Afghanistan
Documentaries and reports chronicling the two-decade U.S.-led war in Afghanistan that began in the wake of the 9/11 attacks — with a bid to destroy Al Qaeda and oust its ruling ally, the Taliban — and ended with the Taliban seizing power once again in 2021 weeks before the final withdrawal of U.S. troops.
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