Iby'ingenzi kuri al-Qaeda Ahavuye isanamu, Getty Images Insiguro y'isanamu, Osama Bin Laden hafi y'i Kabul mu murwa mukuru wa Afghanistani mu mwaka wa 2001 Yatangiriye muri Afghanistani mu myaka ya 1980, ubwo abakorerabushake b'Abarabu binjiraga mu mutwe wo muri Afghanistani w'aba-mujahideen bafashwa n'Amerika barwanaga birukana ingabo z'Uburusiya zari zarigaruriye icyo gice; Osama Bin Laden yashinze umuryango wo gufasha abo bakorerabushake, waje kwitwa al-Qaeda, cyangwa "ishingiro" ('the base'); Mu mwaka wa 1989 yavuye muri Afghanistani (akomoka muri Arabie Saoudite), ahasubira mu 1996 agiye kuhayobora ibigo by'imyitozo ya gisirikare ku bayisilamu babarirwa mu bihumbi baturutse mu mahanga; Al-Qaeda ishoza "intambara ntagatifu" ku Banyamerika, Abayahudi n'inshuti zabo.
