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That is against every info on the status quo in summer 2001 that I ever have read, heared, and been told.
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Perhaps you should visit Americas National Security Archive website then and read the Afghan and Pakistan papers .
You see because the conern was that as the Taliban had already reached the final stages of traditional Pashtun cycle of welcome and hostility while Al-qaida were still in the early stages the Talibans upcoming demise might create a bigger window for Bin-Laden to exploit .
Then you might understand why the neither the Northern alliance or the northwestern drug barons were ever going to get a real look in . And also how the coilition is reaching the final stages of the local welcome cycle .
BTW wasn't it someone of Kiplings era who said you can always rent an Afghan for a while but you can never buy one .