Following the September 11 attacks , and subsequent confirmation that Osama Bin Laden was behind the attack , the US demanded Taliban leader Mullah Omar to turn over Bin Laden or face US invasion . Mullah Omar refused to surrender Bin Laden , so the US planned military action as described in CIA officers Gary Berntsen 's '' Jawbreaker '' , and Gary Schroen 's '' First In '' . Haji Zaman returned from France to Afghanistan ( reportedly at the invitation of the US CIA , as a counterbalance to another Afghan warlord/partner Hazret Ali ) and joined with other regional and tribal leaders from the Nangarhar and Khowst provinces to form the Eastern Shura
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Mohammed Zaman