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A US-led coalition spearheaded the invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 because it said that the country was being used as a sanctuary by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden following the 9/11 attacks in the US.

The Taliban had vowed retaliation in Pakistan’s urban areas for the military operation against them. There is very little doubt that most of these attacks are part of this promised retaliation with the objective of opening up a...