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The objectives of military alliances are:
- Alliance building is an important component of traditional security to threats to deal between states and nations to deter or defend against military attacks.
- Alliances are formalised in written treaties and identification of who constitutes the threat.
- Countries form alliances to increase their effective power relative to another country or alliance.
- Alliances are based on national interests and can change when national interests change.
For example, the US backed the Islamic militants in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union in 1980s but later attacked them when Al-Qaeda, a group of Islamic militants, led by Osama Bin Laden Launched terrorist strikes against America on 11th September 2001.