One of the goals of the post-9/11 war in afghanistan was to

Defeat the Taliban and al -Qaeda

Explanation:

The Taliban was long thought to have ties to the terrorist group al-Qaeda and provided both funding and served as a sanctuary to the terrorist group.

   To defeat Al-Qaeda and the Taliban

Explanation:  After the 9/11 terrorist attack, US authorities with President Bush were determined to defeat Al-Qaeda and Osama bin-Laden as the organizers of the theoretical attack. Although none of the terrorists involved in the 9/11 attack were from Afghanistan, the Taliban provided support and refuge for Al-Qaeda. President Bush stressed that if the Taliban do not deliver Al-Qaeda leaders, they will face the same fate as Al-Qaeda.

the assassination of president lincoln was just one part of a larger plot to decapitate the federal government of the u.s. after the civil war. the first reaction to lincoln’s death was disbelief. then it quickly changed to grief. abraham lincoln’s death created an outpouring of grief from citizens in both the north and the south.

explanation:

lincoln was the first u.s. president to be assassinated. president abraham lincoln, america’s civil war leader, was assassinated just five days after confederate general robert e. lee surrendered his army at appomattox court house, ending the four-year war between the states. on the evening of april 14, 1865, lincoln was attending a performance of our american cousin at ford’s theatre in washington, d.c. john wilkes booth – a 26-year old actor, confederate sympathizer, and white supremacist – slipped into the presidential box and shot lincoln in the head. john wilkes booth and his conspirators had initially planned to kidnap lincoln to save the confederate states. but as the confederacy faltered, booth’s thoughts turned to murder. booth may have decided to act on his hatred after lincoln endorsed giving the right to vote to african-american men who had served in the union army.