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'''Afghanistan''', according to a September 10, 2002 [http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/09/08/afghan.gov.feat/ article] by CNN, "after more than two decades of constant warfare," was "a nation in ruins." Towns and cities had become "reduced to rubble" and its social and political structure had become "torn apart by years of bitter conflict. ... It was this ''[[failed state]]'', [said] Western leaders, that allowed Afghanistan to become a home to [[terrorist]]s -- in turn paving the way for the events of [[September 11, 2001]]." -------- == Other SourceWatch Resources == *[[Al Qaeda]] *[[rogue state]] *[[Operation Enduring Freedom]] *[[Opium economy in Afghanistan]] *[[Osama bin Laden]] *[[Reagan doctrine]] *[[Taliban]] *[[September 11, 2001]] == External Links == * [http[w://www.historyofnations.net/asia/afghanistan.html History of Afghanistan|History of Afghanistan]] '''Headlines''' *"[http://www-cgi.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/09/08/afghan.gov.feat/ Afghanistan: Rebuilding a 'failed' state]", CNN, 10 September 2002: ": "After more than two decades of constant warfare Afghanistan is a nation in ruins." *"[http://www.katv.com/news/stories/1003/108257.html UN: Afghanistan Could Become 'Failed State' If Opium Production Rises]", ''katv.com'', 29 October 2003. *John Heffernan and Jennifer Leaning, "[http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0209-10.htm Warlords' Crimes: Secrets of an Afghan Grave]", ''International Herald Tribune'', 9 February 2004. *[[Seymour M. Hersh]], "[http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040412fa_fact The Other War]", ''The New Yorker'', 5 April 2004: "Why Bush's Afghanistan problem won't go away."