They don't know why they're dying.
Infact, I don't know why they're dying.
Taliban had no hand in 9/11 and were not hostile towards America before war on tea-rar
If your house guest made it clear that he is a dealer of illegal hallucinogenic substances, from manufacturing to sales, retail and wholesale, and if you and the neighborhood knows about it, then you are legally liable and guilty of his illegal business even if you had no hand in his business. The Taliban was the ruling authority in Afghanistan and the regime can be as friendly or as neutral or as hostile to the US as they want. But hostility does not always translate to 'armed conflict' as long as the Taliban abide by accepted international understanding of inter-state relations...
The Avalon Project - Laws of War : Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land (Hague V); October 18, 1907
Article 1.
The territory of neutral Powers is inviolable.
Yes...We accept that understanding.
Art. 2.
Belligerents are forbidden to move troops or convoys of either munitions of war or supplies across the territory of a neutral Power.
Art. 3.
Belligerents are likewise forbidden to:
(a) Erect on the territory of a neutral Power a wireless telegraphy station or other apparatus for the purpose of communicating with belligerent forces on land or sea;
(b) Use any installation of this kind established by them before the war on the territory of a neutral Power for purely military purposes, and which has not been opened for the service of public messages.
Art. 4.
Corps of combatants cannot be formed nor recruiting agencies opened on the territory of a neutral Power to assist the belligerents.
Art. 5.
A neutral Power must not allow any of the acts referred to in Articles 2 to 4 to occur on its territory.
It is not called upon to punish acts in violation of its neutrality unless the said acts have been committed on its own territory.
Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda considered themselves 'belligerents' against the US. Article 2 through 5 places
DUAL and
EQUAL moral burdens on the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The Taliban, if they wish to keep Afghanistan's neutral status, they must
NOT allow al-Qaeda to recruit and train al-Qaeda affiliated combatants on Afghanistan's soil. Likewise, if al-Qaeda respect the Taliban's desire to maintain Afghanistan's neutrality, even if the two are friendly and hostile to the US, al-Qaeda would
NOT recruit and train its affiliated combatants on Afghan soil. This is common sense.
Art. 6.
The responsibility of a neutral Power is not engaged by the fact of persons crossing the frontier separately to offer their services to one of the belligerents.
Travelers crossing the neutral country to offer their services to a belligerent party does not involve said neutral country in the conflict. In other words, Article 5 does not apply to said neutral country regarding Article 6. Did this happened? No, because al-Qaeda established recruitment and training centers
INSIDE Afghanistan with the Taliban's consent. This rendered the Taliban an active belligerent in the conflict.
Art. 7.
A neutral Power is not called upon to prevent the export or transport, on behalf of one or other of the belligerents, of arms, munitions of war, or, in general, of anything which can be of use to an army or a fleet.
Art. 8.
A neutral Power is not called upon to forbid or restrict the use on behalf of the belligerents of telegraph or telephone cables or of wireless telegraphy apparatus belonging to it or to companies or private individuals.
Since al-Qaeda established recruitment and training centers inside Afghanistan's borders with the Taliban's consent, Article 7 and 8 are negated hence invalid protections for Afghanistan.
Art. 9.
Every measure of restriction or prohibition taken by a neutral Power in regard to the matters referred to in Articles 7 and 8 must be impartially applied by it to both belligerents.
A neutral Power must see to the same obligation being observed by companies or private individuals owning telegraph or telephone cables or wireless telegraphy apparatus.
We know this did not happened. Were there US military recruiting and training centers inside Afghanistan? The Taliban clearly favored al-Qaeda and their recruiting and training centers inside Afghanistan made the Taliban an active belligerent in this conflict.
Art. 10.
The fact of a neutral Power resisting, even by force, attempts to violate its neutrality cannot be regarded as a hostile act.
Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda did not entered Afghanistan by force and compelled the Taliban under the gun to allow Afghanistan to be used as a war base against the US in this conflict. The Taliban consented and therefore made Afghanistan an active belligerent in this conflict.
The refusal and/or failure by the Taliban and al-Qaeda to abide by Articles 2 through 10 rendered Article 1 an invalid protection for Afghanistan. Keep in mind these articles are applicable to Pakistan as well.