On 9/21/01, Afghan senior clerics recommended to the Afghan Taliban government under Mohammed Omar, that they should tell UBL to leave Afghanistan for his role in planning 9/11.
They offered condolences, too, for the victims of 9/11.
nytimes.com/2001/09/21/wor…
They offered condolences, too, for the victims of 9/11.
nytimes.com/2001/09/21/wor…
The Taliban government ignored the advice and played dumb, beating around the bush and refusing to hand UBL over immediately to the US.
The rest, as the saying goes, is history.
The rest, as the saying goes, is history.
This is the first time I’m learning about this.
I think contrition and a handover of UBL by the Taliban, if they had chosen to give it, would still not have been enough to satisfy America’s desire for revenge.
I think contrition and a handover of UBL by the Taliban, if they had chosen to give it, would still not have been enough to satisfy America’s desire for revenge.
That’s why American invaded and bombed not just one (Afghanistan), but two Muslims countries (+Iraq).
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