Second American-Afghan War, 8, 9, 408–13
U.S. losses and expenditure in, 411, 415
U.S. troops in, 410, 415
U.S. vs. Taliban in, 409–11, 413
withdrawal of U.S. troops in, 411
Second Anglo-Afghan War of 1870s, 263
Senate, U.S., 400
Select Committee on Intelligence of, 328
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks (9/11), xi, 75–76, 84, 138, 248
aftermath of, 4, 9, 80, 82–83, 86–89, 93, 103, 105, 118, 128, 142, 205, 287–88, 306–7, 322, 346, 358, 377, 383, 394–95
al-Qa’ida and bin Laden responsibility for, 4–5, 80, 84, 172, 384
intelligence failure in, 338, 388
on N.Y. twin towers, 76, 143, 220
on Pentagon, 76, 143
Shahi Kot Valley, Battle of, 335–37
“Shahzad, Muhammad,” 199
Shakespeare, William, 155
shalwar khameez, 52, 68, 148, 180, 261, 319, 321
Sharif, Nawaz, 40, 172
overthrow of, 49–50, 67
Shawali Kowt, 279, 284
Battle of, 141, 277
Shelter Now International (SNI), 113, 125–29
Taliban arrest of members of, 126–29, 151–55, 209–13
Shelton, Henry, 95
Shirzai, Gul Agha, 148–50, 167, 189, 204–8, 214–17, 220–21, 228, 235–37, 240–47, 250, 361, 364
armed forces of, 215–16, 240–42, 246–47, 254, 275–81, 358
as governor of Kandahar, xvii, 149–50, 187, 281, 284–85, 312–15
Governor’s Palace seized by, xi, 282
RLG and, 312–15
Shin Naray Valley route of, 163–66, 164–65, 205
Taliban attack on, 214–16, 275–81
Shura, see Taliban, leadership council of
Shurandam Bridge, 276
Battle of, 164
Sison, Michele, xviii, 196–97
Smith, Ian, 14
Somalia, 397
South Asia, 21, 24, 26–27, 64, 69, 309, 312, 346
South Waziristan Scouts, 340
Soviet army, 262
Soviet “BMP” armored personnel carrier, 226
Soviet Union, 49
Afghan jihad against, 37–38, 41, 43, 59, 70, 104, 110, 123–24, 138, 148–50, 156, 259
Afghanistan invasion of and occupation by, 4, 37–38, 39, 41, 43, 115, 148–49, 262, 358
American spies recruited by, 28
Indian relations with, 37
U-2 spy plane shot down in, 37
U.S. relations with, 37–38, 39
Special Forces, U.S., 8, 139, 145, 148, 163, 169, 181, 226, 247, 288, 364–65
CIA liaison with, 163, 189, 192, 207, 208, 221, 335, 359, 365
Fifth Group of, 190, 191, 206, 224, 236
ODA 574 of, 141, 224, 278
ODA 583 of, 236, 240
Operational Detachments Alpha “ODA” of, 190–91, 224, 226, 227, 235–40, 244, 252, 275, 277
“Spectre,” 99–100, 102–3
Spin Boldak, 148, 149, 216, 241, 242, 275
Spin Ghar (White Mountains), see Safed Koh Mountains
Spitzel, Gary, xvi, 204, 208
State Department, U.S., 15, 24–26, 53, 63, 70, 126–27, 197, 307, 345, 347, 349, 364–65, 387, 412
State Sponsors of Terrorism List, U.S., 40, 307
Sudan, 43
“Suhail Majid, Brigadier,” xvii, 218, 230, 250, 254, 335
Sulaiman Mountains, 262
Sulayman (caddy), 323–24
Sulick, Mike, 374, 375–76
Supreme Council of the Islamic Clergy (Ulema), 89, 112, 113, 117–19, 135
Syria, 26
T
Tajiks, 42, 110, 159
Takht-e Pol, 241, 244, 282
Battle of, 164, 246, 247, 275
Taliban, 41–45, 79–80
Afghan collapse of, 217–19, 228, 358–62, 373
Afghan control by, 4, 5, 8, 44, 56, 61, 63, 66, 102, 110, 117–18, 126–27, 143, 195
Afghan opposition to, 5, 8, 143, 214–19, 226, 271
al-Qa’ida relations with, 61–64, 66, 82–86, 108, 119, 231, 361–62
anti-Arab elements in, 75
armed forces of, 214–19, 226–28, 276–79
bin Laden policy of, 53–54, 61–63, 75, 81–84, 86, 112–13, 118–20
CIA program against, 59–61, 63–66, 95–96, 99, 104, 113, 130–36
fundamentalist, misogynist religious orientation of, 41, 42, 51, 63, 124, 160, 358, 360
General Intelligence Directorate, prison of, 128–29, 151–55
harsh justice of, 373
Islamic courts of, 53, 89, 127
Kandahar defeat of, 279–86, 291, 358
Karzai battle with, 183–86, 189–96, 198–203, 357–60
leadership council (Shura) of, 114, 118, 119, 135, 216, 233, 254, 279, 362, 365
“lost convoy” of, 235–36
military defeats of, xi, 209–10, 227, 233, 250, 279–86, 291, 314, 358–61
military successes of, 42, 228
narcotics production banned by, 364
Northern Alliance offensive against, 42, 43, 59, 83, 88, 187–88, 207–10, 217, 416
Pakistani, 124, 194, 344, 413, 417
Pakistan relations with, 43, 44–45, 69, 71, 73, 124, 161, 307, 362–63, 412–13
Pashtun elements of, 8, 42, 51, 59, 85, 107, 159
Pashtun rebellion against, 222, 279, 358
penal system of, 126
power structure and leadership of, 104–5, 107, 109, 113, 114, 115, 133, 135, 185–86, 188, 218–19, 229–34, 250, 254, 278, 360–61, 417
radio broadcasts of, 200
recognition as legitimate government sought by, 63
repression of women by, 63–64
resurgence of, 366, 408–9, 415–18
rise and spread of, 41–43, 59, 360, 373, 409
sanctions against, 127
SNI members arrested by, 126–29, 151–55, 209–13
Southern Zone Command of, 62, 80, 85, 112, 114–22, 134–35
Sunni Muslims in, 42, 43, 313
terrorist tactics of, 314–15, 416
U.S. campaign against, 95–96, 99, 107–9, 146, 169, 181–95, 199, 205, 208, 225–28, 244, 258, 271, 306, 409–11, 413
U.S. relations with, 5–6, 8, 52, 59–60, 63–66, 75, 81–86, 88–89, 114–15, 117–22, 128
Taliban Supreme Court, 89
Tampa, Fla., 90, 170, 288, 397
Tanzania, 44
Tarar, Sultan Amir “Colonel Imam,” xvii, 123–24, 230
execution of, 124
Tarin Kowt, 180–85, 193, 200, 202–3, 225–27, 349
Battle of, 141, 180–84, 189, 194, 244, 250, 252, 359
Tarnak Qila, 96, 274
Tarnoff, Peter, 24–26
Taubman, Georg, xix, 210–13
Tehran, 23
Tenet, George, xvi, 109, 174, 369–70, 373–74
as CIA director, 3–7, 30–31, 45, 55–56, 60–61, 64, 69–70, 106–7, 113–15, 192, 204–5, 208, 239, 291–92
Musharraf’s meeting with, 265, 267–69
relationship of RLG and, 30–31, 60–61, 90, 93–95, 114–15, 219, 265–73, 364, 365, 366, 372–73, 378
Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC), 389
Thall, 293
Thall Scouts, 261
Tochi Scouts, 336, 340
“Tom,” xvi, 80–82, 86, 116, 134–35, 203, 249–50
Tora Bora, 64, 258–64, 290–96, 335
al-Qa’ida escape from, 290–91, 294–97, 305, 312
Battle of, 264, 288, 289, 295, 296
bin Laden’s sanctuary in, 258–59, 295–96
Toulouse, 16
Townsend, Fran, xix, 391
Turabi, Nooruddin, 250
Turks, 290, 318
Twetten, Tom, 24
U
Ulema, see Supreme Council of the Islamic Clergy
Ummah Tameer-e Nau (UTN), 171–74, 176, 265–68, 270,
274, 285
United Arab Emirates, 167
United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (UIFSA), see Northern Alliance
United Kingdom (UK), 115, 221
global interests of, 97
U.S. relations with, 97–103
United Nations (UN), 36, 44, 63, 127, 251, 279
Bonn Conference convened by, 251, 252, 279, 360–61
High Commission for Refugees, 128
Iraq inspections by, 367
Security Council of, 353
United States:
bin Laden pursuit by, 43–45, 53, 56–59, 66, 73, 74, 81–84, 88–89, 96, 114, 118–20, 128, 131, 135, 261, 264, 291–97, 339, 362, 379, 384–86
bin Laden’s “declaration of war” against, 44
civil rights movement in, 175
economic recession of 1970s in, 13
Indian relations with, 307, 347, 353
nuclear arms of, 177
Pakistani relations with, 37–40, 44–45, 48–50, 68–71, 73–75, 100, 111, 158, 269–72, 301–7, 350
Soviet relations with, 37–38, 39
support for tyrannical regimes by, 381
treatment of prisoners by, 291
UK relations with, 97–103
uranium 235, 178
Urdu language, 68
Uruzgan Provincial Council, 200
Uzbekistan, 288
Karshi Khanabad (“K2”) Airbase in, 181, 190, 202
Uzbeks, 42, 159
V
Vajpayee, Atal Bihari, 346
Vendrell, Francesc, 127
Vietnam War, 94, 109, 416
opposition to, 11
Virginia, 10, 29, 197, 324
Virginia University Hospital, 15
W
Wajahat Chaudry, Colonel, 336, 340
Wall Street Journal, 326
Wana, 386
Wardak, 210
War Jan, 225
War on Terror, 158, 307, 346, 351, 361, 381, 386–87, 404
Washington, D.C., 10, 22, 24, 27, 30, 39, 65, 69, 75–76, 105, 186, 364
bureaucracy in, 25, 91–93
Capitol in, 76
Constitution Avenue in, 76
see also White House
Washington Post, 195, 399
weapons of mass destruction (WMD), 173, 265–67, 285, 374
see also biological weapons; chemical weapons; nuclear arms
Webster, Dan, xvi, 239
White House, 349
Oval Office of, 72, 370, 402
Rose Garden of, 255
Situation Room of, 7, 64–65, 345, 366, 369, 401
West Wing of, 72, 169–70
Williston Academy, 11–12
Wolfowitz, Paul, xviii, 64, 106, 108, 367, 368, 371
relationship of RLG and, 24
Woodward, Bob, 109
Worcester, Mass., 10–11
World Heritage Sites, 127
World War I, 218
Wormsley, Kristen, 325
Y
Yeats, W. B., 187
Yemen, 19
Z
Zadeh, Amin, 200
Zaeef, Abdul Salam, xvii, 52, 54, 113, 122, 253
arrest and imprisonment of, 361
Zahir Shah, Muhammad, King of Afghanistan, 138, 159, 372
“Zaman, General Imran,” xvii, 316–19, 329, 332
Zaman Ghamsharik, Haji, 187
Zaranj, 208
Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 274, 338, 362, 384
Zia ul-Haq, General, 39
Zormat, 335, 336
Zubayda, see Abu Zubayda
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