Answer:
Correct Answer: The Taliban protected him.
Step-by-step explanation:
After the World Trade Center bombing and with the declaration of Bin Landen as a terrorist, he went undeground. As US tries everything to locate him, the Afghanistian country which was controlled by the Taliban shielded him and offers him protection.
The never acknowledged that he was in their country but rather offered him the best protection he could get (His building was beside a military camp).