It has been a year since the United States rushed out of Afghanistan in chaotic fashion. The move hastened the Taliban's rapid ascent to power.

So, what has happened in the past year?

The Taliban is firmly entrenched, and is leading the nation of nearly 40-million people.

Problems within the nation are many, but to a person, Afghans praise an element of the new government … peace, and end to decades of bloodshed.

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