Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te mea ka haere te putorino i roto i Afghanistan, he mea tika kia mahi tahi me te Taliban. Ko te karere o U.S. ki Pakistan, ko Robert Oakley, i whakarere i tana pou, ka utua e CentGas i te tau 1997. I te marama o Hanuere 1998, i whiriwhiria e te Taliban a CentGas i runga i te whakataetae Argentinian Bridas Corporation, i hainatia he kirimana i whakaaetia ai te kaupapa i whakaarohia kia haere tonu. I te Pipiri 1998, i whakarerea e te Russian Gazprom tana 10% hea i roto i te kaupapa. I te 7 o Akuhata 1998, i whakaekehia nga whare rangatira o Amerika i Nairobi me Dar es Salaam
He aha? I whakapaehia e te United States ko Osama bin Laden kei muri i aua whakaeke, a ka mutu nga whakawhitiwhitinga paipa katoa, i te mea i kii te kaiarahi o Taliban i taua wa, ko Mullah Omar, kei te tautoko a bin Laden i a Taliban. I wehe atu a Unocal i te consortium i te 8 o Tihema 1998, ana i muri tata mai ka kati i ona tari i Afghanistan me Pakistan.