 After the September 11, 2001 attacks, under President George W. Bush, the U.S. and NATO launched the War on Terror, which saw an intervention to depose the Taliban government in the Afghan War and drone attacks in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia against suspected terrorist targets.In 2003, the U.S. and a multi-national coalition invaded Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein.As of , Afghanistan continues to host U.S. and NATO counterinsurgency operations under the aegis of Operation Resolute Support and Operation Freedom's Sentinel, while the Iraq War officially ended on December 18, 2011.