Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Senge nedzimwe nyika dzese pasi rose, yakaramba kubvuma hurumende itsva yechiIslam yakagadzwa neTaliban uye yakaramba ichitsigira Northern Alliance sehurumende yepamutemo yenyika. Hurumende yeU.S. yakanga iine kuonana kusiri kwepamutemo neTaliban, asi ukama hwakakanganisika pashure pefatwā yaOsama bin Laden yokuzivisa hondo kuUnited States uye kuputika kwebhomba kwemuzinda weUnited States muna 1998
. Pashure peOperation Infinite Reach, Mullah Mohammed Omar akafonera Dhipatimendi reHurumende reU.S. achida kuti President Bill Clinton arege basa. United States yakaramba kugovera betsero kana kuti kuziva hurumende yeTaliban kutoti yakadzinga bin Laden, iyo yakaramba kuita mukuwirirana nekodhi ye"pashtunwali" inoda kuti vaenzi vapiwe nzvimbo tsvene.