Fromer Prime Minister John Howard has defended Australia's intervention in Afghanistan after the country's devastating collapse to Taliban rule at the weekend, 20 years after the US-led invasion.Mr Howard, who sent troops to the Middle East to support the US campaign, told the ABC's 7.30 there was an "overwhelming belief" in 2001 that Western intervention in Afghanistan following the September 11 attacks was the right course of action."There is no evidence of a major terrorist attack that's been orchestrated out of Afghanistan (since the invasion)," Mr Howard said.
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