Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubvira pakati pema1990 maTaliban akapa nzvimbo tsvene kuna Osama bin Laden, mugari womuSaudi uyo akanga arwa navo vachirwisa maSoviet, uye akapa nzvimbo yokugara kumasangano ake nemamwe mapoka emagandanga. United Nations Security Council yakapa zvirango kakawanda kuTaliban nokuda kwemabasa aya. Bin Laden akapa rutsigiro rwemari uye rwezvematongerwe enyika kuTaliban, sezvakaita Pakistan neSaudi Arabia, kusvikira kumanikidzwa kweAmerica kwakavamanikidza kurega rutsigiro rwavo rwepachena kuTaliban mushure maSeptember 11, 2001. Bin Laden neboka rake reAl Qaeda vakapomerwa
kurwisa mabhishopu eUnited States muNairobi neDar Es Salaam muna 1998, uye muna August 1998 United States yakatanga kurwisa missile kurwisa musasa wemagandanga wabin Laden muAfghanistan. Bin Laden neAl Qaeda vanorangarirwa kuva vane mutoro wokurwiswa kwaSeptember 11, 2001 muUnited States, pakati pemamwe matsotsi.