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3 Sept 2025 Conversations with Tyler Seamus Murphy on Photographing Patterns Across Cultures
“The only reason, in a way, the Taliban were kicked out in 2001 was because of 9/11.”
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- Seamus Murphy
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- 3 Sept 2025
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…How enduring do you think Taliban rule will be? I don’t know. I can’t see anybody other than the Afghans going in and doing something, unless we had another 9/11. The only reason, in a way, the Taliban were kicked out in 2001 was because of 9/11. No one was caring, no one was looking at Afghanistan. They were very interested when the Soviets moved in, the Cold War continued in Afghanistan. There were vested interests. The Americans poured billions of dollars of arms into the country, and by indirect means, created the Taliban. Now, the idea of a Western force going in there and trying to sort something out — I can’t see it happening politically, no. Do you think the more optimistic scenario is the Taliban reforms from within or the Taliban is somehow overthrown?…
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