The 2001 law is known as the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, or AUMF. It allowed the U.S. military to invade Afghanistan to pursue, detain and punish extremists linked to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The law has been used to justify attacks on militants in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere. (..)
„The jury is still out on when the AUMF might expire,“ said Army Lt. Col Todd Breasseale, a Pentagon spokesman.