The American troops in Afghanistan that have been there since the beginning of the millennium, are to soon evacuate the country and return home. Although they have been there for more than 12 years, there are to soon return home to their families. The war in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001 following the 9/11 attacks on the twin towers (Holloman, D. (2013.). Retrieved from). Known as Operation Enduring Freedom (Holloman, D. (2013.). Retrieved from) although the Taliban recommended that Bin Laden leave the country they did not enforce this because they were not totally positive of his involvement with the 9/11 terrorism events. George W. Bush then deployed the American soldiers over sea to retrieve Bin Laden and have him prosecuted; they were then backed up and followed in by allied troops. Once the troops arrived, and the Taliban were eventually relieved from power, the Americans set up camp, which was followed by the fleeing of many of the civilians to surrounding mountainous terrain or to their neighbouring Pakistan. Although originally, the ISAF were to oversee the actions of what was happening overseas. In 2003 (Holloman, D. (2013.). Retrieved from) NATO assumed power of the ISAF and the 43 countries that were there fighting. Although NATO had command of the countries, there were certain American troops that were still ran by the Americans. While NATO forces were batting the Talibans, the war had taken a turn, and expanded into the neighbouring Pakistan in 2004, this was when the war erupted. There were American drones being launched to kill leaders of the Talibans group. As a result of this, there was the beginning of `Insurgency of Waziristan` in 2007 (Holloman, D. (2013.). Retrieved from). With this war in Waziristan as a result of the war in Afghanistan there were many more deaths of innocent civilians and attacks on harmless religious building which of course resulted with many deaths (Wikipedia, 2013). On May 2, 2013 the Navy Seals killed their main target the whole time; Osama Bin Laden (Holloman, D. (2013.) in his compound in Pakistan. Not to long after NATO was thinking of an escape plan for the troops to remove themselves from the country. When 2013 came upon us there were around tens of thousands of deaths from not only soldiers but also there were many harmless civilians that were killed with the violent actions. According to NATO within the next 100 days, (near the end of the year) the troops will be back home with their families. . Holloman, D. (2013.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–present) Wikipedia. (2013, may 26). 2007 timeline of the war in waziristan. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_timeline_of_the_War_in_Waziristan (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_U.S._troops_from_Afghanistan