Special report: Afghanistan after a 10-year war

EXCLUSIVE: SBS chief political correspondent Karen Middleton, who is embedded with the Australian Defence Force in Uruzgan province, asks 'Have 10 years of war in Afghanistan made a difference?'

SBS chief political correspondent Karen Middleton and cameraman Jeff Kehl are embedded with the Australian Defence Force in Uruzgan province.

In the first of a series of reports ahead of the September 11 anniversary, they look at whether the decade has made a difference.

The war in Afghanistan is almost 10 years old, with no sign of an Australian withdrawal.

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