In pictures A decade in Afghanistan

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http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/10/pictures

ON OCTOBER 7th 2001 the first American bombs fell on Afghanistan. With the help of an international coalition, America hoped to quickly rout the terrorists who had perpetrated the 9/11 attacks, and to overthrow the government that harboured them. But after three weeks of bombing we reported that there were two views of the war taking shape: one which continued to believe it would be swift and soon give way to the task of nation building; and another that foresaw a long, complex and messy campaign. The pessimists proved the more prescient. By one count, over 2,700 coalition soldiers have died as a result of the decade-old war, and many thousands more Afghans have lost their lives in the fighting. Today over 100,000 foreign troops remain in Afghanistan, which continues to be plagued by insurgency and other violence. As Barack Obama begins to withdraw his troops from America's longest war, the country's future is far from clear.


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As America edged closer to war in September 2001, Afghanistan's local anti-Taliban forces also prepared for battle. (AFP)

[MichiganVote]

1. What's clear is that this travestry has to come to a complete end.

[EFerrari]

2. I notice no images of the resistance or the anniversary protests.

[xchrom]

4. i think you've helped the economist out. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. We lost. Get out. Get over it. K&R

[leftstreet]

3. K&R

[EFerrari]

5. Kick