Kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1996 da 1998, al Qaeda ta ji dadi sosai a cikin mafaka da aka ba su don fitar da sanarwar yaƙi da Amurkawa kuma daga baya fatwa don kashe Amurkawa da abokansu. "Arab-Afghans sun zo da zagaye. Daga kasancewarsu kayan haɗi ne kawai na jihadi na Afghanistan da Yakin Cacar Baki a cikin 1980s sun zama cibiyar cibiyar ga 'yan Afghanistan, kasashen da ke makwabtaka da yamma a cikin 1990s. " Wannan ya biyo bayan al Qaeda
Harin bam na 1998 na ofishin jakadancin Amurka a Afirka da hare-haren 11 ga Satumba, 2001.