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The US armed soldiers in Afghanistan when they were at war with Russia in the 1980’s. Bin Ladin was once an ally. That part is no secret but it has been memory holed.
There’s even a movie about the US senator who went to Afghanistan (not No-name) back in the 80s to meet and work with the pre-Taliban: “Charlie Wilson's War”
“Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical comedy-drama film, based on the story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA operative Gust Avrakotos, whose efforts led to Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Wilson%27s_War_(film)