88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary (66 page)

Haqqani, Jalaluddin,
59
,
187

Harvard University,
13

Hawking, Stephen,
73

Hazara people,
42
,
159
,
313

helicopters, special-ops,
30

Herat,
41
,
110
,
123
,
145
,
147

heroin,
221

Hindu Kush,
73

Holbrooke, Richard,
412

Hong Kong,
20

House of Representatives, U.S.,
103
,
400
,
401

Armed Services Committee of,
403

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of,
373

Hughes, Karen,
281

Hunter, Duncan L.,
403

Husayn, Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad,
see
Abu Zubayda

Hussein, Saddam,
26
,
132

sons of,
367

U.S. campaign against,
22
,
23
,
43
,
366
–67,
404

I

Iftikhar Hussein Shah,
264

Imam, Colonel,
see
Tarar, Sultan Amir

improvised explosive devices (IEDs),
411

Inam ul-Haq,
352

India,
73
,
261
,
412

former British rule of,
36
,
48
,
259
,
262

national Parliament (Lok Sabha) of,
307
–8

Northern Alliance ties to,
362

nuclear arms of,
39
,
40

Partition of,
36

rivalry and wars of Pakistan and,
4
,
36
–39,
43
,
306
–9,
345
–53

Soviet relations with,
37

U.S. relations with,
307
,
347
,
353

Indian army,
37
,
306
,
308
–9

Hindu and Sikh troopers in,
346

Pakistan army vs.,
341
–42,
345
–46

Indian Parliament, terrorist attack on,
347
,
350

Indonesia,
388

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947,
37

Indus River,
261
,
322
,
357

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004,
389

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),
210
,
398

Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI),
37
,
42
–43,
49
,
50
,
69
,
70
,
74
,
86
–88,
100
,
113
,
116
,
122
–24,
166
,
237
,
361
,
385
–86

Afghanistan section of,
123
,
335

CIA liaison with,
171
–72,
174
,
176
,
179
,
198
,
205
,
230
,
260
,
265
–66,
269
–73,
294
,
305
,
317
–20,
330
–31,
337
,
349
–50

counterterrorist activities of,
156
–58,
362
–63

Mahmud Ahmed as director of,
xvii
,
49
–50,
69
–76,
86
–89,
113
–14,
122
–23,
128
,
157
–59,
329

Pakistan section of,
215
–16,
413

Iran,
21
,
24
,
26
,
220
,
221

1953 CIA-sponsored coup in,
23

1979 flight of the Shah from,
17

rogue state status of,
40

Iran-Contra affair,
156

Iranian Revolution,
21

Iraq,
22
–23,
24
,
26
,
132
,
366
,
395
,
408

attacks on Israel by,
108

civil war in,
369
,
371
,
374

“de-Ba’athification” of,
368
,
369
–70

interim government established in,
370
–71

oil industry of,
367

political deterioration in,
368
–71

post–Gulf War insurrections in,
22

reconstruction plan for,
368
–69

regional wars launched by,
367

sanctions against,
367

Shi’a majority in,
22
,
369
,
370

Sunni minority in,
369
,
370
,
371

as terrorist hub,
377

2005 national elections in,
371

UN inspections of,
367

U.S. policy of regime change in,
22
,
23
,
366
–67

WMD program of,
366
–67,
374

Iraq army,
367

dissolution of,
369
–70

“New” version of,
370
–71

Iraq Ba’ath Party,
368
,
369
–70

Iraq War,
372
,
391
,
408
–9

terrorist/insurgent methods of,
408

U.S. invasion of 2003 in,
366
,
368

U.S. troop surge in,
409

“Isfandiar,”
128
,
129
,
155
,
209
–11

Islam,
118
,
318

Eid al-Adha
holiday of,
314
–15

forbidden behavior (
haram
) in,
84
,
85

Friday prayers in,
322

magreb
prayer in,
124

radical extremism in,
274
,
306
–7,
369
,
379
,
380
–81,
419

Ramadan observance in,
292

scholars of,
127

sharia
(law) of,
127
,
360

see also
Muslims

Islamabad,
xi
,
7
,
39
,
42
–43,
49
,
54
,
69
,
74
,
87
–88,
113
–14,
223

attacks on U.S. and UN installations in,
35
–36,
91
,
325
–26

Marriott Hotel,
291

RLG as CIA station chief in,
4
,
31
,
32
,
35
–36,
40
,
42
,
45
–66,
76
,
90
,
93
–103,
132
,
160
,
196
–98,
337

U.S. Chancery and Cultural Center in,
35
–36

U.S. Embassy in,
35
–36,
40
,
46
,
52
,
162
,
325

Islamabad Golf Club,
323
–24

Israel,
207

intelligence and security forces of,
31

Iraqi missile attacks on,
108

U.S. relations with,
108

see also
Arab-Israeli conflict

J

Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall,”
149

Jacobabad,
141
,
179
,
195
–96,
222
,
225
,
236
–37,
239
–40

“Jafar Amin, General,”
xvii
,
174
,
206
,
236
–38

as counterterrorism “Czar,”
301
–2,
304
–5

RLG and,
156
–58,
161
,
175
–77,
245
,
259
–64,
269
–73,
293
,
294
,
301
–6,
308
–9,
336
,
341

Jalalabad,
4

Jalil, Mullah (Abdul Jalil Akhund),
122

character and personality of,
79
–80

Karzai and,
234

RLG and,
53
–54,
79
–80,
147
,
229
–34,
278

as Taliban deputy foreign minister,
xvi
,
51
–54,
62
–63,
81
–82,
85
–86,
89
,
112
,
116
–17,
127
,
128
,
229
–34,
250

“James,”
xv
,
125
–26,
129

Jan Muhammad,
280

Japan,
387

“Jeff,”
xv
,
180
,
186
,
199
,
201
–2

Jews,
11

“Jim M.,”
xvi
,
181
–82,
246

“Jimmy,”
xvi
,
203
,
209
–13,
223
–25,
254
,
255
,
279

see also
Flanagan, Jimmy

jirga,
242
–43,
264
,
279
,
372

Joint Chiefs of Staff,
106
,
159

joint direct attack munition (JDAM),
278

Joint Operations Center (the “Clubhouse”),
270
,
301
–4,
317
,
392

Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC),
129
,
151
,
195
,
209
–10,
212
–13,
224
,
337
,
339
–42,
381
–82,
410

Delta Force of,
169

Quick Reaction Force of,
169

Task Force-North (JSOTF-N) “Task Force Dagger” of,
190
,
191

Jones, John Paul,
11

Jordan,
47
–48

Jordan River Valley,
47

Juma Khan Baluch, Haji,
166
–67,
244

Justice Department, U.S.,
396
–97,
400
–401

Office of Legal Counsel in,
396

K

Kabul,
xi
,
153
,
263
,
270
,
274
,
280
,
291
,
312
,
343
,
361
–64,
411
,
416
–18

Arg Palace in,
357

Dar ul Tudib Reform School in,
128

fratricidal warfare in,
41

Iranian Embassy in,
128

Northern Alliance seizure of,
207
–8,
224
,
253
,
362
,
363

Taliban control of,
42
,
43
,
126
,
360

Taliban withdrawal from,
209
–10,
227
,
233

U.S. bombing of,
134

Kafiristan,
322

Kajaki Lake,
310

Kaluchak,
346

Kandahar,
42
,
54
,
61
,
75
,
80
–81,
87
–88,
96
,
100
,
115
,
119
,
135
,
148
,
162
,
180
–81,
214
,
218
–19,
241
–42,
276
–86

fall of,
323
,
366

Foreign Office Guesthouse in,
229
,
232
–33

founding of,
277

Governor’s Palace in,
xi
,
164
,
282
–84,
312
,
314

lawlessness and victimization in,
41

propaganda “night letters” in,
142

rival warlords in,
41

Taliban routed in,
279
–86,
291
,
358

U.S. bombing of,
134
,
137
,
253
,
282

Kandahar Airport,
219
,
319
,
362

Battle of,
164
,
276
,
278
,
282

U.S. Marines’ occupation of,
291
,
310
–11

Kappes, Steve,
xvi
,
374
,
375
–76

Karachi,
231
,
329
,
362

Sheraton Hotel in,
326

U.S. Consulate in,
326

Kargil War,
36

Karzai, Abdul Ahad,
138
,
200
,
314

Karzai, Hamid,
150
,
180
–85,
196
–203,
234
,
242
,
244
,
250
–54,
278
,
313

Afghanistan return and insurgency of,
141
,
145
–46,
180
–85,
189
–96,
198
–203,
217
,
221
–28

CIA liaison with,
137
–42,
145
–46,
182
–85,
189
–96,
198
–203,
205
,
220
,
222
–28,
231

family and tribal background of,
137
–38,
159
,
200
,
224
,
231

forces commanded by,
201
–2,
223
–25,
227
–28,
252
,
254