Although bilateral tensions began to build from 1998 onward, due to the Taliban’s refusal to turn over Osama bin Laden to Saudi Arabia (his homeland), the Kingdom still hoped that petro-dollar diplomacy might solve this problem.
Si bien las tensiones bilaterales comenzaron a aumentar a partir de 1998 debido a la negativa de los talibanes de entregar a Osama bin Laden a Arabia Saudita (su patria), el Reino esperaba que la diplomacia del petrodólar podría resolver este problema.