WASHINGTON – The day after the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States issued a warning to the Taliban: No government that provides a haven for terrorists is safe from the American military.
“We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbored them,” President George W. Bush said at that time.
Within weeks, the United States had invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban and hunt al-Qaida operatives responsible for the 2001 attacks.
