The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.

2001

• Taliban troops abandon Kabul. Kabul falls following airstrikes and ground attacks by the United States and Afghan Northern Alliance.
• Alpha Team 586 aids General Daoud Khan in forcing the Taliban to abandon Taluqan.

2002

• The command element for a Marine-led task force (CJTF-HOA) against terrorism in the Horn of Africa departed for Djibouti. The task force was led by MajGen John Sattler, commander of 2d Marine Division from Camp Lejeune, and had no scheduled return date. The command element linked up with U.S. forces already in the region to help disrupt terrorist cells that traditionally use the region as a transit route.

2004

• The U.S. military began an investigation into whether or not a Marine shot dead an unarmed, wounded Iraqi insurgent inside a mosque during the battle for Fallujah. The incident was captured on videotape by an embedded reporter and was being investigated to determine if the Marine violated any rules and should be charged with a crime.

2006

• A third Marine charged with kidnapping and murdering an Iraqi man in the town of Hamandiya on 26 April 2006 reached an agreed upon plea bargain. LCpl Jerry E. Shumate, Jr., pled guilty to the lesser charges of aggravated assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice days later on 21 November. He was sentenced to 21 months in the brig. PFC John Jodka III had reached a plea bargain in October 2006 on the same charges and was sentenced to 18 months for his role in the slaying on 15 November. The next day, LCpl Tyler A. Jackson, who had also reached a agreement, was sentenced to 21 months as well. All three were to be dismissed from the service. Four more Marines still faced court-martial in the case.

2007

• End of Operation Montana II in Iraq

Casualties on November 13:

• BRYAN, BENJAMIN SAXON – November 13, 2004
• DEMPSEY, KEVIN JOHN – November 13, 2004
• DIMA, CATALIN DAN – November 13, 2004
• ELLSWORTH, JUSTIN MARK – November 13, 2004
• LARSEN, COLE WILLIAM – November 13, 2004
• LU, VICTOR RONALD – November 13, 2004
• MCLEESE, JUSTIN DANIEL – November 13, 2004
• NORWOOD, BYRON WAYNE – November 13, 2004
• SIMS, SEAN PATRICK – November 13, 2004
• VELEZ, JOSE ALFREDO – November 13, 2004
• ALLMAN, DANIEL JOSEPH II – November 13, 2006
• KIM, JANG HO – November 13, 2006
• WINSTON, PETER ENDERS – November 13, 2006
• LILES, STUART FORREST – November 13, 2007
• KRUSE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN – November 13, 2007
• MASON, CASEY PARNELL – November 13, 2007
• SCHMIDT, PETER WILLIAM – November 13, 2007
• STILES, JONNIE LEE – November 13, 2008
• CLAY, JAMES MICHAEL – November 13, 2008
• DE LA PAZ, ARMANDO ALEXANDER – November 13, 2008
• COFFLAND, CHRISTOPHER JAMES – November 13, 2009
• HEFNER, SHAWN PATRICK – November 13, 2009
• CARROLL, JACOB CHARLES – November 13, 2010
• CARVER, JACOB RUSSELL – November 13, 2010
• RIVADENEIRA, JUAN LUIS – November 13, 2010
• MCCAIN, JOHNATHAN BRYANT – November 13, 2011
• BATTLE, RAYVON JR – November 13, 2012
• VAZQUEZ, RICHARD LEE – November 13, 2013