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.
Legendary socialist scholar Tariq Ali on the long history of Afghanistan: the 19th and early 20th-century wars against the British Empire; the communist coup, Soviet invasion, and US-backed mujahideen war; the rise of the Taliban; and the 2001 US-led NATO invasion through the recent US defeat and withdrawal. Plus, a lot about Pakistan.
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