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Here's a not-very-comprehensive list of sources used for this video:

The Nature of Honour - David Mcbride

History of the Afghanistan:
In the graveyard of empires - Seth G. Jones
The Tragedy of Afghanistan: A First-Hand Account - Raja Anwar
Afghanistan-Washington's Secret War - Philip Bonosky
Descent into Chaos: The US and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia - Ahmed Rashid

Taliban and Bin Laden
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/9...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archiv...
https://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/10/07...

Ben Roberts Smith Defamation
https://www.theguardian.com/australia...
https://www.theage.com.au/national/be...
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nati...

Afghani warlords:
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/21/wo...

Australia’s role in Afghanistan
Find Fix Finish: From Tampa to Afghanistan - Ben Mckelvey
Flawed Hero: Truth, lies and war crimes - Chris Masters
https://theforge.defence.gov.au/sites...

ABC
https://law.uq.edu.au/files/60164/afp...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-2...

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