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Originally Posted by yabanci

The deal was done in December 2002, back when everyone was soiling their pants over Iraq's WMD.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2608713.stm

For those paying attention, the Taliban had been overthrown for over a year when this deal was penned. But somehow the argument that the Taliban were harbouring terrorists persists. Interesting.