US and Afghan forces conduct checkpoint operations near COP Yosef Khel in 2012. Officially, the war in Afghanistan that was part of the larger War on Terror lasted from 2001 to 2021. It is considered the longest war fought by American troops abroad.
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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.
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