Region: Southwest Asia
Deployment: Operation Enduring Freedom
After the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, U.S. military forces began Operation Enduring Freedom on October 7, 2001, to defeat the Al Qaeda network of terrorists and their Taliban supporters in Afghanistan. Today, U.S. forces continue to conduct full spectrum operations against Al Qaeda and associated movements to establish an enduring Afghan security structure and the conditions for long-term stability in Afghanistan.

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Research Projects:

To access a listing of all on-going and completed research projects in the Deployment: Operation Enduring Freedom, click here.

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Medical Research Topics:

Information on research projects, government reports, and medical research publications specific to the Deployment: Operation Enduring Freedom have been organized into the specific medical research topic areas below.

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Reports & Publications

The link(s) below provide access to all available reports done by, or sponsored by, the U.S. government and a listing of articles from peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals related to the Deployment: Operation Enduring Freedom.

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