President Joe Biden has announced that America’s longest war would be brought to an end on September 11, 2021 — the 20th anniversary of what started the war. Steve Coll argues that the events of 1979 led up to 9/11. He says the roots of 9/11 could be traced all the way to 1916 and 1917. I do realise Aristotle’s dictum that all politics is local but there is no politics in Pakistan without global politics. While Trump would have loved this showmanship of ending the war on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the topic wouldn’t trend on American social media because international news is out of fashion in America today.

Source: The Express Tribune April 15, 2021 04:52 UTC