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9/11 and the war on terror

We hear from the White House official who broke the news to the President and a Muslim first-responder who worked at Ground Zero. Plus, how America responded to the 9/11 attacks.

In a special edition on the terrorist attacks on America, we hear from the White House official who broke the news to the President and a Muslim first-responder who worked at Ground Zero. Plus, personal memories of the US intelligence failures in the run-up to 9/11 and the bombing of Afghanistan which followed. We also get a dramatic first-hand account of the death of Ahmed Shah Massoud, the leader of the Afghan resistance against the Taleban, who was killed by an al-Qaeda suicide bomber on the eve of the attacks on New York and Washington. And former ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus joins us to analyse the war on terror and the gains made - or not made - in the twenty years since a day which changed the world.

Photo: Smoke pours from the World Trade Centre after it was hit by two passenger planes on September 11, 2001 in New York City. (Credit: Robert Giroux/Getty Images)

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Mon 13 Sep 2021 23:06GMT

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  • Sat 11 Sep 2021 13:06GMT
  • Mon 13 Sep 2021 23:06GMT

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