One of the goals of the war in Afghanistan was to establish a democratic government in that country.
The declared objective of the invasion was to find Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders to bring them to trial, and to overthrow the absolutist government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, ruled by the emir Mohammad Omar, who supported and gave refuge and coverage to Al Qaeda members. The Bush Doctrine was applied, which declared that, as a policy, no distinction would be made between terrorist organizations and nations or governments that give them refuge.
The initial attack took the Taliban out of power and established a democratic government. The war has been less successful than expected in terms of the goal of restricting the movement of al Qaeda.
