According to fox news reported on August 26 local time, Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid was interviewed by NBC News, and in response to a question about whether Afghanistan will become a terrorist base again after the Biden government withdraws troops, Mujahid said that there is no evidence that Bin Laden is behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks. "Although there is no evidence that he was involved [in 9/11], now we have made a commitment that the land of Afghanistan will not be used against anyone," he said. Mujahid believes that this is an excuse to start a war.
In a video released in 2004, bin Laden admitted that he ordered the 9/11 terrorist attacks. At the time, Fox News reported that bin Laden said he was doing so because of unfair treatment of Lebanese and Palestinians by Israel and the United States, and bin Laden also said that then-U.S. President George W. Bush was unresponsive, giving the terrorists who hijacked the plane more time than expected, and accused George W. Bush of misleading the American people.
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A report by the U.S. 9/11 Committee also noted that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were driven by bin Laden. The report said that the planners of the terrorist attacks in the summer of 2001 carried out their final preparations, when Afghan al-Qaida leaders were divided over whether to continue terrorist attacks, and the Taliban's leader, Omar Mullah, opposed attacks on the United States, but bin Laden forcefully rejected them despite much opposition. The report also said bin Laden was in close alliance with the Taliban, a regime that provided refuge to Al-Qaida.
In 9/11, 19 terrorists hijacked four U.S. commercial planes and flew them into the Pentagon in Virginia and the World Trade Center building in New York City. After resistance from passengers on board, a fourth hijacked plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. 3,000 people, including 19 terrorists, were killed in the incident. At that time, the United States demanded that the Taliban hand over al-Qaida leaders, including bin Laden, but the Taliban refused, and the United States launched the war in Afghanistan on the grounds of counter-terrorism. On May 1, 2011, Japan Bin Laden was killed by U.S. SEALs in Pakistan.
On the same day, Mujahid also spoke about the phenomenon that some Afghans want to leave Afghanistan. He said it was their choice if the Afghans wanted to leave in a plane departing from Kabul airport, but the Taliban didn't want them to go to the United States. Whatever they had done in the past, the Taliban pardoned them. Mujahid said: "They should stay. Our country needs young, educated professionals. ”
On August 24, local time, Mujahid said that due to the chaotic situation at the airport, Afghan nationals will no longer be allowed to travel to Kabul International Airport. On the 26th, "Russia Today" (RT) reported that on the 24th, due to the obstruction of the US military and the Taliban, a private charter flight that was supposed to evacuate hundreds of Afghans had to take off from Kabul Airport empty for nearly 300 seats.
Since the Taliban took control of Kabul, many countries have evacuated people urgently, many Afghans have also wanted to leave the country, and Kabul International Airport has become a very busy area in Afghanistan.
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