88 Days to Kandahar: A CIA Diary (69 page)

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