Afghan war enters 12th year

By Deb Riechmann, Amir Shah

Published October 7, 2012 4:00am ET

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Afghan war enters 12th year — In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012 photo, Wahidullah, 32, whose spine was pierced by a bullet during the civil war that left him crippled, poses for a photograph in front of Darul Aman Palace which was damaged during the civil war in Kabul, Afghanistan. Wahidullah was a teenager when he fought in west Kabul during the civil war. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic) | Dusan Vranic

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Nobody wants a repeat of the bloody ethnic fighting that followed the Soviet exit from Afghanistan in the 1990s — least of all 32-year-old Wahidullah who was crippled by a bullet that pierced his spine during the civil war.

Yet as the Afghan war began its 12th year on Sunday, fears loom that the country will again fracture along ethnic lines once international combat forces leave by the end of 2014.

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