88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary (68 page)

bin Laden and,
62
–63

opium poppy cultivation banned by,
61

Taliban led by,
xvi
,
41
,
42
,
44
,
80
,
82
,
84
–89,
107
,
109
,
112
–15,
117
–22,
127
–28,
130
–32,
134
–35,
186
–88,
202
,
218
,
224
,
230
–31,
233
–34,
241
,
276
,
278
,
360
–61

Operation Anaconda,
335
–37

Operation Tewazen,
342
–43

Organization of the Islamic Conference,
135

Osmani, Akhtar Mohammed (“Mullah Sa’eb”),
xvii
,
185
,
241
,
253
–54

RLG and,
81
–86,
87
,
117
–22,
130
–32,
134
–35,
147

as Taliban Southern Zone commander,
62
,
80
,
85
,
112
,
114
–22,
134
–35

P

Pahlavi, Mohammed Reza, Shah of Iran:

1953 restoration of,
23

1979 flight of,
17

Pakistan,
xi
,
35
–45,
51
–54,
67
–71,
113
,
162
–66,
219
,
257
,
259
–64,
384
–87,
412
–14

Afghan warlords in,
59

anti-terrorism stance of,
269

Baluchistan Province of,
80
,
98
,
114

bin-Laden sanctuary in,
74
,
260
,
296
,
382

creation of,
36
,
43
,
259

democratic aspirations of,
38
,
40
,
50

Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of,
2
,
256
,
259
–60,
265
,
292
–94,
329
,
336
,
337
,
339
,
341
–44,
384
–87,
412
–14

hostility for Westerners in,
322
,
325
–27

Indian rivalry and wars with,
4
,
36
–39,
43
,
306
–9,
345
–53

intelligence services of,
37
,
42
–43,
48
,
69
,
70

Kagan Valley in,
322

Khyber Agency in,
263
,
296

Kurram Agency in,
260
–62,
264
,
293
–97

military coups in,
38
,
40
,
48
,
49
–50,
67
,
91

Muslims in,
36
–37,
345
–46

North Waziristan Agency in,
261
,
294
,
340
,
342
,
343
,
385
,
387
,
412
–13

North-West Frontier Province of,
264
,
294

nuclear arms of,
4
,
9
,
26
,
38
,
40
,
172
–74,
274
,
307
,
392
,
417

population of,
36

Potwar Plateau in,
257

Punjab Province of,
329

religious extremism in,
417

repression of East Pakistan by,
38

RLG’s departure from,
362

“settled areas” of,
329
,
337
,
384

South Waziristan Agency in,
124
,
239
–40,
342
,
343
,
385
,
386

support for terrorist groups by,
4
,
39
–40,
307
,
346
–48,
351

Taliban relations with,
43
–45,
69
,
71
,
73
,
124
,
161
,
307
,
362
–63,
412
–13

Tirah Valley in,
263
,
296
,
297

U.S. interests in,
9
,
38
,
415

U.S. relations with,
37
–40,
44
–45,
48
–50,
68
–71,
73
–75,
100
,
111
,
158
,
269
–72,
301
–7,
350

U.S. sanctions against,
39
,
40
,
307

violence and terrorism in,
325
–26

Waziristan region of,
329
,
339

Pakistan army,
39
,
40
,
48
,
49
,
68
,
72
,
158
–59,
171
,
215
,
216
,
270
,
289
–90,
338
,
384
–86

al-Qa’ida cadres’ capture and escape from,
294
–95

Director-General for Military Operations (DGMO) in,
334
–35

General Headquarters of,
344

Indian army vs.,
341
–42,
345
–46

jawans
in,
264

Ninth Division of,
261

Special Services Group of,
124
,
341
–42

Supply Corps of,
245
,
272

weapons of,
236
,
245
–47,
272

XI Corps of,
293
,
339

Pakistan Army Command and General Staff College,
70
,
80

Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC),
172

Pakistani Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF),
98
–99

Palestinians,
47
–48

intelligence and security forces of,
31

second intifada of,
31

see also
Arab-Israeli conflict

Parachinar,
262
,
264
,
292
–94

Parrot’s Beak,
261
,
263

Pashtu language,
82
,
127
,
142
,
150
,
312
–13

Pashtun, Mohammed Yousaf “Engineer Pashtun,”
xvii
,
148
,
149
–50,
162
–63,
167
,
312
–13

Pashtuns,
62
,
66
,
110
,
121
–22,
137
–38,
143
,
153
–54,
157
,
180
,
187
–88,
191
,
198
,
207
,
357
,
358

culture of,
201
,
254

Durrani,
200
,
231

Gilzai,
187
,
200
,
219

in Taliban,
8
,
42
,
51
,
59
,
85
,
107
,
159

Taliban oppression of,
222
,
227
–28,
232

Patton, George S.,
149

Pavitt, James “Jim,”
xvi
,
69
–70,
204

relationship of RLG and,
27
,
99
,
348
,
364
,
366
,
378

Peace Corps,
19

Pearl, Daniel,
326

Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on,
103

Peiwar Kotal,
258
,
263

Pentagon,
104
,
382

9/11 terrorist attack on,
76
,
143

see also
Defense Department, U.S.

Persian Gulf,
99

Peshawar,
37
,
47
,
54
,
111
,
156
,
160
,
293

Khyber Club in,
142

Phillips, David Atlee,
16
–17

PKM light machine guns,
201
–2

Popalzai tribe,
138
,
180
,
200
,
224
,
226
,
231
,
282
,
314

Poteet, Chief Warrant Officer (CW3),
xviii
,
206
,
227
,
240

Potomac River,
26
,
75
,
388

Powell, Colin,
369

Powell, Nancy,
xviii
,
349

Powers, Francis Gary,
37

Predator drones,
44
,
157
,
161
,
186
,
191
–92,
214
,
384
,
391

Pressler, Larry,
38

Pressler Amendment,
38
–39

Priest, Dana,
399

Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs),
365

pugaree,
52

Punjab,
31

Punjab Rangers,
331

Pushtunwali,
259

Q

Qadhafi, Muammar,
176

Qatar,
288
,
361
,
397

Quetta,
54
,
80
,
87
,
98
–99,
122
–23,
130
,
138
,
149
–50,
199
,
215
–16,
241
,
246
,
361
,
362

British Cantonment in,
116

R

“Radio Free Afghanistan,”
65

Radio Shariat,
119
,
120

Rahmani, Hassan,
185

Rawalpindi,
47

Army House in,
48
,
50
,
67

Chaklala Airbase in,
124
,
290
–91,
319

Reagan, Ronald,
38
,
57
,
156

Redd, Scott,
391

Registan Desert,
166
–67,
244
,
311
,
359

Reimann, Christopher,
xviii
,
303
–4,
318
,
331
–32

Republican Party,
373
,
395
,
400

Rhodesia,
14

Rice, Condoleezza:

as national security advisor,
55
–56,
64
,
72
,
113
,
121
,
267
,
365
,
368
–71,
376
,
398

as Secretary of State,
xix
,
406

“Rich,”
312

Ritchie, James,
156

Rizzo, John,
60
–61

Roberts, Frederick,
263

Rocca, Christina,
69

Rodriguez, Jose,
xvi
,
376
,
383
,
397
–98,
402
,
405
,
406
–7

Roman Catholic Church,
10
–11

Rome,
408

Rome Group,
138
,
159

Roosevelt, Kermit,
23

Ross, Dennis,
25
–26

Rosslyn, Va.,
10
,
60

RPG launchers,
201
,
206
,
225
,
236
,
240

Rumsfeld, Donald,
xviii

RLG and,
197
–98,
337
–38,
406

as Secretary of Defense,
95
,
106
–10,
114
,
196
–98,
222
–23,
346
,
362
,
367
–70,
381
–82,
399
,
401

Russell, Bertrand,
72

S

Sadda,
295

Safed Koh mountains,
258
–60,
262
–63,
289
,
296
–97

Saqeb, Nur Muhammad,
89

Saudi Arabia, U.S. alliance with,
43

Scheuer, Mike,
378
,
379
–80

Schmidt, John,
xviii
,
68

Schroen, Gary,
xvi
,
142
–43,
144
–46,
152
,
207
–8,
288

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