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The U.S. relationship with Afghanistan is a strong, long-term, and broad bilateral partnership. We have many shared interests, including the advancement of democracy, peace, security, and economic development in Afghanistan and in the region.After the Taliban government refused to hand over terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in the wake of al-Qaeda's September 11, 2001, attacks, the United States invaded Afghanistan. The Taliban leadership quickly lost control of the country and relocated to southern Afghanistan and across the border to Pakistan.Afghanistan's history is marked by periods of foreign invasion and withdrawal, so much so that the state has been christened the 'graveyard of empires. ' This symbolism explores how even the strongest of empires, may be successful initially at invasion but that none can maintain an occupation in this state.