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Antony Blinken: “We went to Afghanistan for one reason, and that was to deal with the people who attacked us on 9/11.”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2021
We went to Afghanistan for one reason, and that was to deal with the people who attacked us on 9/11.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Blinken outlines the original purpose of the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan post-9/11.

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