Apologies, I thought you were referring to the Taliban.I've had previous conversations with people who had that misunderstanding.
Bin Laden claimed that neither he nor his specific group of Arab foreign fighters (which became the genesis of Al Qaeda) received funding from the US. Though the reality was that the US funded proxies which funded the Afghan Mujahedeen, so it's possible he may have indirectly benefited. Bin Laden was independently wealthy and largely self funded his group though.
To be clear, I don't think we funded bin Laden in proximity to 9/11. Just that we funded elements where bin Laden trained, and was likely--to some degree--radicalised, and then that blew back on us. October 7th looks like Israel's 9/11 in more than one way.
Bin Laden claimed that neither he nor his specific group of Arab foreign fighters (which became the genesis of Al Qaeda) received funding from the US. Though the reality was that the US funded proxies which funded the Afghan Mujahedeen, so it's possible he may have indirectly benefited. Bin Laden was independently wealthy and largely self funded his group though.