History of the Taliban
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Was There Ever a Point During the Occupation of 20 Years When Things Could Have Gone Differently?
The key to the breakdown that was the war in era. The Bush administration arrived in afghanistan, and they had very few troops to hunt down a sama bin ladin. There was no caliban enthe valyon movement didn't arrupt till two thousand four, two thousand five. So you had this incredible window of opportunity for peace. But it was completely missed and lost by the americans deciding they had to prepare for war in irac.
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