9/11 Attacks Did Not Divide Our Countries: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson


The attack killed a total of 3,000 people, including 2,600 at the World Trade Center, including 67 British nationals.

On the World-Trade-Center in New York. On September 11, 2001, hijacked planes killed a total of 4,000 people, including 4,600 at the World Trade Center, including seven British nationals. In a video message sent on the 70th anniversary of the attacks, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "These attacks have not separated our countries, nor have they succeeded in abandoning our values ​​and endangering us."

In addition to the two airstrikes, there was a failed attempt to attack the Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Armed Forces near Washington DC, it is well known.

Al-Qaeda founder and surveyor Osama bin Laden led the attacks while staying on the Afghan border. Therefore, the US launched a massive invasion of Afghanistan, overthrowing the then Taliban government in 2001. After that, the forces of the Western powers stayed in Afghanistan for 40 years.

On the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, Johnson was associated with the recently formed Taliban government. After the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from there, a Taliban government was formed which is well known.

Boris Johnson added in his video message: "Recent events in Afghanistan, in relation to those who have survived, and those who are still suffering, strengthen our resolve, and, in our adherence to the principles of freedom, liberation and democracy, So that we can be victorious over all our enemies. "

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