AFGHAN WAR 2021

On September 11. 2001 invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban government refused to hand over 'Osama bin Laden' whom the United States deemed responsible for 9/11 attacks. Th e War is traced from then till the end of 2021. George W. Bush was President, he was instrumental in this decision. Causalities in the 20-year War some 176,000. 46,000 civilians, 2,420 US, and 3.576 coalition. Cost $8 trillion. On October 7. 2021 the War officially ended. In 2001 there were 45,000 Taliban, in 2021, 90,000 and 50,000 support elements. Th e poem also has current events of 2021, and authors life.

STEPHEN SWEIGART is retired and works part time, after working forty years full time. He wrote a number of poetry books and traveled to Europe. He lives in New Jersey near Philadelphia, in same house since 1985, and was born near there. His books number eleven.