He may have made a few meals, but you can bet your bottom dollar that the Taliban and Co. don't run down to the corner cafe and see if the short order cook needs a new job.  Every in the camp and organization is dedicated to the same goal, working to the same goal, and would do anything to accomplish it.  One may be a "cook" on Monday, but if called on to do the dishes or blow up a cafe on Wednesday, he's available.

I mean, do you really think that the guy that was bin Laden's driver was a taxi guy in Kabul that Bin-Man picked up when his regular driver was out with a cold.