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Taliban using U.S. weapons 5 years after exit -- The 9/11 terror attacks, 25 years ago this week, were planned from inside the Taliban-controlled country of Afghanistan; a country that tonight is not only back under Taliban control, but with Taliban fighters carrying American weapons and driving around in American vehicles. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab reports from Kabul.

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