20 years of 9/11: The cost of the American ‘war on terror’

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Dear reader,   It has been 20 years since the devastating September 11 terror attacks took place in America. The 9/11 attacks were a massive blow to the American sense of national identity and sense of public safety. What followed was a large scale war on terror targeted at extremist groups located in the Muslim countries of the world.    Mira Patel in her story this week spoke to a few foreign policy experts and pored over several reports to analyse what have been the achievements of the American war on terror in the last 20 years and what was its cost in terms of money, human life and opportunities. While on one hand the war on terror managed to combat threat of Islamic terrorism in America to a significant extent, on the other hand the rhetoric of fear also gave birth to a number of right wing extremist groups across the United States who feel justified in attacking the minorities.    Read the story: 20 years of 9/11: What the American ‘war on terror’ achieved and what it cost   Sincerely,   Adrija Roychowdhury

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