Bin Laden is gone. What's next for the war?

This photo of Monday, May 2, 2011, provided by NASDAQ OMX Group, shows the cover of a special issue of TIME magazine on the death of Osama bin Laden displayed on the Nasdaq screen in New York's Times Square. The issue, featruing a red "X" over bin Laden's face, will hit newsstands on Thursday, May 5, 2011. The magazine says it is the fourth cover in TIME's history to feature the red "X." Other covers showed Adolf Hilter (May 7, 1945), Saddam Hussein (April 21, 2003), and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (June 19, 2006). (AP Photo/NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.)

This photo of Monday, May 2, 2011, provided by NASDAQ OMX Group, shows the cover of a special issue of TIME magazine on the death of Osama bin Laden displayed on the Nasdaq screen in New York's Times Square. The issue, featruing a red "X" over bin Laden's face, will hit newsstands on Thursday, May 5, 2011. The magazine says it is the fourth cover in TIME's history to feature the red "X." Other covers showed Adolf Hilter (May 7, 1945), Saddam Hussein (April 21, 2003), and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (June 19, 2006). (AP Photo/NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.)

Published May 5, 2011

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Public opinion polls have long shown dwindling support for the Afghan war. Now with the symbolic reason for staying in the fight - ridding the world of Osama bin Laden - accomplished, what happens next?

Public opinion polls have long shown dwindling support for the Afghan war. Now with the symbolic reason for staying in the fight - ridding the world of Osama bin Laden - accomplished, what happens next?

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