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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about politics.

It's Friday, September 3rd.

I'm Dorothy Wicken, Executive Editor of The New Yorker.

On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes

against al-Qaeda terrorist training camps

and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan

as a terrorist base of operations

and to attack the military capability of the Taliban regime.

That was October 7, 2001.

Nearly 20 years ago, the United States invaded Afghanistan in the name of waging war on global terrorism.

America's campaign temporarily defeated al-Qaeda and unseated the Taliban government.

But terrorism continues.

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