The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 1065: The Afghanistan War Breaks Out

The Americans asked Afghanistan to hand over Bin Laden, but Afghanistan claimed that the incident had nothing to do with Bin Laden and was not willing to hand him over at all.

Bin Laden was no ordinary man. He was born into a wealthy construction businessman's family in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. His father died very early. He inherited a large fortune from his family and served as the chief engineer of the family business. At that time, his assets reached 3 million US dollars.

Born into a wealthy family, Bin Laden spent most of his time enjoying luxury and leading a pious life like a priest. Based on his belief in supporting brotherly countries in the Islamic world, Bin Laden, who was extremely wealthy, began to receive military training from the US military and the CIA after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979. He spent all his family wealth to support the Afghan guerrillas financially and physically to resist the Soviet invaders.

During the Gulf War, Bin Laden was very dissatisfied with the actions of the US military, believing that it was an insult to the Islamic holy places and a massacre of Arab brothers. It was from that time that he began to hate the United States.

For more than thirty years, Bin Laden has enjoyed a high prestige in Muslim countries.

Among them, his prestige is highest in Afghanistan.

On October 10, George Walker announced that the United States had launched a military offensive against Afghanistan. This time, the United States jointly declared war on Afghanistan with Britain.

What made the United States very angry this time was that funds from Europe were shorting the U.S. stock market, causing heavy losses to the United States.

Although European countries hypocritically expressed sympathy to the United States and the American people, it is unknown how many European countries are gloating over their misfortune.

This incident led to a large amount of capital outflow from the United States, the scale of which exceeded the capital that flowed into the United States during the Kosovo War in 1999.

The war against Afghanistan this time, involving Britain, is not only to build up momentum, but also to force European countries to contribute manpower and manpower.

On October 10, the US-led coalition launched air strikes on Taliban military bases. The British army assisted the US army in the battle, and other countries such as France, Germany, Australia and Canada provided logistical support.

Because the relationship between the United States and the Persians is not good, the relationship between the two sides has not been normalized, and they have not even established diplomatic relations. Pakistan is dissatisfied with the strong support of the Americans for India at the beginning of the year, and has not agreed to provide a military base.

So in this air strike, the Americans took off directly from an aircraft carrier docked in the Arabian Sea, and then carried out an air strike on Afghanistan using aerial refueling tankers.

In order to be able to pass through Pakistan's airspace, the Americans had to pay a fee.

The Americans even launched bombers from British islands in the Indian Ocean.

The furious U.S. military did not hesitate to use any explosives, missiles or fuel, pouring them onto the Afghan land.

The United States used a variety of weapons in the first round of air strikes, hoping to end the war quickly.

Finally, through the mediation of a third country, Pakistan agreed to allow US ground troops to pass through its border and provided the US military with three temporary military bases.

Pakistan agreed because, although both Pakistan and Afghanistan are Muslim countries, their domestic situations are very different. Pakistan is an Islamic country dominated by Sunnis, while Afghanistan is a country where Shiites and Sunnis coexist. Secondly, the two sides had been at loggerheads during the Afghan war. After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, they were unable to control the domestic situation well. Many places, especially border areas, were completely autonomous, and even in a tribal state. There were frequent conflicts on the border between the two sides. If the US military wanted to attack Afghanistan, Pakistan would naturally enjoy the success. In addition, they could take this opportunity to make a fortune. The Americans were bleeding heavily this time.

When it comes to the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan, we have to talk about the British. Pakistan was once part of British India. In the process of westward expansion, Britain also launched the Afghan War, and then encountered tenacious resistance from Afghanistan. From 1839 to 1919, the British launched three consecutive wars of aggression against Afghanistan for 80 years, and then suffered heavy losses in Afghanistan, and could not bite off the hard bone of Afghanistan. In the end, they could only nibble away at part of Afghanistan's territory and draw a dividing line between it and British India, named the Durand Line.

After the partition of India and Pakistan, the Durand Line became the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. This line forcibly divided the original Pashtun people in Afghanistan into two parts, living in two adjacent countries, laying the seeds for the subsequent conflict.

There are constant conflicts between the two sides and clashes often break out.

Apart from anything else, ever since the Soviet Union sent troops to Afghanistan in 1979, Afghanistan, a land known as the "graveyard of empires", has been in constant war, either responding to foreign invasions or domestic warlord infighting. Many Afghan refugees displaced in the turmoil have fled to Pakistan, making the situation in the border area between the two countries very complicated.

After dealing with Pakistan, the first wave of US ground troops finally arrived at the Afghan battlefield on the 25th day after the declaration of war.

After 25 days of indiscriminate bombing, many military bases in Afghanistan were devastated and cities were inhumanely bombed.

Taliban officials and their troops withdrew and did not engage in direct confrontation with the Americans, but instead waged a guerrilla war.

The Taliban originally rose to power by waging guerrilla warfare, and now they are simply returning to their old ways.

The guerrillas blew up railways and roads, slowing down the advance of U.S. ground forces.

Then they kept attacking the U.S. military's transportation lines, and even the guerrillas entered Pakistani territory and attacked the U.S. military, forcing the U.S. military to send a large number of troops to protect the transportation lines.

The United States mobilized a large number of troops from all over the world to Afghanistan, and then brought in its allies to form a coalition.

The coalition ground forces totaled 13, including 10 U.S. troops, and its allies totaled 3, including 2.2 British ground troops. Other allied countries totaled 8000 ground troops.

The coalition forces were massive and landed in a Pakistani port in a mighty force, then headed north to Afghanistan.

The Americans broadcast the entire process live, especially across the United States. Americans needed a vent, and Afghanistan was it!

On October 10, George Walker signed into law the USA Patriot Act, which expanded the authority of the US police. In addition, the war in Afghanistan was broadcast live throughout the entire process to let Americans vent their anger.

At this moment, no one is shouting about human rights or sovereignty anymore, and the whole of America is cheering.

This war is estimated to be the war with the highest support rate among all the foreign wars of the United States.

It was this incident that really hurt the United States to the core!
In the eyes of Americans, this war is a war of justice and a war of revenge!
As for human rights and sovereignty, go to hell with them! They are used to restrain other countries, not to restrain themselves!

(End of this chapter)