The US war in Afghanistan started on this day 16 years ago

It has been 16 years since former President George W. Bush announced the U.S. military would launch strikes against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and American troops are still in the country with no end to the war in sight.

“On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan,” Bush said in a televised address to the nation from the White House Treaty Room on Oct. 7, 2001.