25 Years After 9/11: The Saudi-Wahhabi Doctrine Behind the Taliban and al-Qaeda

from Perspectives: Iran Past and Present · host Dr. Shivan Mahendrarajah

How Saudi Wahhabism forged the Taliban and al-Qaeda: this 9/11 anniversary special traces extremist ideology from 18th-century Arabia to Saudi-funded madrasas on the Afghan-Pakistan border, and its role in the Taliban’s war against Kabul and the US.

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