Current-age Muslims are Muslims but in name with no principles. The pan-Islamic bloc should be united and strong but it has turned into a collection of countries created by colonial powers that are easy to exploit. Hypocrites have also forgotten what happened in Xinjiang and Burma. China does not serve the pan-Islamic bloc but its own interests just like other world powers. Understand this much.
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US-led forces toppled Afghan Taliban-led setup in Afghanistan in 2002 and focused on dismantling Al-Qaeda Network in the region. Al-Qaeda Network had become a terrorist organization, it was necessary to stop it.
This research brief describes work documented in Air Power Against Terror: America’s Conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom (MG-166-CENTAF).
www.rand.org
Timeline of elimination of the most influential members of the Al-Qaeda Network around the world:
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
was assassinated in Iraq in 2006.
Osama Bin Laden
was assassinated in Pakistan in 2011.
Abu al-Khayr al-Masri
was assassinated in Syria in 2017.
Hamza Bin Laden
was assassinated in undisclosed location in 2019.
Abu Muhammad al-Masri
was assassinated in Iran in 2021.
Ayman al-Zawahiri
was assassinated in Afghanistan in 2022.
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Afghan Taliban is a localized force and ideology and managed to regroup with Pakistan's support.
Afghan Taliban could avoid battles with US-led forces and concentrate on attacking US-backed Afghan setup instead.
Afghanistan's landlocked geography facilitates guerilla warfare.
US could not fight Afghan Taliban on its terms because it needed Pakistan to do its bidding in Afghanistan.
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You seem to praise Afghan Taliban and continue to open old threads glorifying this group but you would not want to live under these people.