I swear I saw someone ask about this yesterday but they were told it broke the 20 year rule?
We invaded in 2001, right? Doesn’t that make questions about Afghanistan at the time within bounds?
If it does can someone help me understand why Afghanistan was targeted? I thought most of the 9/11 attackers were Saudi. I never did really get how the Taliban and Afghanistan were targets instead of al-Qaeda and Saudi Arabia. Was it just another political lie or was there a legitimate reason?
Hi there -- it's fine to ask about 9/11 and the run-up to the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001; the question that was removed yesterday also asked about the war in Iraq, which started in 2003.
There was a brief overview of the history of Al-Qaeda and 9/11: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/kocf1z/meta_an_historical_overview_of_911_as_the_20_year/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=post_body by u/jbdyer and u/tlumacz