9/11: Afghanistan still at the mercy of myopic policies

9/11: Afghanistan still at the mercy of myopic policies - Al Jazeera English: 

On October 7, the US military, with the support of a large coalition, began bombing al-Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan. Bush reiterated that "if any government sponsors the outlaws and killers of innocence, they have become outlaws and murderers themselves".
With the US military intervention came lofty promises to the Afghans of Marshall-Plan proportions for reconstruction, democratisation and eradication of terrorism.