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The Tribute in Light art installation is seen from Empire State Building, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, in New York City on Sept. 11, 2021. Go Nakamura/Reuters
Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attack, the question remains as to whether the mission in Afghanistan achieved its objective of eradicating terrorism.
Allen Weiner, international legal scholar and senior lecturer at Stanford University, said that the initial goal to destroy al-Qaeda’s base in Afghanistan was largely achieved.
