Richard Engel: A War Once Called Operation Enduring Freedom Proving To Be Neither Enduring Nor Leaving a Legacy of Freedom

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ENGEL (voice-over): "It’s been two decades of military deployments. 2,461 Americans killed. 1,144 NATO allies killed. More than 48,000 Afghans killed. 300,000 Afghan soldiers trained, only to collapse when confronted. About a trillion dollars spent and more to come to care for the wounded. Afghanistan handed back to the very same Islamic fundamentalists the United States drove from power just weeks after 9/11. A generation of Afghans raised with expectations of freedom and fundamental rights under an umbrella of American protection. ISIS taking parting shots, hoping to etch their dark name in history, firing rockets at the airport to no effect. The U.S. firing back, the military says against an ISIS car bomb. Afghans say ten civilians were killed. A war once called Operation Enduring Freedom proving to be neither to be enduring nor leaving a legacy of freedom."