afghanistan war was the longest war that the us participated in.
what was the longest war that the us participated in?
afghanistan war
the war in afghanistan (or the u.s. war in afghanistan or the afghanistan war), code named operation enduring freedom (2001–14) and operation freedom's sentinel (2015–present), followed the united states invasion of afghanistan of 7 october 2001, when the u.s. and allies successfully drove out the taliban from power in order to dismantle al-qaeda and to deny it a safe base of operations in afghanistan. since the initial objectives were completed, a coalition of over 40 countries (including all nato members) formed a security mission in the country. the war has since mostly involved u.s. and allied afghan government troops battling taliban insurgents. the war in afghanistan is the longest war in u.s. history, having overtaken the u.s. participation in the vietnam war in 2010.
war in afghanistan (2001–present)
while pillai lokacharya lived in srirangam heading emperumanar's darsanam, the islamic invasion of the city occurred. to save the temple and periya perumal, his sannidhi was covered with brick stones and a different vigraha was kept in front by sri pillai lokacharya. pillai lokacharya left srirangam along with namperumal and nacchimaars ahead of the invasion. while going through a forest they were attacked by thieves who stole all the jewellery and vessels of namperumal. pillai lokacharya gave them everything he had and even rejected the items when they returned them to him. happy that they left namperumal with him, he continued on. they then reached a small town called jyothishkudi, near othakadai, madurai. here pillai lokacharya fell ill due to a fall from a nearby hill (today known as yanamalai) and reached his lotus feet. the year was 1311 ce and the day was jyeshtha suddha dvadasi. at his death bed he advised his disciples such as koorakuloththama dasa and vilanjsolai pillai that srisailesa was working for the king at madurai and that they should bring him back into the srivaishnava fold so that he could lead the darsanam. his samadhi temple still exists, 1 km from the narasimha temple at othakadai, near madurai.
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