The counterterrorism policy of the United States in Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks

This article is focused on the United States counterterrorism policy in Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks and presents a critical analysis of the strategies of the Bush and the Obama administrations as well as the prospects for the new strategy offered by Donald Trump. The US approach to its counterterrorism policy in Afghanistan is changeable and constitutes a complex process which takes place depending on the ruling presidential administration. As a result of the change of the administration, President Bush’s strategy, which was predominantly based on using force and taking military action, was followed by that of President Obama’s, who perceived terrorism as a rather complicated phenomenon requiring complex and diverse solutions, and included not only counterterrorism but also nation-building and democracy promotion. As for Afghanistan, after facing the 9/11 attacks in New York and experiencing the new form of terrorism, the country was and continues to be a region in the world where the Unites States has been getting experience in responding to this new, constantly evaluating form of terrorism.