At the beginning, many people and countries had praised the US for supporting groups fighting the Soviet forces, but after the September 11 attacks, people started to question the US policy of supporting and giving money to such groups. In 2001, the US launched an invasion of Afghanistan, in an effort to find Osama bin Laden. In 2021, the US announced its withdrawal from Afghanistan and the last forces from NATO countries left Afghanistan on 30 August 2021. The capital city Kabul was captured by the Taliban on 15 August 2021.