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Afghanistan with Tariq Ali

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The Nine 11 Plan to Kill the United States, and the Taleban Government Decided, No, Screw You.

The united states asked the taleban to hand over bin laden. They wanted some proof to show their own people they hadn't betrayed a guest who was mur to this old m idea of never betraying your guests, or handing them to their enemies. Bin laden claimed it as s an alkite triumph end. So then the us told parkestan that they were coming in. The parcastani army was given a couple of weeks to withdraw its men and personnel. And the pacastanes then said to the thaleban leadership, whatever you do, do not fight back. Just retire. Let them take the country and remain calm. That is enly what happened.

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