People collect their belongings after U.S airstrike in Khalil Abad village, outskirt of Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2017. The Taliban regime collapsed under the U.S.-led military invasion in late 2001. However, militants loyal to the ousted Taliban regime staged a violent comeback in 2006 and since then the hardliner group and some 20 more like-minded outfits have been fighting tooth and nail to evict the U.S.-led forces from Afghanistan to re-establish their own regime. (Xinhua/Ahmadi)
Feature: U.S. invasion dethroned Taliban but peace yet to be seen in Afghanistan
Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-11 18:31:31|Editor: Mengjie
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