Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Twenty years ago, I saw the news media as it then existed in Afghanistan. The Taliban were in retreat soon after the U.S. went to war against them in 2001. After the Taliban fled the city of Kunduz, I visited its radio station. And just as I arrived, a staff member was climbing high on a rusty tower to repair the antenna. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) ZABIHULLAH MAJIDI: How are you? INSKEEP: Doing fine. How are you? MAJIDI: Fine, thanks. And you? INSKEEP: Great. MAJIDI: OK.