oud ' s ▁United ▁Front ▁troops , ▁with ▁American ▁air ▁support , ▁ou sted ▁the ▁Tal ib an ▁from ▁power ▁in ▁Kab ul ▁in ▁Operation ▁End uring ▁Fre edom . ▁In ▁November ▁and ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁the ▁United ▁Front ▁gained ▁control ▁of ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁and ▁played ▁a ▁cru cial ▁role ▁in ▁establish ing ▁the ▁post - T al ib an ▁inter im ▁government ▁of ▁Ham id ▁Kar za i ▁in ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁ ▁Islam ic ▁Republic ▁and ▁NAT O ▁▁ ▁The ▁US - led ▁war ▁in ▁Afghan istan ▁began ▁on ▁October ▁ 7 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁as ▁Operation ▁End uring ▁Fre edom . ▁It ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁capture ▁or ▁kill ▁Os ama ▁bin ▁L aden ▁and ▁al - Q a eda ▁milit ants , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁replace ▁the ▁Tal ib an ▁with ▁a ▁US - friend ly ▁government . ▁The ▁Bush ▁Do ctrine ▁stated ▁that , ▁as ▁policy , ▁it ▁would ▁not ▁distinguish ▁between ▁al - Q a eda ▁and ▁nations ▁that ▁har bor ▁them . ▁ ▁Several ▁Afghan ▁leaders ▁were ▁invited ▁to ▁Germany ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁for ▁the ▁UN ▁spons ored ▁Bonn ▁Ag re ement , ▁which ▁was ▁to ▁restore ▁stability ▁and ▁govern ance ▁in ▁their ▁country . ▁In ▁the ▁first ▁step , ▁the ▁Afghan ▁Trans itional ▁Administration ▁was ▁formed ▁and ▁was ▁installed ▁on ▁December ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Cha ired ▁by ▁Ham id ▁Kar za