At one point in the war, in 1997, two top foreign policy officials in the Clinton administration flew to northern Afghanistan in an attempt to convince Massoud not to take advantage of a strategic opportunity to make crucial gains against the Taliban.[88]
In 1998, a US Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, Julie Sirrs, visited Massoud's territories privately, having previously been denied official permission to do so by her agency. She reported that Massoud had conveyed warnings about strengthened ties between the Taliban and foreign Islamist terrorists. Returning home, she was sacked from her agency for insubordination, because at that time the US administration had no trust in Massoud.[88] -----------http://www.worldheritage.org/articles/Ahmad_Shah_Massoud
Her house was raided Oct 21, 2014...
Interesting timing :
Dar briefs Robin Raphel on Pak-US Business Opportunities moot , , our correspondent, Thursday, October 02, 2014
From Print Edition
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar had a luncheon meeting with US Ambassador Robin Raphel here on Wednesday.
During the meeting there was detailed discussion on the Diamer Bhasha with particular focus on generating much needed finances for the project.The minister also apprised Robin Raphael about modalities of the Pakistan-US Business Opportunities conference, saying it would be held as scheduled on October 8.
He said the conference would serve as a useful forum to explore financial resources for Diamer Bhasha besides affording an opportunity to both Pakistani and US businessmen to interact and forge useful cooperation. Ambassador Robin welcomed holding of the conference and wished it all success.
Dar also exchanged views with Ambassador Raphael on CASA-1000 project. He said it had great significance keeping in view meeting the energy requirements of Pakistan. He however added that since a new government had assumed power in Afghanistan, the outstanding matters regarding this project would be taken up with it for settlement on priority.
—————— http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-33253-Dar-briefs-Robin-Raphel-on-Pak-US-Business-Opportunities-moot
And Massoud was assassinated a few days before the 2001 9/11 attacks by al Qaeda.
state department bump,,,,