If not, it's because the MSM has largely forgotten it -- there are hardly any Western reporters left there at all. (No bad news is no news, after all.)
Fortunately, Arthur Chrenkoff remembers.
Another example of success in the war on terror. Let us bury it.
That just means one less enemy to worry about.
There's also a good article in the current Smithsonian magazine. Basically: still problems, but life is much better. Oh, and the Afghan people really want to vote.