(7 Oct 2002)

Kabul - 7 October 2002
0.00 Various shots of rubble at places where US bombs were dropped during bombing campaign

Kabul - 7 October 2002
0.24 Wide shot press conference
0.27 SOUNDBITE: (English) Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan Foreign Minister:

File - October/November 2001
0.44 Various shots of B52 bombing

Kabul - 7 October 2002
0.55 UPSOUND: (Dari) Voxpop (woman), Kabul resident:
1.08 Various of street scenes
1.23 UPSOUND: (Dari) Reza (no surname given) who lost house during US-led bombing campaign:

Bagram
1.33 Various of US soldiers walking on base
1.47 US flag with helicopter in the background
VISION ENDS: 1.50

STORYLINE:

It's been exactly a year since the beginning of the US-led bombing of Afghanistan.

One year ago, the Soviet base at Bagram was near the front lines of fighting between the then ruling Taliban militia and the US-backed Northern Alliance.

The first strikes against the ruling Taliban began in the evening, and targeted the Taliban's air defence installations, defence ministry, airport-based command centers, airfields, electrical grids and other energy production facilities.

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One year on, the damage from the bombing campaign can be seen throughout the country.

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Piles of rubble and twisted metal are all that's left of most official Taliban installations.

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The massive air campaign was launched on the night of October 7th, 2001, striking at the heart of the Taliban's strategic centres.

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The country's foreign minister says the anniversary forever changed Afghanistan.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan Foreign Minister:
"One year ago exactly around this time it was a very exciting and very important moment for our people, especially for us in the resistance against al- Qaida and the Taliban."

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UPSOUND - Aircraft

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The bombing campaign has been termed a success by the US-led coalition, the country's new government and many ordinary Afghanis.

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UPSOUND - (Dari) Voxpop (woman), Kabul resident:
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This girl, a resident of Kabul, says the bombing was good for Afghanis. Now we can go to school and we will not be put in prison, she says.

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The war's end has brought Afghanistan to the verge of peace for the first time in more than two decades and led to the re-emergence of activities banned under the hard-line Taliban regime.

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But some have paid a high price for this freedom.

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UPSOUND: (Dari) Reza (no surname given)

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One woman, Reza, lost eight members of her family in the bombing, as well as her house.

She says her life is ruined.

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Post-war reconstruction in Afghanistan has been slow, and life is still hard for much of the population.

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For US forces based there, the campaign has become a low-intensity conflict - with routine raids and a few unremarkable suspects taken into custody.

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