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The US backed Islamic militants in Afghanistan in the 1980s but later attacked them after the terrorist strikes of:

A7 July 2005 blast
B26 November 2008
C11 March 2004 raid
D11 September 2001
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. 11 September 2001
1. Al Qaeda under Osama bin Laden struck America. 2. The strikes came on 11 September 2001. 3. This shows how alliances shift with interests. _Source: syllabus Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 7, Security in the Contemporary World._
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