Washington’s decision to give Afghan funds to 9/11 victims is a continuation of its colonial venture in Afghanistan.

A socio-cultural anthropologist
Washington’s decision to give Afghan funds to 9/11 victims is a continuation of its colonial venture in Afghanistan.

The dominant narrative on the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan erases the decades of imperial violence Afghans suffered.
![Taliban fighters patrol in the city of Jalalabad, Afghanistan on 17 August 2021 [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/h_57120449.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Chuck Lorre and Reza Aslan’s new CBS sitcom is another iteration of Hollywood’s classic ‘white saviour’ story.
![The first episode of CBS sitcom the United States of Al (USoA) aired on April 1, 2021 [CBS/Facebook]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/IMAGE-09-04-2021-AT-10.49.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)