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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Elena Becatoros and Abdul Qahar Afghan

A quarter century later, the legacy of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan endures

Afghanistan US Invasion 25 Years - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Dr. Nigar Nangrahari was on a night shift in a Kabul hospital when the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan began 25 years ago — an event that would shape her and her country’s future for decades to come.

As she walked home the next morning, Nangrahari saw Kabul residents taking revenge on members of the Taliban, whose harsh, repressive rule had seen public stonings, limb amputations of alleged criminals and women obliterated from public life.

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