7102 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/700 AFGHANISTAN
MID#4227
Dispute Number: 4227
Date(s): August 20, 1998
Participants: 2 United States of America/700 Afghanistan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 1–25 deaths
Narrative: US President Clinton ordered the bombing of suspected Osama bin Laden
terrorist training camps in Afghanistan on August 20, 1998. President Clinton ordered
the bombing in response to the bombing of American embassies in Tanzania and
Kenya. The United States believed that Osama bin Laden was behind the attacks. At
least 24 people were killed in the bombing. On August 21, 1998, bin Laden issued a
response to the training camps bombing with the threat that “the war has just started.”
The United States heightened security at government facilities, subways, train sta-
tions, and airports across the country and warned citizens to be on alert in reaction to
the threat.
MID#4283
Dispute Number: 4283
Date(s): September 15, 2001 to November 15, 2001
Participants: 2 United States of America, 20 Canada, 200 United Kingdom, 210
Netherlands, 220 France, 230 Spain, 235 Portugal, 255 Germany, 350 Greece, 365
Russia, 640 Turkey, 702 Tajikistan, 704 Uzbekistan, 770 Pakistan, 900 Australia/700
Afghanistan
Outcome (and Settlement): Victory for side A (None)
Fatalities: >999 deaths
Narrative: This dispute describes American retaliation on Taliban-controlled Afghan-
istan following the September 11, 2001, attack on New York City and Washington,
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