The U.S. and Sudan entered into a bilateral dialogue on counterterrorism in May 2000 . Sudan has provided concrete cooperation against international terrorism since the September 11 attacks in 2001 on New York and Washington . However , although Sudan publicly supported the international coalition actions against the al Qaida network and the Taliban in Afghanistan , the government criticized the U.S. strikes in that country and opposed a widening of the effort against international terrorism to other countries . Sudan remains on the state sponsors of terrorism list
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Sudan–United States relations