THE AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT, INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND THE US RESPONSE

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PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs
Volume:7 Issue:1
THE AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT, INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND THE US RESPONSE

THE AFGHANISTAN CONFLICT, INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND THE US RESPONSE

Authors : Amin SAIKAL

Pages : 1-8

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Publication Date : 2002-03-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The crisis of international terrorism emanating from Afghanistan might have been avoided had Washington heeded the now-slain leader of the Afghan anti-Taliban forces, the legendary commander Ahmad Shah Masood, who repeatedly warned that a dangerous triangular alliance between the Taliban, Osama bin Laden and Pakistan was turning Afghanistan into a major source of instability in world politics. Washington’s failure to help Masood to limit the menace eventually cost both the commander and the US dearly. Masood died on 15 September 2001 of wounds inflicted on him in a suicide bombing by two Arabs, apparently organised by bin Laden, only two days before the US fell victim to the apocalyptic terrorist attacks on 11 September. Why did the US fail to act earlier over Afghanistan, and is it now capable of addressing effectively the root-causes of the present crisis?
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