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Posted: August 10, 2009 |
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Wakil Ahmad Mattawakil was the last Taliban foreign minister before the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. After the Northern Alliance and U.S. and British forces ousted the Taliban, Mattawakil surrendered in Kandahar to the new government.
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| After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the U.S. and Britain launched Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. In this 2007 photo, a U.S. Air Force airman drops a box of 10,000 leaflets, warning Taliban elements not to interfere with coalition activities, over the southeastern mountains of Afghanistan. |
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| Photo Credit: Department of Defense |
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