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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def run_async(**kwargs):
    '''
    Runs an Ansible Runner task in the background which will start immediately. Returns the thread object and a Runner object.

    This uses the same parameters as :py:func:`ansible_runner.interface.run`

    :returns: A tuple containing a :py:class:`threading.Thread` object and a :py:class:`ansible_runner.runner.Runner` object
    '''
    r = init_runner(**kwargs)
    runner_thread = threading.Thread(target=r.run)
    runner_thread.start()
    return runner_thread, r