Political Science · International Relations
UGC NET January 2017 Political Science
The US stopped cultivating ties with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan after
A9/11 attacks in the US
BAttacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania ✓ Correct
CAttack on US military mission headquarters in Riyadh
DFailure of talks on the gas pipeline through Afghanistan
Correct answer: (B) Attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania — The United States stopped cultivating ties with the Taliban regime after the attacks on its embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
Explanation
★The United States stopped cultivating ties with the Taliban regime after the attacks on its embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
★Those twin bombings took place on 7 August 1998.
★They were the work of Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda network, then sheltered in Afghanistan.
★The attacks first brought bin Laden and al-Qaeda to wide American attention.
★The FBI subsequently placed bin Laden on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
★The 9/11 attacks came later, in 2001, and led to the actual overthrow of the Taliban.
★Earlier US contact with the Taliban had included talks over a gas pipeline through Afghanistan.
★The embassy bombings marked the turning point in US hostility towards the Taliban's protection of al-Qaeda.
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