23 Pictures That Show Just How Long The War In Afghanistan Has Been Going On 
As of this article's publication, the United States has been at war in Afghanistan for 17 years, five months, and six days. That means...
1. When the War In Afghanistan began in October 2001, the iPod didn't even exist:
2. The first Spiderman movie hadn't been released:
Sony
3. Kelly Clarkson had yet to win the first ever American Idol:
Scott Gries / Getty Images
4. This iconic Nokia phone wasn't out yet:
5. Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were still together:
Getty
6. No one had heard Vanessa Carlton...
Nickelback...
WMG
Avril Lavigne...
The Eminem Show...
UMG
7. And you couldn't buy songs on iTunes yet:
Apple
8. Ellen didn't have a talk show:
9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was the only Harry Potter movie out:
Warner Bros.
10. Pepsi Blue had yet to be released and discontinued:
Pepsi
11. Same with Vanilla Coke:
12. The Emperor's New Groove had yet to be released:
Disney
13. And all these movies still didn't exist:
New Line Cinema, Fox, Buena Vista
14. Now 8 came out...
... with this tracklist:
15. Anna Nicole Smith's show hadn't debuted:
E!
16. The Superbowl "wardrobe malfunction" was years away:
Jeff Haynes / AFP / Getty Images
17. Jessica Simpson hadn't asked this question yet:
MTV
18. The Numa Numa dance had yet to take the internet by storm:
19. Michael Jackson hadn't dangled his child over a balcony:
Getty Images
20. Star Wars Kid had yet to be uploaded to the internet:
21. Grand Theft Auto Vice City wasn't released yet:
Rockstar
22. Nickelodeon's schedule looked like this:
Nickeoldeon
23. And The Bachelor hadn't even had its first season:
ABC
It's been a long, long time.
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