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https://wamu.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/07/ap_0109200956edit_wide-6cec530b86667a08b2d574b23f94c0de1b96549d.jpg1537864The attacks came at a time when Afghanistan was under harsh Taliban rule, isolated from the world and on the verge of famine. Reporter Hannah Bloch, who was in Kabul on Sept. 11, recalls the day.