In pursuing the Clinton administration 's energy objectives through construction of the $ 4.5 billion Afghanistan Oil Pipeline , Raphel created ill will with Afghanistan 's Northern Alliance , then under the command of Ahmad Shah Massoud . Massoud-controlled militias blocked the pipeline 's northern access route due to the longstanding civil war with Taliban forces . After Massoud was killed September 9 , 2001 in a Taliban bombing , Raphel 's critics accused her of collaborating with the Taliban to advance American commercial interests even as the group gave refuge to Osama bin Laden , Ayman al-Zawahiri and other senior al-Qaeda leaders in the time leading up to the September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Robin Raphel