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War on terror goes on after 11 years of 9/11

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The US war on terror against Taliban goes on after 11 years of 9/11 attacks.

The US-led war against terrorism continues after 11 years of terrorists’ attacks in New York. The war claimed so far thousands of lives, and trillions of dollars wasted since 9/11 but it still goes on even though Osama Bin Laden, the architect of the attacks, is dead.In ways he could never have foreseen, the Al Qaeda leader has changed the world for the worse. As Pakistan struggle to contain the tide of extremism threatening our very existence, the West has become a very different place, too. Security concerns have now reached such paranoid levels that everyday freedoms, once taken for granted, are at risk.Pakistan has suffered incalculable destruction of an unprecedented magnitude. Unlike the Western countries, the people and armed forces of Pakistan are continuously facing such terrorist attacks virtually every day in Pakistan, resulting in loss of precious lives of over 70,000 innocent civilians and sacrifices of over 8,000 lives of soldiers.Despite these unparallel sacrifices made by our citizens and Arm Forces, Pakistan is still being defamed as a terrorist State and the West is continuing to demand from Pakistan “To do more”.Despite internal threats and problems Pakistan, remains a key player in the Afghan endgame. 2014 is not far away, Pakistan has to maintain the balance of power in the region besides playing an effective role in dealing with both challenges and opportunities.