9/11 nd the global war on …

The US response to 9/11 was swift and ferocious.

(i) The US launched ‘Operation Enduring Freedom’ against all those suspected to be behind this attack.

(ii) The Taliban regime was easily overthrown.

(iii) The US forces made arrests all over the world, transported these persons across countries and detained them in secret prisons.

The day On 11 September 2001,when nineteen hijackers from Arab countries hijacked four American commercial aircrafts and blew them into important buildings in the US as mentioned below:

(i) One each crashed into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Centre.

(ii) Another crashed into the Pentagon building in Arlington.

(iii) Forth fell down in a field in Pennsylvania.

These attacks are known as '9/11' as in the USA month is written first and date follows thereafter.
This incident also made the US to launch a global war on terror.