// BEGIN editorial data var i = 0; var AfghanWarQuiz = new Array(); AfghanWarQuiz.ID = "AfghanWarQuiz"; AfghanWarQuiz.ID_WB = 15104086; AfghanWarQuiz.vote = "September11quiz_vote"; AfghanWarQuiz.navsectionID = "3032091" AfghanWarQuiz.sPubDate = "10/4/2006 7:53:13 PM GMT"; AfghanWarQuiz.quiztype = 1; AfghanWarQuiz.appFmt = 0; AfghanWarQuiz.bDispQNums = 1; AfghanWarQuiz.appWidth = 460; AfghanWarQuiz.appDeck = new Array("The invasion of Afghanistan, coming just weeks after the 9/11 attacks, was one of the most intensely covered news stories of all time. How much information were you taking in? Here’s a tougher-than-our-usual-weekly-news-quiz test of your Afghanistan knowledge from the final three months of 2001.

","You answered of questions correctly. Scroll down to see answers for each question. Also, please let us know what you think about the quiz. The feedback is appreciated."); AfghanWarQuiz.headHeight = 40; AfghanWarQuiz.copyBorder = 0; AfghanWarQuiz[1] = new Array(); AfghanWarQuiz[1][0] = new Array("After 9/11, the United States quickly decided to invade Afghanistan and crush the Taliban, which had taken over that nation’s government and provided safe harbor for al-Qaida and its leader, Osama bin Laden. What code name did the United States give to the military action?"); AfghanWarQuiz[1].answer = "Operation Enduring Freedom. *The name was chosen after Operation Infinite Justice was rejected because of fears it might offend Muslims who believe that only God can administer “infinite justice.”"; AfghanWarQuiz[1][1] = new Array("Operation Ground Zero",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[1][2] = new Array("Operation Infinite Justice",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[1][3] = new Array("Operation Enduring Freedom",'',1); AfghanWarQuiz[1][4] = new Array("Operation Terminate Taliban",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[2] = new Array(); AfghanWarQuiz[2][0] = new Array("After its successful invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition moved toward establishing a democracy, with the first election being for the position of president. Who was voted in as president in October, 2004?"); AfghanWarQuiz[2].answer = "Hamid Karzai. *Rabbani, Omar and Najibullah were all previous presidents."; AfghanWarQuiz[2][1] = new Array("Hamid Karzai",'',1); AfghanWarQuiz[2][2] = new Array("Mohammed Omar",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[2][3] = new Array("Burhanuddin Rabbani",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[2][4] = new Array("Mohammad Najibullah",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[3] = new Array(); AfghanWarQuiz[3][0] = new Array("Much of the U.S.-led coalition’s strategy for invading Afghanistan centered on encouraging and supplying the Northern Alliance, a collection of anti-Taliban forces more formally known as the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (UIF). The UIF was largely made up of ethnic groups other than the majority Pashtun, which dominated the Taliban. What was the largest ethnic group in the Northern Alliance?"); AfghanWarQuiz[3].answer = "Tajiks. *Uzbeks, Harzara and Turkmen were also prominent in the alliance."; AfghanWarQuiz[3][1] = new Array("Turkmen",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[3][2] = new Array("Uzbeks",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[3][3] = new Array("Hazara",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[3][4] = new Array("Tajiks",'',1); AfghanWarQuiz[4] = new Array(); AfghanWarQuiz[4][0] = new Array("The Northern Alliance succeeded in the eventual invasion of Kabul and the removal of the Taliban despite the absence of its charismatic military leader, Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was assassinated on Sept. 9, 2001. How was he killed?"); AfghanWarQuiz[4].answer = "He was blown up by two Arabs posing as journalists doing a TV interview."; AfghanWarQuiz[4][1] = new Array("He was gunned down by rivals with the Northern Alliance",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[4][2] = new Array("He was killed when a roadside bomb was detonated by the Taliban",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[4][3] = new Array("He was blown up by two Arabs posing as journalists doing a TV interview",'',1); AfghanWarQuiz[4][4] = new Array("He was captured and tortured to death by poppy farmers angry at his anti-drug views",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[5] = new Array(); AfghanWarQuiz[5][0] = new Array("Much of the bombing of Afghanistan was carried out from a semi-secret American military base on an island in the Indian Ocean. A British colony, the island it was cleared of its population during the early 1970s in order to create the base. What is its name?"); AfghanWarQuiz[5].answer = "Diego Garcia"; AfghanWarQuiz[5][1] = new Array("Maldives",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[5][2] = new Array("Mauritius",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[5][3] = new Array("Diego Garcia",'',1); AfghanWarQuiz[5][4] = new Array("Tristan da Cunha",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[6] = new Array(); AfghanWarQuiz[6][0] = new Array("One of the most enduring images of the invasion was that of a captured American who had joined the Taliban, John Walker Lindh. After he was returned to the United States, Lindh pleaded guilty to being in the Taliban and to carrying weapons. Eight other charges were dropped. What was his sentence?"); AfghanWarQuiz[6].answer = "20 years without parole."; AfghanWarQuiz[6][1] = new Array("Execution",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[6][2] = new Array("Life without parole",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[6][3] = new Array("20 years without parole",'',1); AfghanWarQuiz[6][4] = new Array("20 years, with possibility of parole",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[7] = new Array(); AfghanWarQuiz[7][0] = new Array("It took just over five weeks of ground fighting and aerial assaults for the Taliban to be ejected from Kabul. What key city to the north of the capital was captured a few days before, a victory that directly led to the fall of Kabul?"); AfghanWarQuiz[7].answer = "Mazar-e-Sharif."; AfghanWarQuiz[7][1] = new Array("Herat",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[7][2] = new Array("Konduz",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[7][3] = new Array("Kandahar",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[7][4] = new Array("Mazar-e-Sharif",'',1); AfghanWarQuiz[8] = new Array(); AfghanWarQuiz[8][0] = new Array("After the fall of Kabul, it took several more weeks to capture the other population centers remaining in Taliban hands. The last of these to be occupied was the city where the Taliban originally was based in Afghanistan. Which one?"); AfghanWarQuiz[8].answer = "Kandahar."; AfghanWarQuiz[8][1] = new Array("Kandahar",'',1); AfghanWarQuiz[8][2] = new Array("Konduz",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[8][3] = new Array("Bagram",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[8][4] = new Array("Farah",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[9] = new Array(); AfghanWarQuiz[9][0] = new Array("Deposed as the de-facto president of Afghanistan was Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the Taliban. What was Omar’s fate?"); AfghanWarQuiz[9].answer = "Along with other Taliban leaders, he fled into the mountains and remains at large."; AfghanWarQuiz[9][1] = new Array("He was captured and still awaits trial",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[9][2] = new Array("He was captured, put on trial and executed",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[9][3] = new Array("Along with other Taliban leaders, he fled into the mountains and remains at large",'',1); AfghanWarQuiz[9][4] = new Array("He was killed in the coalition bombing of mountainous areas reputed to be a Taliban-Al Quaida hideout",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[10] = new Array(); AfghanWarQuiz[10][0] = new Array("After the capture of Kabul and other major cities, attention turned to the mountainous areas, primarily to the south and east, where Taliban and al-Qaida leaders were believed to be hiding in caves. What is the name of the area that received most focus from coalition bombers and special forces as they tried to dislodge the holdouts?"); AfghanWarQuiz[10].answer = "Tora Bora."; AfghanWarQuiz[10][1] = new Array("Bora Bora",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[10][2] = new Array("Tora Bora",'',1); AfghanWarQuiz[10][3] = new Array("Tora Tora",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz[10][4] = new Array("Ore Ida",'',0); AfghanWarQuiz.profiles = new Array();var i=0; AfghanWarQuiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(0,19,"
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