On October 7, 2001, the United States military began bombing sites in Afghanistan in an attempt to secure air superiority over the Taliban government and allow further safe air strikes and deployment of ground troops.
The air strikes were followed by the dropping of leaflets informing the Afghan population that the war is against terrorist groups such as Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda organization and governments who support terrorist groups, and not the general population. Along with the leaflets, t…