The images of thousands of people desperate to leave Afghanistan, after the control of the Taliban in that country, are part of the most recent episode in a story that has lasted 20 years and that began with two commercial aircraft impacting the iconic Twin Towers of New York, the symbol of the economic power of the United States.
From the ashes that covered the sky of Manhattan that morning of September 11, 2001, a new world was born, with extreme changes that affected diplomatic relations, the way we wage war, security in cities and even the way we travel.
In 20 years, global society has seen the resurgence of terrorism - with deadly attacks in Madrid, London, Paris and other western and Middle Eastern cities -, the invasion of Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, the assassination of Osama bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda and author of the attacks in the United States and the formation of a new world order with powerful actors such as China.
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