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Afghanistan’s arc from 9/11 to today: Once hopeful, now sad

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By KATHY GANNON
Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It has been 20 years since Taliban-led Afghanistan fell to a U.S.-led coalition in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks. For Afghans, that means 20 years of change. That’s an arc that ran from early hope to despair in recent weeks as the U.S. pullout led to the 2021 edition of the Taliban toppling the government in short order. The story of those two decades in Afghanistan reflects in many ways the story of the post-9/11 world. And today, Afghans are grappling with the same questions they faced all those years ago: What’s next, and will the violence and fear continue? 

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