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The Taliban was essential to the defeat of the Soviets. After the Soviets pulled out the Warlords started fighting over the country. The Afghans did more damage to Kabul then the Soviets did. The Warlords were destroying Afghanistan and our response was -- we left. The Taliban offered some hope of peace, at least an absense of tanks in the streets pumping main gun rounds into apartment buildings. Peace is a relative thing, I guess.
Yeah, the Taliban was pretty excessive with the public executions. But we should remember we didn't attack Afghanistan because we didn't like the Taliban. We attacked because the Taliban would not hand over AQ.
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