88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary (63 page)

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refer to maps.

A

Abdul Haq,
156
–57,
159
–61,
187

Taliban ambush and murder of,
157
,
161
,
185
,
195
,
231

Abdul Jalil Akhund,
see
Jalil, Mullah

Abdul Latif, Haji,
148
–49

Abdul Qadir,
231
,
322

Abdul Razzak,
187
,
281

Abdul Sattar,
69
,
352

Abu Faraj al-Libi,
386

Abu Ghraib prison,
395
,
399

“Abu Zaydan,”
178
,
266

Abu Zubayda,
48
–49,
328
–29,
331
–33

capture and interrogation of,
332
–33,
392
,
394

Achakzai tribe,
242

”Adnan, Brigadier,”
156
,
301
,
302

Afghan armies,
207
,
215
,
245
,
283
,
295
,
358
,
409
,
411
,
418

Afghanistan,
xi
,
54
,
256
,
310
–15

anti-Soviet
jihad
in,
37
–38,
41
,
43
,
59
,
70
,
104
,
110
,
123
–24,
138
,
148
–50,
156
,
259

Azra district in,
156

Bamian Valley in,
127

Bamiyan Province of,
313

CIA operations in,
98
,
137
–42,
182
–96

civil war in,
9
,
59
,
61

Communist government of,
148
,
159

crime and corruption in,
41
,
42
,
372
,
373

Dera Juy Valley in,
200

drug-processing labs in,
98
–99

ethnic groups in,
42
,
110
,
159

Ghor Province of,
145

Grand National Assembly (
Loya Jirga
) of,
279
,
372

Helmand Province of,
142
,
187
,
201
,
218
,
313
,
411

Interim Administration in,
279
–85,
360
–61,
372
–73

Kandahar Province of,
137
,
140
–41,
142
,
180
,
187
,
218

Karzai’s return to,
141
,
145
–46,
180
–85,
189
–96,
198
–203,
217
,
221
–28

Logar Province of,
156

Nangahar Province of,
156
,
187

Nimruz Province of,
166
,
167
,
187
,
208
,
220
–21

1989 Soviet withdrawal from,
37
,
38
–39,
41
,
42
,
96
,
121
,
138
,
416

1992 fall of Najibullah regime in,
416

opium poppy cultivation in,
61
,
221
,
409

Paktia Province of,
187
,
209
,
335

Paktika Province of,
187

Panjshir Valley in,
66
,
142
,
152
,
207
,
288
,
290

planned post-2014 American posture in,
9
,
415
–18

political anarchy in,
41

religious student movement in,
4

Shahi Kot Valley in,
335
–37

Shin Naray Valley in,
162
–66,
164
–65,
205
,
214
–15,
217
,
235
–37,
240
–42,
245
–46

Shomali Plains in,
209
,
217
–18

slow economic reconstruction of,
371
–72

Southern Zone of,
313

Soviet invasion and occupation of,
4
,
37
–38,
39
,
41
,
43
,
115
,
148
–49,
262
,
358

Taliban collapse in,
217
–19,
228
,
258
–62,
373

Taliban control in,
4
,
5
,
8
,
44
,
56
,
61
,
63
,
66
,
102
,
110
,
117
–18,
126
–27,
143
,
195

terrorist training camps in,
43
–44,
48
,
107
,
113

tribal structure of,
41
,
42
,
57
,
58
,
59
,
73
,
74
,
75
,
100
,
107
,
110
–11,
137
–38,
148
,
150
,
156
,
160
,
163
,
187
,
200

Uruzgan Province of,
180
,
187
,
191
,
199
–200,
202
,
217
,
221
–24,
228
,
231
,
280
,
360

U.S.-led NATO occupation of,
387
,
415
–16

U.S. relations with,
41
,
44
,
70
–71,
84
,
121
,
138
–39,
297
,
310
–11,
315
,
358
,
373
,
415
–18

U.S. war strategy for,
3
–8,
90
,
94
–96,
98
–103,
107
–10,
113
,
115
–16

U.S. withdrawal from,
415
–16

warlords and criminal gangs in,
41
,
42
,
73
,
144
,
166
,
209
,
211
,
228
,
360
,
365

Zabol Province of,
234

see also
First American-Afghan War; Second American-Afghan War

Afghanistan Constitution,
372

Afghanistan Ministry of Justice,
409

Afghanistan-Pakistan border,
259
–64,
294
,
335
–37,
339
,
384

Durand Line at,
259
,
337
,
357
,
387
,
418

Afghan
mujahideen,
37
,
39
,
123
–24,
156
,
159
,
181
,
262
,
280

Afghan National Police,
409

Africa,
397

post-colonial,
14

sub-Saharan,
65

African Americans,
175

Agency for International Development (AID), U.S.,
363
–65,
386
–87

Agha, Tayyib,
xvi
,
224
,
241
–42

Ahmedzai tribe,
156
,
160

Air Force, U.S.,
184
,
186
,
226
–28,
233
,
290
–91,
319
,
359

AK-47s,
110
,
206
,
236
–37,
240
,
252
,
317
,
340

“Akbar,”
xix
,
51
–54,
80
–82,
85
–86

Akhundzada, Sher Mohammed,
313

Alexander the Great,
261
,
277

Algeria,
412

Ali Khan, Atif,
127

Alikhel Gorge,
156

Alikozai tribe,
282
,
285
,
314

Alizai tribe,
187

Allawi, Ayad,
371

Allen, Charlie,
xv
,
371

al-Qa’ida,
3
,
43
–45,
56
,
59
,
70
,
114
,
219
,
238

Afghan policy toward,
107

capture and detention of members of,
290
,
291
,
311
–12,
332
–33,
392

founding of,
43

ISI investigation of,
269

“Millennium Plot” of,
47
–48

9/11 attacks by,
4
–5,
80
,
84
,
172
,
384

nuclear aspirations of,
265
–69,
273
–74,
285

spread and growth of,
377

support infrastructure of,
270
,
320

Taliban relations with,
61
–64,
66
,
82
–86,
108
,
119
,
231
,
361
–62

terrorist operations of,
4
–5,
47
–50,
56
,
64
,
69
,
71
,
80
,
84
,
102
,
172
,
325
,
384
,
388
,
396

Tora Bora escape of,
290
–91,
294
–97,
305
,
312

training camps of,
5
,
43
–44,
48
,
56
,
82
,
83
,
84
,
96
,
113
,
144
,
328

U.S. campaign against,
74
–75,
82
–85,
88
–89,
128
,
131
–32,
173
–74,
181
,
205
,
258
–60,
271
,
289
,
294
–97,
302
–4,
306
,
317
,
325
,
335
–37,
339
–43,
360
,
362
,
363
,
378
–79,
384
–86,
396
,
409
,
415

“Alwahhab, Mohamed,”
202

Amerine, Jason,
202
,
224
,
278

Ames, Aldrich,
28

Amu Darya River,
72
–73

Annapolis, Naval Academy at, RLG’s nominations to,
11
–12

anthrax,
270

Antibes,
20

anti-communism,
37
,
167

Arab 555 Brigade,
43
,
61

Arabian Peninsula,
311
–12

Arabian Sea,
227
,
291
–92

Arabic language,
313
,
393

Arab-Israeli conflict,
14

peace process in,
25
,
31

Arabs,
176
–77,
194
,
238

Afghan,
54
,
56
,
58
,
62
,
74

Taliban forces joined by,
275
–79,
282
,
285

Arawali,
295

Aref, Engineer,
152
–53

Arghandab,
234
,
242
,
243
,
251

Arghandab River,
277

Aristotle,
72

Armitage, Richard,
xviii
,
345
,
349
–50,
352
–53

Army, U.S.,
6
,
219
,
286
,
369
,
370

CIA liaison with,
335

101st Airborne Division of,
311

Rangers of,
169
,
297

see also
Special Forces, U.S.

Army Field Manual,
401
–2,
405

Army Reserve, U.S.,
190

atropine,
274

Atta, Muhammad,
191

Attock Fort,
261

Aurakzai, Ali Jan,
293
,
339
–40

Aziz Khan, Muhammad,
158
–59

B

B-52 bombers,
258
,
312

Baghdad,
22
,
23
,
108
,
118
,
369
,
370

Bagram Airbase,
291
,
319

Bala Zar,
242

Bali,
388

Bamian Buddhas,
127

Bangladesh,
38

Baradar, Abdul Ghani,
xvi
,
187
–88,
231
–32

Barakzai tribe,
148
,
150
,
163
,
216
,
242
,
280
,
282
,
285
,
314