FILE PHOTO: Taliban soldiers are seen in a street in Herat, Afghanistan September 10, 2021. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
(Reuters) - War-weary residents of Kabul expressed anger and feelings of betrayal by the United States on Saturday, as the world marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that prompted a U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the toppling of its Taliban rulers.
After a two-decade occupation, U.S. forces abruptly pulled out of Afghanistan last month, triggering the collapse of its Western-backed government and the Taliban's dramatic return to power.
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