; Netherlands ; Norway ; Poland ; Portugal ; Romania ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Spain ; Turkey ; Other countries: Afghanistan; Cameroon; Egypt; Iraq; Iraqi Kurdistan; Lebanon; Libya; Mali; Nigeria; Pakistan; Philippines; Somalia; Syria; SDF; Yemen; Other participants Algeria ; Andorra ; Armenia ; Australia ; Austria ; Azerbaijan ; Bahrain ; Bangladesh ; Belarus ; Benin ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Brunei ; Burkina Faso ; Burundi ; Cambodia ; Chad ; Colombia ; Congo ; Cyprus ; Djibouti ; Dominican Republic ; El Salvador ; Ethiopia ; Finland ; Georgia ; Ghana ; Honduras ; India ; Indonesia ; Iran ; Ireland ; Israel ; Japan ; Jordan ; Kazakhstan ; Kenya ; South Korea ; Kosovo ; Kuwait ; Kyrgyzstan ; Laos ; Liechtenstein ; Macedonia ; Malaysia ; Malta ; Mauritania ; Mexico ; Mongolia ; Morocco ; Moldova ; Myanmar ; Nepal ; New Zealand ; Nicaragua ; Niger ; Northern Cyprus ; Oman ; Palestine ; Panama ; Qatar ; Rwanda ; Saudi Arabia ; Senegal ; Serbia ; Seychelles ; Sierra Leone ; Singapore ; South Africa ; Sri Lanka ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Taiwan ; Tajikistan ; Thailand ; Togo ; Tonga ; Tunisia ; Turkmenistan ; Uganda ; Ukraine ; United Arab Emirates ; Uzbekistan ; Vietnam ; International missions : NATO—ISAF ; Operation Enduring Freedom Allies ; Northern Alliance ; Multi-National Force – Iraq ; Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa ; Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve ; ( note: most contributing nations are included in the international operations)	Main targets: al-Qaeda Lashkar al-Zil ; AQAP ; Ansar al-Sharia (Yemen) ; AQIM ; AQIS ; al-Shabaab ; File:Flag of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.svg Tahrir al-Sham ; Khorasan ; Nusrat al-Islam ; AQKB ; Lone wolves ; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Sinai Province ; Libya Province ; Jund al-Khilafah ; Khorasan Province ; Yemen Province ; Boko Haram ; Caucasus Province ; ISS ; Abu Sayyaf ; Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade ; IMU ; Taliban; East Turkestan Islamic Movement Others Islamic Emirate of Waziristan ; Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan ; Osbat al-Ansar ; Haqqani network ; TNSM ; Rajah Sulaiman Movement ; Caucasus Emirate ; Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters ; Hamas ; File:Flag of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.svg Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine ; Lashkar al-Zil ; Lashkar-e-Taiba ; Lashkar-e-Omar ; Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ; Hizbul Mujahideen ; Islamic Jihad of Yemen ; Ansaru ; Mullah Dadullah Front ; Fidai Mahaz ; Ansar al-Sharia (Derna, Libya) ; Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries ; Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia) ; MOJWA ; Islamic Jihad Union ; Masked Brigade ; Jaish-e-Mohammed ; Ahrar ash-Sham ; Fatah al-Islam ; Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid ; Jaish al-Islam ; Indian Mujahideen ; Black Banner Organization ; Harkat-ul-Mujahideen ; Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front ; Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group ; Soldiers of Egypt ; Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami ; Rajah Sulaiman movement ; Tunisian Combatant Group ; Salafia Jihadia ; Ansar al-Sharia (Mali) ; Ansar al-Sharia (Mauritania) ; Ansar al-Sharia (Morocco) ; Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) ; Ansar al-Sharia (Egypt) ; Ansar al-Sharia (Yarmouk Area) ; Abu Sayyaf ; Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid ; al-Qaeda Kurdish Battalions ; Al-Qaeda in the Malay Archipelago ; Al-Qaeda in Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Abdullah Azzam Brigades ; Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades ; Tawhid al-Jihad (Gaza Strip) ; Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula </ref> ; Former JTJ (until 2004) ; al-Qaeda in Iraq (until 2006) ; Islamic State of Iraq; (until 2013) ; Ansar al-Islam (until 2014) ; Jundallah ; Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (until 2007) ; Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (until 2015) ; Ansar al-Sharia (Syria) (until 2016) ; Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (until 2016) ; Al-Nusra Front (until 2017) ; Harakat Sham al-Islam (until 2017) ; Jund al-Aqsa (until 2017) ; Ansar Dine (until March 2017) ; Al-Mourabitoun (until March 2017) ; Ansar al-Sharia (Libya) (until May 2017) ; Maute Group ;
Commanders and leaders
George W. Bush; (President 2001–2009); Barack Obama; (President 2009–2017); Donald Trump; (President 2017–present); Tony Blair; (Prime Minister 1997–2007); Gordon Brown; (Prime Minister 2007–2010) ; David Cameron; (Prime Minister 2010–2016); Theresa May; (Prime Minister 2016–present); Jacques Chirac (President 1995–2007); Nicolas Sarkozy (President 2007–2012); François Hollande (President 2012–2017); Emmanuel Macron (President 2017–present); Vladimir Putin; (President 2000–2008, 2012–present); Dmitry Medvedev; (President 2008–2012); Jiang Zemin; (President 2001–2003); Hu Jintao; (President 2003–2013); Xi Jinping; (President 2013–present) Other leaders Olusegun Obasanjo; (President 1999–2007); Umaru Yar'Adua; (President 2007–2010); Goodluck Johnathan; (President 2010–2015); Muhammadu Buhari(President 2015–present); Mahamadou Issoufou; (President 2011–present); Idriss Deby; (President 1990–present); Paul Biya; (President 1982–present); Gerhard Schröder (Chancellor 1998–2005); Angela Merkel (Chancellor 2005 –present) ; Silvio Berlusconi; (Prime Minister 2001–2006 and 2008–2011) ; Romano Prodi; (Prime Minister 2006–2008) ; Mario Monti; (Prime Minister 2011–2013) ; Enrico Letta; (Prime Minister 2013–2014) ; Matteo Renzi; (Prime Minister 2014–2016) ; Paolo Gentiloni; (Prime Minister 2016–present); King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (King 1981–2004) (King of Saudi Arabia); King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (King 2004 –2011) (King of Saudi Arabia); King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (King 2015 –present) (King of Saudi Arabia); Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Crown Prince 2011 –2012) (Former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia); Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef Al Saud (Crown Prince 2015 –present) (Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia); Pervez Musharraf; (President 1999–2008); General Raheel Sharif (Chief of Army Staff 2013–2016); Qamar Javed Bajwa (Chief of Army Staff 2016–present); John Howard (Prime Minister 1996–2007); Kevin Rudd (Prime Minister 2007–2010, 2013); Julia Gillard (Prime Minister 2010-2013); Tony Abbott (Prime Minister 2013–2015); Malcolm Turnbull (Prime Minister 2015–present); Aleksander Kwaśniewski (President 1995–2005); Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Prime Minister 2003–2014, President 2014–present); Ehud Barak (Prime Minister 1999–2001) (Prime minister of Israel); Ariel Sharon (Prime Minister 2001–2006) (Prime Minister of Israel); Ehud Olmert (Prime Minister 2006–2009) (Prime Minister of Israel); Benjamin Netanyahu (Prime Minister 2009–current) (Prime Minister of Israel); Jean Kahwaji (Commander-in-Chief of the Lebanese Armed Forces); Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (President 2001–2010); Benigno Aquino III (President 2010–2016); Rodrigo Duterte (President 2016–present) ;	al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden †; (Founder and first Emir of al-Qaeda); ; Ayman al-Zawahiri; (Current Emir of al-Qaeda); ; Saif al-Adel ; (al-Qaeda Military Chief); ; Abu Musab al-Zarqawi †; (Emir of al-Qaeda in Iraq); ; Ilyas Kashmiri †; (Commander of Lashkar al-Zil); ; Qasim al-Raymi ; (Emir of AQAP); ; Abdelmalek Droukdel; (Emir of AQIM); ; Mokhtar Belmokhtar † ; (Emir of AQWA); ; Asim Umar; (Emir of AQIS); ; Ahmad Umar; (Emir of al-Shabaab); ; Abu Mohammad al-Julani; (Emir of al-Nusra Front); ; Muhsin al-Fadhli †; (Leader of Khorasan Group) ; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; (Caliph of ISIL); ; Abu Ala al-Afri † ; (Deputy Emir of ISIL) ; Abu Muslim al-Turkmani †; (Deputy Leader, Iraq) ; Abu Suleiman al-Naser † ; (Head of War Council) ; Abu Mohammad al-Adnani † ; (Spokesperson for ISIL); ; Abu Omar al-Shishani † ; (Senior ISIL commander); ; Abu Nabil al-Anbari † (ISIL Emir of North Africa); ; Abu Abdullah al-Filipini † (ISIL Emir of Southeast Asia); ; Mohammed Abdullah (ISIL Emir of Derna); ; Ali Al Qarqaa (ISIL Emir of Nofaliya); ; Hafiz Saeed Khan † ; Usman Ghazi ; Abubakar Shekau ; Taliban Mohammed Omar; (1st Supreme Commander of the Taliban) †; ; Akhtar Mansour; (2nd Supreme Commander of the Taliban) †; ; Hibatullah Akhundzada; (Current & 3rd Supreme Commander of the Taliban); ; Quetta Shura ; (Senior Taliban council) ; Abdul Ghani Baradar; ; Obaidullah Akhund †; ; Mohammad Fazl; ; Dadullah Akhund † ; Tehrik-i-Taliban Maulana Fazlullah ; (Emir of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan) ; Haqqani Network Jalaluddin Haqqani †; (leader of the Haqqani network); ; Sirajuddin Haqqani ; East Turkestan Islamic Movement Abdul Haq; (Emir of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement); ; Abdullah Mansour; (Emir of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement) ;

^ Mike Levine; James Gordon Meek; Pierre Thomas; Lee Ferran (23 September 2014). "What Is the Khorasan Group, Targeted By US in Syria?". ABC News. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
^ "Wilayat al-Yemen: The Islamic State's New Front". Jamestown Foundation. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
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[1] Mike Levine; James Gordon Meek; Pierre Thomas; Lee Ferran (23 September 2014). "What Is the Khorasan Group, Targeted By US in Syria?". ABC News. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

[2] "Wilayat al-Yemen: The Islamic State's New Front". Jamestown Foundation. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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