Former top US diplomat reveals mistakes made after 9/11 attacks

Twenty-five years after the attacks on September 11, 2001, a former top United States diplomat has outlined what he feels were missteps made in the aftermath.In an interview on Friday with journalist Alex Marquardt for the Al Jazeera programme This is America, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad described how the country’s heightened sense of fear led to a series of spiralling decisions that would transform the world for years to come.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Seven decades of US regime change efforts: What have they achieved?list 2 of 3Taliban release two detained UN staff members in Afghanistanlist 3 of 3How 9/11 conspiracy theories moved into mainstream American politicsend of list“Anger was a factor of urgency because the people wanted to see action: What are we going to do about this?” Khalilzad said of the attacks.The events of September 11 are considered the deadliest foreign attack in US history. Nearly 3,000 people died when 19 hijackers crashed passenger jets into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.Less than a month after the attacks, the US launched an invasion of Afghanistan, with the stated aim of attacking the group responsibl...