Osama bin Laden is dead – but not al-Qaida or its cause | Simon Jenkins

Ten years of 'war on terror' have devastated Afghanistan. All its people want is peace. Will they get it at last?

We shed no tears for Osama bin Laden. The most outrageous act of terrorism in modern times has led to the most gigantic manhunt and most costly tit-for-tat war. America's joy, as much of relief as of delight, is understandable. But the thesis must now be put to the test, whether an idea is more potent when its creator has died for it than when he was alive. Killing Bin Laden...