War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

The War in Afghanistan (2001–present) refers tae the intervention bi NATO an allied forces in the Afghan poleetical struggle, follaein the terrorist attacks o September 11, 2001, tae dismantle the al-Qaeda terrorist organisation an tae remove frae pouer the Taliban govrenment, which at the time controlled 90% o Afghanistan an hostit al-Qaeda leadership. U.S. Preses George W. Bush demandit that the Taliban haund ower Osama bin Laden an expel the al-Qaeda network which wis supportin the Taliban in its war wi the Afghan Northren Alliance. The Taliban recommendit that bin Laden leave the kintra but declined tae extradite him wioot evidence o his involvement in the 9/11 attacks. The Unitit States refused tae negotiate an launched Operation Enduring Freedom on 7 October 2001 wi the Unitit Kinrick an later jyned bi Germany an ither wastren allies, tae attack the Taliban an al-Qaeda forces in conjunction wi the Northren Alliance.

Astronomical unit

An astronomical unit is a unit o length nou defined as exactly 149597870700 m (92,955,807.3 mi), or roughly the average Yird–Sun distance

Xenon

Xenon is a chemical element wi the seembol Xe an atomic nummer 54. It is a colourless, hivy, odorless noble gas, that occurs in the Yird's atmosphere in trace amoonts. Altho generally unreactive, xenon can unnergo a few chemical reactions sic as the

Jharkhand

Jharkhand is a state in eastren Indie. It wis carved oot o the soothren pairt o Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border wi the states o Bihar tae the north, Uttar Pradesh an Chhattisgarh tae the wast, Odisha tae the sooth, an Wast Bengal

Aldebaran

Aldebaran is a red giant starn locatit aboot 68 licht years awa in the zodiac constellation o Taurus. Wi an average apparent magnitude o 0.87 it is the brichtest starn in the constellation an is ane o the brichtest starns in the nichttime sky. The name

Pidgin (saftware)

Pidgin is an open-soorce multi-platform instant messagin client, based on a librar named libpurple. Libpurple haes support for mony commonly uised instant messagin protocols, allaein the uiser tae log intae various services frae ane application

Li Keqiang

Li Keqiang is a Cheenese economist an the current Premier o the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae an pairty secretary o the State Cooncil. In his capacity as Premier, Li is Cheenae's heid o govrenment as well as the leadin figur behind its economic policy. He is an

Ashdod

Ashdod, is the fift-lairgest ceety in Israel, locatit in the Soothren Destrict o the kintra, on the Mediterranean coast, locatit 32 kilometres (20 mi) sooth o Tel Aviv an 20 kilometres (12 mi) north o Ashkelon an 53 kilometres (33 mi) wast o Jerusalem

VY Canis Majoris

VY Canis Majoris is a reid hypergiant in the constellation Canis Major. It is ane o the lairgest kent starns bi radius an an aa ane o the maist luminous o its type. It is approximately 1,420 ± 120 solar radii, an aboot 1.2 kiloparsec distant frae Yird

Deneb

Deneb is the brichtest starn in the constellation Cygnus an ane o the vertices o the Simmer Triangle. It is the 19t brichtest starn in the nicht sky, wi an apparent magnitude o 1.25. A blue-white supergiant, Deneb is an aa ane o the maist luminous nearbi

Anne Mackintosh

Anne Mackintosh (1723–1784) wis a Scottish Jacobite o the Clan Farquharson, a Scottish clan belangin tae the Scottish Heilans an also the gweed wife o Angus Mackintosh, chief of the Clan Mackintosh. She wis the ainly female military leader tae tak pairt