On the recordAugust 26, 2021
Our interests in going was to prevent al Qaeda from reemerging, first to get bin Laden, wipe out al Qaeda and Afghanistan, prevent that from happening again.
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Reminding about the original purpose of the military intervention in Afghanistan.
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