> If it wasnt for bin laden and al-quaeda, afghanistan would propably be a fully functional country today with a bright future instead of a dead wasteland stuck in perpetual agony.

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the taliban were in control of the country before 9/11, it was fcuked up then. they emerged from the civil war after the soviets left. i've not seen anyone suggest that afg would today be a normal country were it not for obl and aq. you spelt al qaeda wrong btw.