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I don't want to reply to your entire comment except to note that the USSR dissolved in 1991 and the Taliban formed in 1994.
by rgblambda 1y ago
I don't want to reply to your entire comment except to note that the USSR dissolved in 1991 and the Taliban formed in 1994.
- throw0101b 1y agoMujahideen of the 1970s/80s -> Taliban of 1990s. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden#Afghan–Soviet_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden#Afghan–Soviet_...
- rgblambda 1y agoThe Wikipedia article you linked does not back up your claim. Osama Bin Laden was not a member of the Taliban. Some of the Taliban's founders had previously fought as Mujahideen in the war against the Soviets, but the government that the Taliban overthrew in 1996 was founded by the Mujahideen.