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The Afghan leadership made the mistake of harboring a person that the US leadership claimed was responsible for the destruction of the twin towers in New York. When they refused to hand him over Afghanistan was attacked. Leading to further destabilization of the region. death and destruction of innocents and a flood of addictive drugs into its main competitor Europe.

After 9/11, the US decided to invade Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban regime which was aiding and supporting Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda terrorists. They also wanted to capture Bin Laden.

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