<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)" id="mwAYo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">U.S. invasion of Afghanistan</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anaconda" id="mwAYs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Anaconda">Operation Anaconda</a> begins, (ending on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_19" id="mwAYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="March 19">March 19</a> after killing 500 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" id="mwAY0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda" id="mwAY4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Al-Qaeda">al-Qaeda</a> fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).