Events (27)

• After May 18, 1996-September 1996: Bin Laden Quickly Alligns With the Taliban After Arrival in Afghanistan 1996-05-18
• After October 12, 2000: CIA Discusses Increased Support for Northern Alliance in Wake ofColeBombing 2000-10-12
• December 29, 2000: CIA Develops ‘Blue Sky’ Plan to Increase Support to Massoud, Strike Bin Laden 2000-12-29
• January 25, 2001: Clarke Presents Plan to Roll Back Al-Qaeda, but Response Is Delayed 2001-01-25
• March 7, 2001: Plan to Fight Al-Qaeda Considered, but with Little Urgency 2001-03-07
• April 6, 2001: Rebel Leader Warns Europe and US About Large-Scale Imminent Al-Qaeda Attacks 2001-04-06
• September 9, 2001: Northern Alliance Leader Massoud Is Assassinated in Anticipation of 9/11 Attack 2001-09-09
• September 9, 2001: Northern Alliance Informs CIA of Massoud Assassination; News Soon Leaks 2001-09-09
• September 9, 2001: Pakistani President Musharraf Allegedly Meets with Former ISI Head Gul, Possibly Celebrates Death of Northern Alliance Leader Massoud 2001-09-09
• September 9, 2001: Congressperson Foresees Something Terrible Will Happen in Wake of Massoud Assassination 2001-09-09
• September 10, 2001: NSA Intercepts: ‘The Match Begins Tomorrow’ and ‘Tomorrow Is Zero Hour’ 2001-09-10
• September 10, 2001: New WTC Security Director Warns of Danger of ‘Something Big’ 2001-09-10
• September 10, 2001: Northern Alliance Blames ISI and Al-Qaeda for Assassination of Massoud 2001-09-10
• (After 12:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President’s Chief of Staff Libby Connects the Assassination of Northern Alliance Leader Massoud to the Attacks on the US 2001-09-11
• October 2, 2001: US Intelligence Cables Review ‘Hidden Agenda’ of ISI Support for Taliban 2001-10-02
• May 4, 2009: Karzai Chooses Warlord Accused of Rights Abuses and Protecting Drug Trade as Running Mate in Re-Election Bid; Human Rights Groups Protest 2009-05-04
• Late January 2000: CIA Faces Legal Barriers Helping Warlord Who Wants to Kill Bin Laden
• April 1999: CIA Rejects Working with High-Level Taliban Leader Opposed to Bin Laden
• June 2001: US Still Fails to Aid Taliban Resistance
• Early April 2001: CIA Meets Northern Alliance Leader in Paris, Receives Warning of Major Al-Qaeda Attack
• September-October 1995: Unocal Obtains Turkmenistan Pipeline Deal
• October 1998: Military Analyst Goes Where Spies Fail to Go, but Her Efforts Are Rejected
• October 1999: CIA Considers Increased Aid to Northern Alliance
• 1995: French Set Up Bin Laden Unit
• Summer 1999: CIA Decides to Increase Ties with Northern Alliance, Decision Pushed through by Counterterrorist Center
• Winter 1999-March 2000: US Intelligence Installs Listening Posts in Afghanistan But Makes Little Use of Intelligence Gained
• February 1992: Soviet Puppet Government Ousted in Afghanistan