Following the September 11 attacks , On 28 September , the British Foreign Secretary approved the deployment of MI6 officers to the Afghanistan and the region , utilising people involved with the mujahadeen in the 1980s , and who had language skills and regional expertise . At the end of the month , a handful of MI6 officers with a budget of $ 7 million landed in northeast Afghanistan , they met with General Mohammed Fahim of the Northern Alliance and began working with other contacts in the north and south to build alliances , to secure support and to bribe as many Taliban commanders as they could to change sides or leave the fight
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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