It was also during this period (between 2001 to 2010) that Afghanistan"s 9/11 generation - young Afghans who had been granted opportunities to study overseas in India, Malaysia, the US, and Europe - came back to join the country"s effort to rebuild. This new generation had hopes of being part of a great national rejuvenation. Instead, they found themselves confronted by new challenges. They returned to see newly empowered warlords enlisted by the Americans. And they saw that corruption was rife. When a country"s reality drifts too far from its ideals, day-to-day pragmatism becomes a person"s primary driver. A culture of impunity started to prevail.