Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ugandanga hwakabuda somubvunzo unokosha zvikuru wokudzivirirwa kwenyika mukati mokutonga kwaClinton. Mumakore okupedzisira ehondo yeSoviet neAfghan, Osama bin Laden akanga aronga Al-Qaeda, sangano revaSunni. Vatungamiriri veAl-Qaeda vaishora tsika dzokuMadokero, uye vainyanya kutsamwiswa nokuvapo kwemauto eU.S. muSaudi Arabia. Al-Qaeda yakakura muma1990 uye yakaita ugandanga kuMiddle East nokumwewo. Boka racho rakatora mutoro wokuputika kwebhomba kweWorld Trade Center muna 1993,
kuputika kwebhomba pamahofisi eU.S. maviri muEast Africa, uye kuputika kwebhomba paigwa reU.S. pachiteshi chengarava muYemen. Mukutsiva, Clinton akarayira kubhombwa kwezvivako zveAl-Qaeda muAfghanistan neSudan. Central Intelligence Agency nemauto vakatevera mafambiro aBin Laden mukuedza kumubata kana kuti kumuuraya, asi Bin Laden akadzivisa kubatwa kwakadzika mumakomo eAfghanistan.