{
  "id": 6824492,
  "title": "9/11 changed Afghanistan, but now it's back where it started",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/9-11-changed-afghanistan-but-now-its-back-where-it-started",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T22:30:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/9-11-changed-afghanistan-but-now-its-back-where-it-started"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Already scarred by decades of war, Afghanistan became the center of America's response to 9/11 after the Taliban harbored the men who planned the attacks. Over 20 years of what's known there as \"The American War,\" hundreds of thousands, mostly civilians, died. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen and videographer Eric O'Connor spoke with three men who fought in that war.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}