The Taliban file
Contributors: National Security Archive (U.S.)
Series: The September 11th sourcebooks; National Security Archive electronic briefing book -- no. 134; September 11th sourcebooks; National Security Archive electronic briefing book -- no. 134.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Subjects: Sources; Foreign relations; Taliban
Other titles: Mullah Omar called Washington in 1998, new documents show
Description: Mullah Omar, the Taliban's supreme leader, initiated a phone call to Washington - his only known direct contact with U.S. officials - two days after President Clinton sent cruise missiles to destroy Osama bin Laden's terrorist training camps in Afghanistan in 1998, according to newly-obtained documents posted on the Web by the National Security Archive.
Notes: Viewed on (Nov. 10, 2005).