Complex sentence: By late February 2001, the Taliban put bin Laden and some of his men under house arrest near Kandahar and the U.S. was given permission to arrest, capture or kill the Saudi on Afghan soil.
Split into simpler sentences: By late February 2001, the Taliban put bin Laden and some of his men under house arrest near Kandahar. The U.S. was given permission to arrest, capture or kill the Saudi on Afghan soil.