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Events (363)
- 1996: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Said to Make Secret Deals with Taliban and Al-Qaeda
- June 1996: Bin Laden Meets with Pakistani Military Leaders
- June 1998: Enron Shuts Down Uzbekistan Pipeline Project
- July 2000: Taliban Bans Poppy Growing, but Benefits from Resulting Price Rise
- July 2001: Taliban Hold Militant Training Camp in Abbottabad, Pakistan
- Summer 2001: Human Rights Report Details ISI’s Massive Support to Taliban
- July 2001: Head 7/7 London Bomber Trains in Pakistan, Fights with Taliban
- Mid-July 2001: John O’Neill Rails Against White House and Saudi Obstructionism
- July 2002: Militants Tied to Al-Qaeda and ISI Indicted by US, but Little Effort Is Made to Find Them
- July 2003: Fired ISI Director Resurfaces as Businessman
- July 11-Late July, 2007: Pakistan’s Government and Its Islamist Militants Declare War on Each Other
- July 1998: Taliban and Saudis Meet and Purportedly Make a Deal
- July 1999: Ex-ISI Head Is Providing Taliban Information on US Missile Launches
- July-August 1999: Taliban Leaders Visit US
- Mid-August 2001: Afghan Leader Organizes Taliban Resistance Without US Support
- August 1996: CIA Aware ISI Is Funding Radical Militant Group with Bin Laden and Taliban Links; No Action Taken
- Mid-August 1998: President Clinton Aware of Links between Taliban, Pakistani ISI, and Al-Qaeda
- September 2000: ISI and Al-Qaeda Heavily Assist Taliban Military Offensive
- Late September-November 2001: Pakistani ISI Aids Taliban Against US, While Simultaneously Supposedly Helping US Fight Taliban
- Mid-September 2006: British Army Agrees to Secret, Limited Truce with Taliban
- Between September 12 and Late November 2001: US Intelligence Not Interested in Inside Information on Whereabouts of Mullah Omar and Al-Qaeda
- September 17-18 and 28, 2001: Taliban Refuses to Extradite Bin Laden
- Autumn 1994-Spring 1995: ISI Begins Massive Support of Taliban
- September-October 1995: Unocal Obtains Turkmenistan Pipeline Deal
- Early October 2001: ISI Director Prevents Key Taliban Leader from Defecting
- Early October-Mid-November, 2001: Air Force Is Repeatedly Denied Permission to Bomb Top al-Qaeda and Taliban Leaders
- Early October 2001: General Franks Disregards Advice to Open Second Front in Afghanistan
- October 2001: US Military Downplays Importance of Targeting Bin Laden
- October-Early November 2001: US Attempts Slow Conquest of Afghanistan for Pakistan’s Benefit
- October 2004: Presidential Candidates Debate Tora Bora Battle; Evidence Supports Kerry’s Position
- October 1994: US Gives Very Early Support to Taliban
- October 1996-Late 2001: Arms Dealer Aligns with Taliban and ISI
- October 1998: Military Analyst Goes Where Spies Fail to Go, but Her Efforts Are Rejected
- October 1999: CIA Considers Increased Aid to Northern Alliance
- November 2000: Taliban Allegedly Offers to Hand bin Laden to US Officials
- Mid-November 2001: Afghan Politician Says US Policy Prevented Bin Laden Capture
- Late November, 2001: US Soldiers Permit Massacre of Taliban
- November 2 or 3, 2001: US Allegedly Loses Helicopter, Drone in Bad Weather over Afghanistan
- November 2003: Appointment of Powerful ‘Neocon’ Ambassador Reflects New US Emphasis on Afghanistan
- December 2000: British Informer Sends Computer to Taliban Foreign Minister
- December 2000: Pentagon Develops Plan to Attack Al-Qaeda
- Late October-Early December 2001: Gen. Franks Ignores CIA Request to Deploy Unused US Troops to Get Bin Laden
- December, 2001: US Congress Fails to Fund Plan to Strengthen Pakistani Government Control over Tribal Region
- December 2001-Early January 2002: ISI Said to Help Bin Laden and Taliban Escape and Resettle in Pakistan
- December 2001 and After: Drug Kingpin Let Go by US; Then Rebuilds Drug Network for Taliban and Al-Qaeda
- December 2002-February 2003: Pakistan Reportedly Permitting Al-Qaeda and Taliban Training Camps
- December 2009: Secretary of State Clinton Diplomatic Cable Claims Some in ISI Support Taliban and Other Militant Groups
- Mid-December 2009: Pakistan Refuses to Allow US Ground Attack on Militant Group Linked to ISI and Taliban
- December 1997: Unocal Establishes Pipeline Training Facility Near Bin Laden’s Compound
- Early December 1999: US Takes Action to Stop Al-Qaeda Millennium Bombing Plot