Taliban Captures Kabul and Takes Control of Afghanistan
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- Overthrow - Americas century of regime change from Hawaii whole source · open book
On September 27, 1996, propelled by four powerful friends—Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, the United States, and bin Laden—Taliban forces rolled triumphantly into Kabul.
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- Ghost Wars whole source · open book
By nightfall the Taliban had conquered Kabul. A militia whose one-eyed emir believed that he had been selected by God to prepare pious Muslims for glory in the afterlife now controlled most of Afghanistan’s territory, most of its key cities, and its seat of government.
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