Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Clinton akabvuma kuti, pashure pokubhomba paU.S.S. "Cole"
, hurumende yake yakagadzirira zvirongwa zvehondo kuti iite basa rehondo muAfghanistan kupidigura vaTaliban uye kutsvaka Bin Laden. Zvirongwa zvacho hazvina kuzomboitwa nokuti, maererano naClinton, CIA neFBI zvakaramba kupupurira kuti bin Laden akanga ane mhosva yebhomba racho kusvikira abva pachigaro uye mauto akatadza kuwana kodzero dzokugara muUzbekistan. Pamusoro peAfghanistan, Clinton akatsoropodza hurumende yaBush paakati "Tine hurumende inofunga kuti Afghanistan inokosha nechikamu chimwe chete muzvinomwe seIraq". Clinton akataurawo kuti hurumende yake yakasiya zvirongwa uye zano rakakwana rokurwisa ugandanga nehurumende itsva yaBush muna January 2001.