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and additional support from koo and patricia yuen. >> good morning-- u.s. and nato troops begin pulling out of afghanistan. >> news that all u.s. and nato troops will soon leave their countr many afghans are feeling anxious about their future. >> narrator: journalist najibullah quraishi is heading into afghanistan as the u.s. military is leaving. >> it's time to end amera's longest war. it's time for american troops to come home. >> narrator: 20 years after an american-led coalition drove the taliban from power, the group has now regained control of as much as 80 percent of the country. >> there's a chance a taliban insurgency could topple the u.s.-backed government. >> the afghan government has warned that the withdrawal could lead to a civil war. >> ...open a new, more turbulent chapter in thicountry's bloody history. >> narrator: fears of a taliban takeover and civil war are increasing. with the talibanaking advances almost by the day, najibullah is going into one of the group's strongholds, where an extreme faction has their base

koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. and sandra and carl magnuson. the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. this is gonna be fun! rick sebak: this is gonna be fun. it's gonna be wooden roller coasters and beautiful hand-carvecarousels. it's gonna be vintage mechanical contraptions and a bunch of rides they don't make anymore. it's gonna be a lot of the reasons why you come to an old amusement park. people like thrills, they like excitement. you also come for escapism, and that's what rides provide. you get that old feeling... i can't get in them rides. ...even though you know it's safe, it could break any moment. i get... sebak: we're going to celebrate some traditional amusement parks, smaller than most theme parks, older than disneyland. we're going to whip around the country, stopping at places like playland in rye, new york,