Rana daya kafin a kama Mazar a watan Agustan 1998, 'yan bin Laden sun kai harin bam a ofisoshin jakadancin Amurka biyu
a Afirka, kashe mutane 224 da raunata 4,500, galibi 'yan Afirka. Amurka ta mayar da martani ta hanyar kaddamar da makamai masu linzami a sansanonin da ake zargi da ta'addanci a Afghanistan, inda suka kashe sama da 20 duk da cewa sun kasa kashe bin Laden ko ma da yawa daga cikin Al-Qaeda. Mullah Omar ya yi Allah wadai da harin makami mai linzami da kuma shugaban Amurka Bill Clinton. Kasar Saudiyya ta kori wakilin Taliban a matsayin nuna rashin amincewa da kin mika bin Laden, kuma bayan Mullah Omar da ake zargi da cin mutuncin dangin sarautar Saudiyya. A tsakiyar watan Oktoba, Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya kada kuri'a baki daya don hana jiragen saman kasuwanci zuwa da daga Afghanistan, da kuma daskare asusun banki a duk duniya.