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BONUS: Bin Laden's Legacy and the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border

09.12.2021 - By NPRPlay

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Twenty years since the attacks on Sep. 11, the man behind the tragedy still looms large. In this special episode of Up First, host Steve Inskeep visits the Pakistani city of Abottabad, where Osama Bin Laden spent his final years of hiding. Also, Inskeep visits Torkham, a major border crossing along the Pakistan and Afghanistan border, to explore who is and isn't able to pass through now that the Taliban is back in power.

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