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The Taliban were formed by Pakistan to fight against the Russians the theory being that to get young men to fight they had to have something to belive in, ie Islam, after the Russains pulled out Pakistan had no problem with the Taliban doing what they wanted in Afganistan as it kept the war lords down and promoted Islam in a fundmentilist way with Pakistan being the moderate country. Al quida was formed to help the Afganies fight against the Russians and because of its money and beliefs was protected by the Taliban, dont forget that the cold war was still going and the Russians were the enemy to most of the world,it was another 12yrs before Al Quida went globel the reason the Americans went in to Afganistan is nothing to do with oil or routing of pipe lines it was because of 9/11, now 3yrs later they are looking at rerouting and it was only brought up by the French and Germans who can get a bigger share of the work if it goes through the Asia route.
should we leave Iraq? no,
should we have gone in yes but in1991 (the first Gulf War.)