AHC: Capture and Kill Most Al-Qaeda Leadership by 2002

Find a way, without using nuclear weapons, to eliminate or capture most or all of the core leadership of Al-Qaeda within the first few months following the 9/11 attacks and before the end of 2001.
 
Have the Pakistani's seal off the border and prevent the Al-Qaeda leadership from escaping Tora Bora. Also avoid the "Airlift of Evil," which permitted the ISI to evacuate a key portion of the Taliban leadership.
 
I do see it plausible that if there had been more US forces in Afghanistan that Bin Laden and that the Americans sealed the Pakistani border themselves, not relied on the Northern Alliance forces to help the CIA, he would not have had as easy a time to escape. Some other senior levels of Al-Qaeda would've also been captured as well.
 
Find a way, without using nuclear weapons, to eliminate or capture most or all of the core leadership of Al-Qaeda within the first few months following the 9/11 attacks and before the end of 2001.

This would not be very effective since Al Qaeda is, to a large extent, a mere franchise.
 
You need a totally different war plan with a sizable commitment of troops to securing the border before bombs start drawing.
 
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