I didn't reply to that previously, as I don't of course completely trust. LOL, but:
I've a correspondent in Kuwait who happily watches Al Jazeera for its global footie coverage. We can trust that? I'd guess that neither you nor I know much about the channel.
The Taliban are not a conspiracy in the usual sense, as they are open as to their intentions, I'd say. I suppose that may even mean that we can "trust" what they say: they do as they say they intend to do, as a conventional enemy. (You are not mixing them up with al-Qaeda?)
I'm not sure that "trusting" bin Laden or not is now relevant: what may be more relevant is whether he has in fact been long-dead, but his appearance as being alive as the "great enemy" kept going by Western factions.
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Never mind. You completely missed what I was looking for and my point. But I am more aware of your biases now. I thank you for that much.
And no, I am not mixing up the Taliban with al-Qaeda.