Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakati pa1996 na1998 akafambisa misasa yokurovedza muAfghanistan nokuda kweAl-Qaeda. Abdullah aive nebasa rekugadzira pasipoti yaMohammed Saddiq Odeh kuitira kuti akwanise kubva kuPakistan kuenda kuAfghanistan uye asangane naOsama bin Laden pamberi pebhomba remabhasi eUS musi wa7 Nyamavhuvhu 1998
muKenya neTanzania yakauraya vanhuwo zvavo 224 uye yakakuvadza vamwe vanopfuura 5 000.