"Nicky" wrote in message
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"Chad Irby" wrote :
Except that it didn't.



US trained end equipted directly or indirectly the same people which were
later known as Talibans.

No they trained and equipped the group that later became
The Northern Alliance and who were opposing the Taliban

In particular they supported Ahmed Shah Masood aka The Lion
of Panjshir who was assassinated by Al Qaeda suicide bombers
2 days before the Sept 11 terrorist attacks.

He was killed because they knew the US would turn to him
to lead the Afghan forces in any attempt to overthrow
the Taliban regime.

The Taliban emerged from the Pakistani ISI operations
and didnt appear on the scene until well after the Soviets
had withdrawn and the US lost interest in that country. The
one thing that the US and the rest of theWest can be blamed
for is not recognising earlier the threat to us posed by
the Taliban and their allies in Al Qaeda.

Keith