20 Years After 9/11: Did War on Terror Achieve Its Objective?

20 Years After 9/11: Did War on Terror Achieve Its Objective?
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
Ella Kietlinska
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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.
Ella Kietlinska
Ella Kietlinska
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Ella Kietlinska is an Epoch Times reporter covering U.S. and world politics.
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