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Afghanistan, From Bombing to Drawdown
President Obama's announcement on the July start of U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan comes nearly a decade after the U.S.-led military operation began.
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November 2010 -- At a NATO summit in Lisbon, NATO and Afghanistan sign an agreement marking the Atlantic alliance's commitment to the war-torn nation after it ends combat operations, ostensibly by the end of 2014.
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May 1, 2011 -- President Obama tells the world that Osama bin Laden has been killed by U.S. special forces following an assault on his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan.