Mr Blair will today reflect on his time in Downing Street during the September 11 terrorist attacks and his role in the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan alongside the US in 2001. Almost two decades ago, Islamist terror organisation al-Qaeda orchestrated a string of coordinated plane hijacking attacks on the US which resulted in the deaths of 3, 000 people on US soil September 11 2001. The terrorist group were given protection and assistance by the Taliban who ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and