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9/11: 10 YEARS ON

Ten years of war, but Afghans know little of peace

US intervention in 2001 was cheered in the north, and the Taliban swiftly beaten. But a returning reporter finds the Islamic extremists filtering back, and hope flickering.

By David Filipov

 |  Globe Staff  

  September 05, 2011

US intervention in 2001 was cheered in the north, and the Taliban swiftly beaten. But a returning reporter finds the Islamic extremists filtering back, and hope flickering.

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