Jane's Article dated March 15th, 2001
Janes Picked up on the US planning a war on Afghanistan back in March 2001

India being drawn into the Afghan Military Action Planning in June 2001
"Indian officials say that India and Iran will only play the role of
"facilitator" while the US and Russia will combat the Taliban..."

The War Planned well in Advance
A Newsgroup Article I grabbed before it was deleted off the Internet.

BBC Article Afghanistan Attack Planned

Congress Discussing the Oil Pipeline
Now you know why Congress is dragging their feet on this.