Watch: https://itv.ie/why-did-the-us-invade-afghanistan/
20 years since 9/11 it looks like the Taliban is about to seize control of Afghanistan. The question remains, why did the US get sucked into a two decade war in Central Asia?
Operation Cyclone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone
Wolfowitz doctrine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfowitz_Doctrine
Brzezinski “no regrets” interview on US support for Mujahideen: https://dgibbs.faculty.arizona.edu/brzezinski_interview
Article on opium production in Afghanistan: http://mediaroots.org/opium-what-afghanistan-is-really-about/
Article on growth of opium production in 1980s: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-drug-that-makes-the-taliban-possible/
“Taliban Expresses
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