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MEMRI TV Clip No. 9063
Taliban Spokesman Mohammad Naeem Justifies 2001 Taliban Refusal To Hand Bin Laden Over: The U.S. Refused To Present Evidence That He Was Responsible For 9/11 Attacks
Taliban Spokesman Mohammad Naeem said that the Taliban refused to hand over Osama bin Laden to the U.S. after 9/11 because the Americans refused to present evidence that he was responsible for the attacks. He made his remarks in an interview that aired on BBC Arabic TV (U.K.) on August 29, 2021. Naeem said that the Taliban condemned the attacks at the time and wanted to negotiate with the U.S., but the U.S. refused. He added that “if someone only uses force, and refuses to talk and reach understandings, he is the source of the problem,” referring to the U.S.
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Interviewer: “If you had been a member of the Taliban’s Political Bureau in 2000-2001, would you have recommended to hand Osama bin Laden over to the Americans?”