Sayed Hashim Alavi: According to an impartial judgment, the result of the 20-year presence of America in Afghanistan has been nothing but the killing of more than 240 thousand people and the consumption of more than 2 trillion dollars. The achievements that are sometimes claimed are not one thousandth of the damages.

Seventeen years ago today, Americans experienced the worst attack on their country since the Imperial Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. We must never forget what happened on that fateful Tuesday morning.