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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Country labeled U.S. troops in West Asia as ’terrorist’?
A
Syria
B
Iran
C
Russia
D
India
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Afghanistan Afghanistan accounted for 41% of deaths from terrorism globally, with the Taliban being responsible for 87% of these fatalities.

Detailed explanation-2: -The US State Department currently lists four countriesas state sponsors of terrorism, ‘for having consistently provided support for acts of international terrorism’. Syria has been on the list since 1979, Iran since 1984, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) since 2017 and Cuba (again) since 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -From the White House Treaty Room, the President informed the nation that military action - Operation Enduring Freedom - would remove the Taliban regime and eliminate al Qaeda in Afghanistan. On October 7, 2001, the President announced that the United States had begun military action in Afghanistan.

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