Betrayal and Regret in Afghanistan's Wartime Allies The sun had barely risen over Kabul when Abdul Wahid received his first phone call from an American officer on September 10, 2001.
The US was already planning its response to al Qaeda, and Wahid's voice was among the first in a long line of Afghans who would soon be helping America bring down its enemy.
Wahid, then 25, had lost family members to the brutal Taliban regime and was desperate to see an end to their rule.