The Punishment of Virtue

by Sarah Chayes

  BBC

  bin Laden, Usama

  Book of Garshasp, The

  Book of Kings. See Shahnama (Firdowsi)

  borders, Afghan

  demarcation of

  dispute over

  negotiations over

  with Pakistan

  with Russia

  Bosnia

  Bost, Afghanistan

  Bosworth, C. E.

  Britain

  Afghanistan and

  India and

  Russia and

  British army

  British Broadcasting Company. See BBC

  Brookes, Adam

  Bucephalas (horse)

  Buck, Craig

  Buddhism

  Bukhara

  Bush, George W.

  Campbell, John

  cards, playing

  Carr, Greg

  casualties

  Afghan civilian

  of Kandahari security forces

  U.S. Army

  Central Asia

  Central Asian Society

  Central Intelligence Agency. See CIA

  Chaman, Pakistan

  Chechnya

  China

  CIA

  Clarke, David

  Clarke, Mary

  claymore mines

  clothing

  CNN

  cold war

  communication(s)

  Concord, Massachusetts

  Concord Friends of Afghans for Civil Society

  consensus building

  Conservative Party

  customs revenues

  Daoud Khan

  Darius III, king of Persia

  DDR (disarmament, demobilization, and rein-tegration)

  deaths and murders. See also casualties

  of aid workers

  of Al-Qaeda Arabs

  increase in

  of Khakrezwal. See murder of Khakrezwal

  of mullahs

  of Ricardo Munguia

  defeated leaders, pursuit of

  Defense Department, U.S.

  foreign policy and

  State Department and

  democracy

  demonstrations, anti-American

  disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration

  Doctors Without Borders

  Donkeyskin, Muhammad

  Dorfman, Sue

  Dost Muhammad Khan

  Dostum, Abd ar-Rashid

  Durand, H. Mortimer

  Durand Line

  Durrani, Ahmad Shah

  mausoleum of

  Durranis

  education

  elders/council of elders See also Loya Jirga

  Afghanistan’s founding myth and

  Afghans for Civil Society project

  Ghiljai delegation of

  Gul Agha Shirzai and

  Hamid Karzai and

  judicial system and

  National Endowment for Democracy project

  Qayum Karzai and

  Taliban and

  U.S. officials and

  elections, Afghan

  Elephant Rock

  elephants

  Elphinstone, Mountstuart

  embassy

  ethnic conflict See also tribes

  Faisan

  Fall of the Safavi Dynasty, The (Lockhart)

  family life

  Farah, Afghanistan

  Farsi

  Fayda

  FBI

  fear

  feigned retreat

  Finn, Robert

  Firdowsi, Abul-Qasim

  food

  foreigners. See aid workers and foreigners

  foreign policy, U.S.

  Defense Department and

  Fox, David

  France

  Friendship Gate

  fuel

  funerals

  Gall, Carlotta

  Gardez, Afghanistan

  Garshasp (Iranian hero)

  Genghis Khan

  Germany, post-Taliban role of

  Ghazni, Afghanistan

  Ghiljais

  elders

  Hamid Karzai and

  Ghurids

  Grand Tribal Council. See Loya Jirga

  grapes

  Great Game

  Greeks/Greek language

  greeting rituals

  Gutman, Roy

  al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf

  Hajji Jamal Khan

  Hayatullah (bus driver)

  Hazaras

  health, author’s

  Helmand Province

  Helmand River

  Hephthalites

  Herat, Afghanistan

  Hikmatyar, Gulbuddin

  History of the Prophets and Kings (Tabari)

  Homer

  honor

  horses

  hospitality

  houses, Kandahari

  Houston, Ben

  Hulagu (grandson of Genghis Khan)

  humanitarian aid See also aid workers and foreigners

  military and

  humanitarian organizations See also specific organizations

  ibn al-Ashath, ‘Abd ar-Rahman

  ICRC. See International Committee of the Red Cross

  Ighraq (Ghurid commander)

  Iliad (Homer)

  India

  Britain and

  Mongols and

  Pakistan and

  sale of Kandahar to

  trade with

  Indus River

  International Committee of the Red Cross

  International Criminal Court

  International Women’s Day

  Internet

  Iran See also Persian Empire

  epic legends of

  Islam and

  Iraq

  Iraq war

  ISAF

  Isfahan

  ISI

  foreign reporters and

  Internet café of

  Khakrezwal and

  post-Soviet role of

  Taliban and

  Yusuf Pashtun and

  Islam

  Afghanistan and

  as cultured society

  in India

  Iran and

  Taliban and

  as uniting force for Arabs

  Islamic Relief

  Isma’il Khan

  Jalalabad, Afghanistan

  Jalal ad-Din

  Jalali, Ali

  appearance of

  author and

  Khakrezwal and

  murder of Khakrezwal and

  Shirzai’s promotion and

  Jamshid (Iranian folk hero)

  Jan, Mami

  Jan, Nazar

  jirga. See elders/council of elders

  journalists, deaths of

  justice, system of

  Juvayni, Ata Malik

  Juzjani (historian)

  Kabul, Afghanistan

  anti-American demonstrations in

  British and

  capture of

  Ghiljai elders and

  journey to

  Khakrezwal and

  NGO Row

  road to

  security forces of

  Kandahar, Afghanistan

  airport. See airport, Kandahar

  appearance of

  atmosphere of

  attitude toward U.S. in

  battle for. See battle for Kandahar

  climactic conditions of

  economy of

  ethnic makeup of

  gates of

  history of

  houses in

  in Iranian epic legends

  Mongol Empire and

  Pakistan and

  post-Soviet conditions in

  post-Taliban conditions in

  reputation of

  roads of

  seasons of

  security forces of. See security forces, Kandahari

  strategic location of

  Taliban and

  Tamerlane and

  telephone exchange of

 
traffic in

  weight units

  as Zabulistan

  Karim (author’s assistant)

  Karzai, Ahmad Wali

  Karzai, Aziz Khan

  Karzai, Hamid

  assassination attempt on

  author and

  battle for Kandahar and

  elders and

  election of

  Ghiljais and

  Gul Agha Shirzai and

  Khakrezwal and

  personality and character of

  post-Soviet actions of

  post-Taliban actions of

  presidential campaign and

  presidential duties of

  provincial governors and

  Soviet occupation, role during

  Taliban and

  U.S. and

  warlordism and

  Karzai, Patricia

  Karzai, Qayum

  Afghans for Civil Society and

  author and

  council of elders and

  Khakrezwal and

  Shirzai’s promotion and

  Karzai family, duplicity of

  Kashmir

  Kennedy, Hugh

  Kennedy School of Government

  Khakrez, Afghanistan

  Khakrezwal, Asma

  Khakrezwal, Muhammad Akrem

  appearance of

  author’s living quarters and

  author’s relationship with

  corruption allegations against

  on democracy

  firing of

  funeral of

  Gul Agha Shirzai and

  Hamid Karzai and

  health of

  ISI and

  Jalali and

  as Kabul police chief

  as Kandahari police chief

  as Mazar-i-Sherif police chief

  memorial service for

  Munguia murder inquiry

  murder of. See murder of Khakrezwal

  Naqib and

  on Pakistani strategy

  personality and character of

  political savvy of

  post-September actions of

  post-Soviet actions of

  potential postings for

  Qayum Karzai and

  residence of

  Shirzai forces and

  at Shirzai’s farewell

  Taliban and

  threats to

  training of

  U.S. Army and

  Khalilzad Zalmai

  Kharijis

  Khwarazmshah Muhammad

  Khwarazmshahs

  kishmish khanahs

  kites

  Klein Rudiger

  Koran See Qur’an

  Kosovo

  Kuchawal Gul Mahmad

  Kyoto Protocol

  Lajwar (Ahmad Wali Karzai’s assistant)

  Landau (Khakrezwal’s bodyguard)

  Land Mine Treaty

  Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan

  Letters to Washington author’s

  Liberal Party

  Lincoln, Massachusetts

  living quarters author’s

  Lockhart Laurence

  Los Angeles Times

  Louis Berger

  Loya Jirga

  Lyman Eve

  Macedonia

  McNeill Dan

  Mahmad Shir

  Mahmud Khan

  Malik Khan

  marijuana

  Ma’rouf

  Marshall Tyler

  Massoud Ahmad Shah

  Maymuria (building)

  Maywand Afghanistan

  Mazadykov Talatbeg

  Mazar-i-Sherif Afghanistan

  history of

  Khakrezwal on

  media coverage

  after battle for Kandahar

  after September

  of warlordism

  Mercy Corps

  Merv

  military U.S. See Army U.S.

  Mines and Industry

  Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and the

  Punishment of Vice

  Mir Wais (Khakrezwal’s bodyguard)

  Moghul Empire

  Mongol Empire

  Morning Edition

  Mu’awiya

  Muhammad

  Muhammad Khalid Sheikh

  mujahideen and “mujahideen time,”

  mullahs murders of

  Munguia Ricardo

  murder of Khakrezwal

  crime scene of

  Gul Agha Shirzai and

  investigation into

  Jalali and

  Pakistan and

  suicide bombing theory of

  murders. See deaths

  and murders Musharraf Pervez

  Muslim Empire

  Nadir Shah

  Najibullah (Talib)

  Nangrahar, Afghanistan

  Naqib, Mullah

  author and

  battle for Kandahar and

  Gul Agha Shirzai and

  Khakrezwal and

  Khakrezwal’s funeral and

  murder of Khakrezwal and

  personality and character of

  post-Soviet actions of

  residence of

  Taliban and

  National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

  National Press Club

  National Public Radio

  NATO

  Nazmi Khass

  NED See National Endowment for Democracy (NED)

  negotiations

  over Afghan border

  with Taliban

  Newsweek

  New York Times

  night letters

  See September

  Niyamatullah (almond seller)

  Northern Alliance

  NPR See National Public Radio

  Nurzai Hajji Niyamat

  Omar, Muhammad

  op-eds author’s

  opium

  Oxus River

  Pahlavi

  Pakistan See also specific cities

  Afghanistan and

  Afghan-U.S. conflict role in

  Al-Qaeda and

  anti-American demonstrations and

  bin Laden and

  border with Afghanistan. See borders, Afghan

  foreign policy goals of

  founding of

  Gul Agha Shirzai and

  Hikmatyar and

  India and

  intelligence agency See ISI

  Kandahar and

  murder of Khakrezwal and

  Saudi Arabia and

  Shirzai forces and

  Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and

  Taliban and

  U.S. and

  Palace The

  Palawan Ayyub

  Pashtoon Khalid

  Pashtu

  Pashtun Yusuf

  Pashtuns and Pashtun culture

  Pashtun Wali

  Peacock Army

  Pedersen Richard

  Persian Boy, The (Renault)

  Persian Empire

  Mongol Empire and

  Peshawar Pakistan

  Philip II king of Macedon

  polo

  Popalzais

  posttraumatic stress disorder

  presidential campaign Afghan

  presidential election U.S.

  prison private Shirzai’s

  qanun (government under national law)

  Qara’una

  Qasim (Karzai’s tribesman)

  Quetta Pakistan

  QUIP (quick impact projects)

  Qunduz Afghanistan

  Qur’an

  Ramadan

  rebuilding post-Taliban

  Akokolacha project. See Akokolacha

  bidding process

  corruption in

  fund-raising for

  Iraq war, effect on

  military’s role in

  QUIP (quick impact projects)

  U.S. policy on

  water issues

  Red Crescent

  Renault, Mary

  reporting. See med
ia coverage

  Ridda wars

  Rigistan, Afghanistan

  Rigistan Desert

  Ring Road

  roads

  to Kabul

  to Kandahar

  Royaume de l’Insolence, Le (Barry)

  Rubin, Alissa

  Rumsfeld, Donald

  Russia

  Rustam

  Rustam (Iranian folk hero)

  Rwanda

  Safavis

  Saffarids

  Samarqand

  SAS

  Saudi Arabia

  Schofield Barracks

  School for Advanced Military Studies

  Secret History of the Mongols, The

  security

  author’s

  security forces, Kabul

  security forces, Kandahari

  casualties of

  legal standing of

  payment of

  Shirzai’s forces and

  training needed by

  Seleucus I

  self-identity and role, author’s

  September

  reason for

  reporting difficulties following

  Serbia

  Serena Hotel

  sex

  Shafiullah (Khakrezwal’s assistant)

  Shahnama (Firdowsi)

  Shahr-i Naw (New Town)

  Shah-Rukh

  Shay, Jonathan

  Shi’is/Shi’ism

  Shindand, Afghanistan

  Shirzai, Bacha

  Shirzai, Gul Agha

  Akokolacha’s rebuilding and

  anti-Taliban forces of. See Shirzai forces

  appearance of

  author and

  battle for Kandahar and

  death of Ricardo Munguia and

  elders and

  farewell lunch of

  Hamid Karzai and

  Jalali and

  as Kandahar governor

  Khakrezwal and

  militia of. See Shirzai forces

  as minister

  murder of Khakrezwal and

  murder of Munguia and

  as Nangrahar governor

  Naqib and

  ousters of

  Pakistan and

  Pashtoon and

  personality and character of

  in post-Soviet era

  press coverage of

  Qayum Karzai and

  residence of

  Taliban and

  U.S. and

  U.S. Army and

  warlordism and corruption of See also Shirzai forces

  Shirzai, Razziq

  Shirzai forces

  arming of

  headquarters of

  Khakrezwal and

  Pakistan and

  uniforms of

  U.S. Army and

  shura. See elders/council of elders

  Sind Horse

  soap factory, author’s plans for

  soldiers

  aid workers and

  posttraumatic stress disorder and

  Soviet

  Taliban

  U.S.

  Soltani, Amir

  Somalia

  Soviet invasion and occupation

  Afghan disintegration following

  Afghan resistance to

  casualties of

  effect on Afghans’ psyche

  Pakistan and

  Special Air Service, British. See SAS

  Spin Boldak, Afghanistan

  State Department, U.S.

  Defense Department and

  stone quarry

  strategic depth

  Straw, Jack

  subsidy

  Sunnis

  at-Tabari, Muhammad ibn Jarir

  Tajikistan

  Tajiks

  Taliban

  elders and

  Gul Agha Shirzai and

  Hamid Karzai and

  ISI and