At 1990s , Poland showed support to Ahmad Shah Massoud-led Northern Alliance to fight the Taliban . Shah Massoud also had an interview with a number of Poles , including Piotr Balcerowicz , the last to give interview to him before his death . Polish intelligence led by Alexander Makowski , assisted by anti-Taliban militias in Afghanistan , also helped discovering the existence of Osama Bin Laden and had urged the CIA to kill him at 1999 , but the CIA rejected and thus , had missed the chance . The failed attempt was believed to had played a role leading to September 11 attacks by Bin Laden to the U.S. to growing anti-Western sentiment in Muslim world , which Makowski contributed to the missed an opportunity to eliminate Bin Laden 's threat at 1999
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Afghanistan–Poland relations