Do you have a reliable link for that? I don’t recall that, except that the Taliban was more likely than not just stalling or being deceptive.
I know you and I won’t agree on this. I appreciate your being largely civil in this discussion.
I don’t want to hijack Kaslin’s thread more than I already have.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20011014/aponline135016_000.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/14/afghanistan.terrorism5