September 11, 2001, the day of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in the United States, was the beginning of the 20-year tragedy and suffering of the Afghan people under the shadow of military occupation. In this incident, thousands of people died in the New York World Trade Center, and according to many political analysts, this attack, the main cause of which is still not precisely known, paved the way for the US and NATO invasion of Afghanistan; an invasion that plunged the country into a crisis of insecurity and political instability for more than two decades.
Publish dateThursday 11 September 2025 - 15:30
Story Code : 328131
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) – Kabul: The September 11th attack, also known as “9/11”, occurred on September 11, 2001. On this day, two of the four hijacked passenger planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, one hit the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania. After this incident, the US identified Al-Qaeda as the main culprit and, with a coalition of more than forty countries, attacked Afghanistan under the pretext of fighting terrorism.
September 11th comes at a time when many political analysts consider this day to be the beginning of new crises and unrest in Afghanistan. Khalil Ahmad Nadeem, a political and military expert, stated in an interview with Ava: “The US entered Afghanistan with the slogan of fighting terrorism and eradicating drugs, but after 20 years, neither terrorism nor drugs have been eradicated.”
According to him, the US and NATO invaded Afghanistan while chanting the slogan of fighting terrorism, but in reality they were pursuing their own hidden and strategic goals. During the wars, the Afghan security and defense forces, which were the country’s youth, were on the front lines against the Taliban; while both sides were Afghans, and the result was the daily killing of Afghans by each other, while the American forces watched from behind the front.
Emphasizing that the presence of the US in any country is not in the interest of the nations, Nadem added: “The main goal of the US was to occupy Afghanistan. The US is an occupier by nature and always seeks to plunder the natural resources of countries under various pretexts.”
He also said: “The September 11 attack was a pretext for US aggression. It is still unclear who organized this attack. Although the US blamed Al-Qaeda, there are many ambiguities in this regard, and it is even sometimes said that the US itself designed this attack to pave the way for the aggression in Afghanistan.”
According to Nadem, the US achieved its initial goal of entering Afghanistan, but it was unable to establish its permanent dominance and ultimately faced widespread security challenges, the political system changed, and the US left Afghanistan defeated.
He continued: “During the 20 years of the US and NATO presence, not only was security and stability not established, but the country’s economic infrastructure was also paralyzed. War and insecurity overshadowed everything, many young people became addicts, and a large number of educated people, especially after the political transformation, left the country.”
Nadem concluded by emphasizing: “Overall, the cause of many of Afghanistan’s misfortunes in the last three decades is the presence of the United States and NATO in the country; a fact for which there is no justification.”
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