by Bruce Riedel
South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), 55, 64, 66, 69
Soviet Union: Afghanistan invasion, 84, 86, 90–92, 95–96; break-up of, 106
Special national intelligence estimate (SNIE), 79
Special Services Group (SSG), 91, 92, 110
Steinberg, Jim, 161
Stinger missile system, 96, 98
Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (2009), 23
Sundarji, Krishnaswamy, 102
Sunni Muslims, 89
Taj, Nadeem, 171–72
Talbott, Strobe, 114, 122, 123–28, 131, 133, 136
Taliban: and Afghan civil war, 117–18; and Afghan government, 81, 89, 137–38, 145, 175, 193–95; air strikes on, 138; and al Qaeda, 126–28, 143; and Bhutto (Benazir) assassination, 158; and bin Laden, 126; and Gul, 108; and Musharraf, 145; and Omar, 91, 117, 142, 145, 194; and planned New York City subway system attack, 167–68
Tamerlane, 29
Tanweer, Shahzad, 19
Taseer, Salmaan, 174
Tata (company), 44
Tenet, George, 141–43, 155, 187
313 Brigade, 110
Trade, Indian-Pakistani, 188–91
Treasury Department, U.S., 23
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), 31
Treaty of Paris (1783), 32
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), 103–04, 152, 154
Truman, Harry, 48–52, 64, 80
Turki bin Faysal, 90
Twin Peaks Crisis (2002), 150, 160
Ullah, Saadat, 6
United Kingdom: Raj and partition of India, 26–44; and South Asia policy, 201–02
United Nations, 158–59, 192
United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), 49, 53
United States: attack on American embassy in Islamabad, 85–86; Raj and partition of India, 27–34, 37–42
U.S. Central Command (CENT COM), 81–82
U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue (2012), 179
Vajpayee, Atal Behari: and Bharatiya Janata Party, 120–21; and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, 125, 135; and India and Pakistan on brink of war, 151; and Kargil war, 131, 133; and Operation Parakram, 149; and Pakistani relations, 11, 128; U.S. visit of, 136
Vance, Cyrus, 84
Victoria, Queen, 36
Vietnam War, 66
War of Austrian Succession, 31
“War on terrorism,” 139–48
Washington Post on Kargil war, 151
Watergate scandal, 79
Weinberger, Caspar, 101
Wellesley, Arthur, 33
West Pakistan, 55, 71–72
Wilson, Charlie, 96
Wilson, Woodrow, 39
Wisner, Frank, 116, 121
Wolfe, James, 32
Women under Taliban, 118
Woodward, Bob, 167
World Bank, 54, 121
Yousaf, Mohammad, 93, 99
Yunus, Muhammad, 115
Zafar II, Bahadur Shah, 35–36
Zakheim, Dov, 146, 162
Zardari, Asif Ali: and al Qaeda, 170; and Bhutto (Benazir), 107, 158; and bin Laden hunt, 172; as democratically elected leader, 183; and Indian relations, 12–13, 180; and Mumbai attack, ix, 20–21, 23; and Obama, 174, 175
Zargar, Mushtaq Ahmed, 141
al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab, 169
al-Zawahiri, Ayman, 10–11, 20, 146, 148, 170
Zazi, Najibullah, 167–68
Zia ul-Haq, Mohammed: and Bhutto (Benazir), 106–07; and Bhutto (Zulfikar), 83, 140; and Carter, 84–86; and Casey, 96–97; and cricket diplomacy, 102; death of, 99; and jihad, 112; and Kargil, 130; and Kashmir insurgency, 106, 108; and nuclear program, 99, 112; and Reagan, 97–98, 100, 107; and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, 86–95; and Wilson (Charlie), 96
Zinni, Anthony, 122, 132
Zubaydah, Abu (Zayn Muhammad Husayn), 19, 141, 147