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A little over three years ago, al Qaeda was already a growing danger. The leader, Osama bin Laden, was safe and sheltered in Afghanistan. His network was dispersed throughout the world and had been attacking American interests for much of the 1990s.
Three years later, more than three-quarters of al Qaeda's key members and associates have been detained or killed. Osama bin Laden is on the run, many of his key associates are behind bars or dead, his financial lines have been reduced.
Once controlled by extremists, Afghanistan today is led by Hamid Karzai, a moderate leader who opposes terrorism and supports democracy. Soccer stadiums once used for public executions under the Taliban are today used ... for soccer.
Over 10 million Afghans, 40 percent of the them women, have registered to vote in the country's first national election on
Oct. 9.
It is clear that the Afghan people are winning the struggle against the extremists, and that the promise for Afghanistan's future is bright.
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Coalition Forces Destroy Terrorist Safehaven;
Remaining Terrorists Aim to Disrupt Elections |
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2004 - Afghanistan was the "head of the snake" of global terrorist activity, a petri dish that bred extremists committed to terrorizing free people around the world - and that's why continued success there is so critical to the global war on terror. |
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That's the synopsis of a senior Army officer who's remained focused on Afghanistan for the past three years in a variety of roles: as a commander who fought in Afghanistan and in two top Pentagon jobs dealing with operations and policy in that country.
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VETERINARY ASSISTANCE - Several sheep and goats pass through a village to be administered a formula that will rid them of worms during a Cooperative Medical Assistance excursion conducted by U.S. Army medical and veterinary personnel in Deh Afghana, Afghanistan, Sept. 27, 2004. The medical and veterinary personnel are soldiers assigned to Task Force Victory while deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jerry T. Combes
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U.S. Commander Notes Great Successes
On Enduring Freedom's Third Anniversary |
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2004 -- Three years after the coalition began combat operations against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, the Afghan people are just days away from a presidential election expected to be a major stabilizing effort in a lynchpin country in the war on terror. | Story | |
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Afghans Lead the Way to Elections |
BAGRAM AIR BASE Bagram Air Field , Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2004 — As the days tick away, edging closer to the first national elections in Afghanistan, Coalition troops and United Nations elections workers are making sure that the Afghans are taking a leading role. | Story | |
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| Deployed Soldiers Become Citizens |
BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2004 — For 17 members of the coalition serving in Afghanistan, living the "American Dream" became reality here Oct. 1 when they took the oath of citizenship. | Story | |
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