US Policies Post 9\11: Assessing US War on Terror in Afghanistan.

Abstract

America's worst nightmare became a reality on September 11, 2001, when an organized terrorist attack occurred in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Since then, the United States has committed to combating terrorism under the banner of the "Global War on Terror." For such a war, the US needed to develop a number of new policies, both to ensure domestic security and to prevent future terrorist acts globally. This study deals with US policies in post 9\11 attacks: assessing US Nation-Building efforts in Afghanistan and aims to demonstrate how the United States dealt with or responded to these domestic terrorist attacks, as well as how these incidents sparked significant counter-terrorism efforts in the United States and marked George W. Bush's presidency. Furthermore, the study also aims to explore the real motives and objectives of the US intervention in the Middle East particularly in Afghanistan. Then, to evaluate US efforts to rebuild Afghanistan during the Bush and Obama administrations, and assess its efforts after US withdrawal. It will be justified through the research that with the withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan, neither war on terror nor this building nation policy ended on the terms America wanted.