Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Zuva rimwe pamberi pokubatwa kwaAugust 1998 kwaMazar, vanobatana naBin Laden
yakabhomba mabhishopu maviri eU.S. muAfrica, ichiuraya 224 uye ichikuvadza 4.500, zvikurukuru vaAfrica. United States yakapindura kupfurikidza nokudzinga zvombo zvinokambaira pamisasa yaifungidzirwa kuva yemagandanga muAfghanistan, ichiuraya vanopfuura 20 kunyange zvazvo ichikundikana kuuraya bin Laden kana kuti kunyange vazhinji veAl-Qaeda. Mullah Omar akashora kurwiswa kwamaroketi uye purezidhendi weAmerica Bill Clinton. Saudi Arabia yakadzinga nhume yeTaliban mukupokana nokuramba kutumira Bin Laden, uye pashure pokunge Mullah Omar ataurwa kuti akatuka mhuri youmambo hweSaudi. Pakati paOctober UN Security Council yakavhotera pamwe chete kurambidza ndege dzendege dzokutengesa kuenda nokudzoka kubva kuAfghanistan, uye kuomesa maakaundi ayo ebhengi munyika yose.