Abbasin, Abdu Aziz, 74–75, 77–78, 86–87, 89
A Better War (Sorley), 26
Afghan Local Police (ALP), 177
and district support teams (DSTs), 28
growth of, 124–127, 130, 131, 241, 249–253
in Kandahar Province, 41, 138–139
in Kunar Province, 95–97, 99–103, 217, 219, 221, 224–225
in Marawara District, 227, 231, 234, 237
in Paktika Province, 67, 81, 91, 181–183, 187–188, 190–191, 194–195, 201
in Uruzgan Province, 159–160, 166–167
in Zabul Province, 159–160, 166, 174
See also Community Defense Initiative
Afghan Militia Force (AMF), 9, 11, 12, 68, 82, 125
Afghan Ministry of Defense, 257
Afghan Ministry of the Interior, 25, 57, 91, 125, 205, 226, 249–251, 253, 257
Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC), 258–259
Afghan Public Protection Program (AP3), 15–16, 209
Afghan Security Forces Funds, 91
Afghan Security Guard force, 68
Afghan special operations forces, 124, 130, 175, 257
Afghanistan-Pakistan (AFPAK) Hands, 24, 32
Ahmadzai, Ali Shah “ASA,” 249, 251
Air Force Special Operations Command’s Combined Joint Special Operations Air Detachment–A (CJSOAD-A), 129–130
Allen, John, 124, 133, 134, 151, 177, 208, 223, 255
Al Qaeda, 1, 11, 17, 22, 95, 102, 117, 228, 245, 248, 262
in Philippines, 184
Anderson, J. R., 160
Apocalypse Now, 219
Asadabad (Afghanistan), 94, 105, 108, 114, 217–218, 228, 236
Aslamuddin, Asadullah, 212
Bagram Airfield (Afghanistan), 11, 68, 91, 103, 105, 164, 173, 178, 200, 235, 236, 245, 256
Balkh Province, 35
Barfield, Thomas, 14
Barwari, Obaidullah, 48, 53, 57, 139
Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, 137
Bergdahl, Bowe, 18
Biden, Joe, 24
Bishop, John, 214
Bismullah Khan “BK” Mohammedi, 29, 35
and Afghan Local Police, 133–134
Bolduc, Don, 31, 125, 246, 249–250, 253, 258
Bradshaw, Adrian, 118
Brennan, John O., 199
Bush, George W. (and administration of), 161
Buzzard, Curtis, 30
Call of Duty (video game), 240
Camps (Afghanistan)
Bostick, 236
Brown, 177
Falcon, 236
Honaker-Miracle, 236
Maholic, 178
Monti, 236
Morehead, 12
Simmons, 176
Vance, 105
Carter, Nick, 42
See also Operation Adalat
Cavendish, Julius, 89
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 9, 13, 116, 117, 122
and Counterterrorist Pursuit Teams (CTPTs), 67, 86, 197–199
Clark, Stephen, 120
Clarke, Jason, 206
Colombia, 16, 128, 157–158, 160, 178, 184, 257–258, 262, 267
Combat Outposts (COP)
Fortress, 221
Penich, 95–96, 109, 219, 221, 227
Syadabad, 210
Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command–Afghanistan (CFSOCC-A), 14, 118, 242
Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force–Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A), 9–10, 11, 31, 95, 105, 125, 129, 235, 247
Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP), 85, 131
Community Based Security Solutions (CBSS), 131
Community Defense Initiative, 16–17, 21–25, 26, 249
See also Afghan Local Police
Critical Infrastructure Protection program, 131
Dahla dam, 5
De Rawood (Afghanistan), 7
Development Alternatives, Inc., 85
Diciwal, Mohammed Kasim, 207–208
Dinter, Heinz, 118–119, 121, 125, 127, 135
District Augmentation Teams (DATs), 32, 187
Dunford, Joseph, 208, 212, 213, 214, 255, 257
Duskin, Michael, 211
82nd Airborne Division, 148–149
and 1-505 Battalion, 30
and 1-508 Battalion, 2
Eikenberry, Karl, 12
Eshqabad (Afghanistan), 47, 141, 142, 145
Evans, John, 127
Ezabad (Afghanistan), 45–48, 50–54, 58, 138, 154
Fahim Khan, Mohammed Qasim, 29, 35
Faizi, Aimal, 237
Fareed, Omar, 256
Fidai, Mohammad Halim, 209
Firebase Anaconda (Afghanistan), 7–8
1st Afghan Commando battalion, 104
1st Battalion, 8
1st Commando Kandak, 222
1st Infantry Division
and 1-16 Infantry Battalion, 30, 96, 98
1st Special Forces Group, 30, 75, 183, 191, 192
5-2 Stryker Brigade, 40
503rd Infantry Regiment
2nd Battalion of, 229
foreign internal defense (FID) mission, 160, 170
4th Battalion, 192
Forts (US)
Bragg, 11, 30, 49, 76, 128, 220, 240, 257
Lewis, 147
Riley, 30
Forward Operating Bases (FOB)
Joyce, 105, 114, 115, 231, 232
and “One Tribe at a Time,” 95, 219
Ganjgal (Afghanistan), 222–223
Gates, Robert, 16
Gelan Province, 204
General Order Number One Bravo, 148
Ghaki Pass and Valley, 228–234
Afghan Local Police in, 205–206, 248
Ghazni Provincial Response Company, 204
Guantanamo Bay detention camp, 18
Haas, Chris, 10, 11, 123, 125, 129, 157, 172, 210, 220, 242, 246
and Afghan Local Police 124, 126–127, 132, 134–135
and Operation Sayaqa, 118, 120–121
Hansell, Brad, 137–140, 142–144
and Bales masacre, 145–146, 148
and Maiwand District, 148–154, 156
Harmon, Rob, 68
Haqqani network, 90
in North Waziristan, 66–67, 117, 199
and Pakistan, 119
Hayes Dan, 44–45, 48–51, 53–59, 137–139
Hayes, Mike, 159, 163–170, 172, 174–176, 178
background of, 161
ethics of, 162
Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin, 210
Helmand Province, 6, 44, 131, 209
Afghan Local Police in, 125, 132
Herat Province, 2, 4, 130, 177
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), 204, 210, 214
Hindu Kush, 93–94, 209, 228, 233
Hotak, Ghulam Mohammad, 15, 209
Howell, Scott, 246
Huggins, Jim, 151
Human Rights Watch, 130
Hutchinson, Michael “Hutch,” 69–70, 73–78, 80–84, 86–91, 181, 192, 194, 200
Initial Accession (IA) or “X-Ray,” 76
Interim Security Critical Infrastructure Program, 131
International Assistance Security Force (ISAF), 25, 31–32, 117, 123, 130, 209, 213, 215, 218, 242–243
Joint Command (IJC) of, 14, 120, 132, 212, 235
and Operation Nish, 3
Iran, 124
and Afghan Shia, 18
Iraq, 14, 23, 30, 60, 120, 131, 167, 170–171, 204, 242, 245, 256–258, 262
See also Sons of Iraq
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, 66
Jalalabad (Afghanistan), 94, 103, 217–218
Jamaat Islamiya (JI), 184
Janan, Haji Hazrat, 213
Jan Mohammed, 55, 57–58, 142–144, 156
and Bales massacre, 148
Jan Mohammad Khan, 10, 18, 55, 61
Joint Asset Allocation Meetings (JAAM), 247
Joint Prioritized Effects List (JPEL), 84
Joint Special Operations Task Force–Philippines (JSOTF-P), 184
Kabul (Afghanistan), 3, 12, 24, 178
CIA in, 13
ISAF in, 32
Taliban attack on, 14
US embassy in, 21, 28, 32, 123, 220, 239
Kabul Bank, 268
Kajaki (Afghanistan), 4
Kandahar Airfield (Afghanistan), 2, 41, 148, 154, 177
Kandahar City (Afghanistan), 1, 2, 3, 44, 138
Kandahar Province, 4, 148, 175, 248
Afghan Local Police in, 125, 138
Canadians in, 2
Taliban in, 4–5, 39–41, 60–61, 159, 163, 176
Kandahari, Zakeria, 212
Karim, Abdul, 258
Karimi, Sher Mohammed, 128, 259–260
Karzai, Ahmed Wali, 10, 41–42, 44, 61
Karzai, Hamid, 5, 10, 44, 89, 90, 167, 237
and Afghan Local Police, 25
and Community Defense Initiative, 17, 18, 22, 25
and corruption, 22
and US relations, 123–124, 213–214
and Bales massacre, 145
and Community Defense Initiative, 22
Kayani, Ashfaq Parvez, 117
Kearney, Frank, 11
Khalid, Asadullah, 8–9, 63, 134, 204
Khas Uruzgan District, 130, 168, 251, 254
Khyber Pass, 94
Krongaard, Alex, 33
Kteh Khas, 259
Kunar Province
Afghan Local Police in, 95–97, 99–103, 122, 217, 219, 221, 224–225, 229
Mohmand tribe in, 99
Taliban in, 97, 217–218, 224–226
Kunar Provincial Response Company, 232
Kunduz Province, 35
Laghman Province, 140
Lodin, Zia, 68
Lord of the Rings, The (Tolkien), 55, 193
Mahaney Jr., Patrick J. “Pat,” 1, 4, 11, 16, 33, 37, 62
and Firebase Anaconda, 8
and NATO Defense College, 9
Maholic, Thom, 178
Maiwand District, 40, 44–64, 113, 137–138, 142
Marawara District, 230, 233–234, 237
Afghan Local Police in, 227, 231, 234, 237
Marquez, Justin, 211
Matiullah Khan, 5, 7, 8–9, 167–168
Mattis, James, 112
Maya (Afghanistan), 97, 104, 106–111, 118, 122, 227
See also Operation Sayaqa
Mazar-e Sharif (Afghanistan), 30, 34, 35
McChrystal, Stanley A., 4, 16–17, 27, 33
and counterinsurgency, 22
and Rolling Stone article, 24
and special mission units, 23, 244–245
McDonough, Denis, 161
McKenzie, Alec, 132
McKiernan, David D., 14–15, 16, 209
McRaven, William H. “Bill,” 129, 161, 244–245, 248
Meyer, Dakota, 222
Military Information Support Operations (MISO), 74–75
Miller, Austin Scott, 21, 44, 96, 246, 249, 257
and Afghan Local Police, 25–27, 30–32, 126–127, 132
background of, 23
at Pentagon, 27
and special mission units, 23–24, 25
Ministry of Rural Reconstruction and Development, 32
Miran Shah (Pakistan), 18
Mohammed, Saleh, 138
Mohammed, Sultan, 138–139, 156
Mohseni, Ayatollah Shaikh Mohammed, 18
Mojaddedi, Sibghatullah, 15
Moro Islamic National Liberation Front, 183–184
Mulholland, John, 9
Mullah Dadullah Front, 175
Mullah Gulam Ali, 211
Mullah Omar, 39
Mullen, Mike, 32
Mundagak Palace, 62
Musahiban dynasty, 14
Nangahar Province, 10–11, 19, 53, 94, 114, 203, 234–235
Naqib, Karimullah, 19
National Directorate of Security (NDS), 15, 243–244
National Solidarity Program, 268
and AP3, 15
in Kandahar Province, 2
in Kunar Province, 218
Special Operations Component Command–Afghanistan, 243
Navarro Richard, 147, 151, 157, 247
Nawi Kalay (Afghanistan), 72–73, 194–195, 199
Newsom, Alex, 222
New York Times, 237
Niazi, Abdullah, 59, 138, 144–145
9/11 attacks, 2, 23, 66, 161, 197
Noor, Atta Mohammad, 35
Noriega, Manuel, 10
Nur Mohammed, 99–101, 217, 221–222, 224, 226–227, 251
Nuristan Province, 95, 102, 103, 209, 218, 228
Obama, Barack (and administration of), 16, 161, 255–256
and drone strikes, 116
and policy review in Afghanistan (2009), 22
101st Airborne Division, 68
187th Infantry Regiment, 78, 79
2nd Brigade of, 41
Operations
Haymaker, 248
Sayaqa, 103–116, 117, 121, 222
Operational Coordination Group (OCG), 256
Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA)
112, 140
1326, 205
3124, 215
3131, 225–228, 230–231, 234–238, 240
3313, 104
3325, 65, 69, 74, 80–81, 89, 90
3436, 224
opium trade, 40, 44–45, 50, 54, 143
Orgun District, 74, 78–85, 87–89, 91, 189, 191–193, 197, 201
Pakistan, 2, 71, 94, 101, 162, 165, 169, 187, 189
Bergdahl, Bowe in, 18
and Haqqani network, 119
and India, 119
and South Waziristan, 66, 70, 199
Taliban in, 66–67, 81, 200, 217–218
and US relations, 111–116, 117, 119, 122
See also Maya; Operation Sayaqa
Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination Cell (PACC), 23, 27
Paktia Province, 67
Paktika Province, 18, 218, 236
Afghan Local Police in, 67, 81, 91, 181–182, 187–188
CIA in, 197
Taliban in, 66–75, 77–80, 82–84, 86, 88–91, 188, 190, 194, 196
Paluso, Geno, 33
Panjwayi District, 41, 44, 59–60, 145, 152
Parwan Detention Facility (Afghanistan), 123, 214
Pashtun, 2, 10, 29, 35, 89, 124, 135
and armed defense groups, 21–22
network of, 18
and education, 59
Pederson-Keel, Andrew, 215
Persistent Ground Surveillance System (PGSS), 152
Peterson, Jake, 96
Petraeus, David, 33, 44, 95, 121
and Afghan Local Police, 29–30, 36, 101
and Community Defense Initiative, 24
Philippines, 128, 160–161, 183–185
See also Abu Sayyaf
Pirkowti (Afghanistan), 74–76, 78–80, 85–90, 192, 196, 199–200, 201
Pittman, Hal, 118
and Task Force White Eagle, 203
Popal, Ahmadullah, 170–171, 173–174
Provincial Augmentation Teams (PATs), 32, 167
Provincial Response Company (PRC), 201–202
Qaddafi, Muammar el-, 128
Qadir, Haji, 238
Rabbani, Burhanuddin, 124
Rahman, Abdul, 250
Rahman, Haji Hazrat, 231
Rahman, Qari Zia “QZR,” 218, 227–229, 231–234, 238
Rarey, Brian, 141
Raziq, Abdul, 42–43, 61–63, 140
and Bales massacre, 147
Red Cross, 123
Reeder Jr., Edward M. “Ed,” 21, 23, 31, 49, 246
and Afghan militia forces, 12
background of, 10
as commander of CFSOCC-A, 14–16
and Community Defense Initiative, 16–19
and Pashtun, 10
Regional Command–East, 115–116, 211, 235, 243
Regional Command–South, 41, 148, 151, 156
Registan Desert, 40
Russell, Jason, 183, 187, 190–191
Said Mohammed, 227
Salang Tunnel, 29
Samad, Abdul, 169
Samim, Mohibullah, 89
Sar Howza (Afghanistan), 81, 191
Sayadabad District, 215
Sayagaz (Afghanistan), 171–174
Sayyaf, Rasul, 183
Scaparrotti, Curtis, 120, 121, 133–134
Schad, Rex, 215
Schrader, Jay, 98
and human rights abuses, 130–131
Schweitzer, Marty, 148
SEAL Team Six, 23, 116, 160, 170
SEAL Team Two, 161
Second Anglo-Afghan War, 44
Shah Wali Kot District, 176
Shamsi Airfield (Pakistan), 119, 120
Sharana (Afghanistan), 71, 81, 82, 90, 91, 200
Shigal District, 237
Shkin (Afghanistan), 66–67, 71–72, 79–83, 85–86, 197
6th Commando Kandak, 211
Soda Khan, 55
SOF Academic Week, 34
Solheim, Kent, 223
Sorley, Lewis, 26
Special Forces Groups
20th, 32
special mission units, 25, 84, 123–124, 206, 235, 242, 244–246, 248, 262
and Dadullah Lang, Mullah, 4
reorganization of, 23
Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 127
Special Operations Task Force–North (SOTF-N), 30–31
Special Operations Task Force–South (SOTF-S), 247
Special Operations Task Force–Southeast, 30–31, 159–160
Special Operations Teams–Alpha (SOT-As), 46–47, 73, 105
Spedar Pass, 71
Spence, Wes, 127
Stephens, Riley Gene, 210
Stigall, Jeff, 127
Strong Eagle III, 229
Tajik, 29, 35, 36, 83, 89–90, 124
and Afghan Local Police, 132
and Pashtun, 135
and Afghan Local Police, 125, 255
Tarin Kowt (Afghanistan), 5, 7, 8
Task Forces
16, 26
310, 86
714, 23
and Delta task force, 23
Thailand, 185
Thomas, Tony, 208, 210, 212, 242–249, 252–253, 256
Tillman, Pat 196
Time, 89
Townsend, Steve, 94
Tyson, Ann Scott, 220
blacklist of, 86
and prisoner abuse, 123
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), 251
Uruzgan Province, 5, 30, 175, 224
Taliban in, 3–4, 7, 28, 159, 162–164
US Agency for International Development (USAID), 26–27, 28
and Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), 84–85, 194, 239
US Army Special Forces Qualification Course, 137
US Central Command, 11, 24, 34, 111–112, 119
US Department of Agriculture, 28
US Special Operations Command, 13, 29, 129, 208, 210
US Special Operations Joint Task Force–Afghanistan, 243
US State Department, 28
Uzbek, 29
Vietnam, 37, 93, 129, 151, 157, 161, 185, 196, 222, 238–239, 263
Civilian Irregular Defense Group in, 13, 252
Village Stability Coordination Centers (VSCCs), 31–32, 33
Village Stability Operations/Afghan Local Police (VSO/ALP). See Afghan Local Police
Votel, Joseph, 245
Wardak Province, 15, 29, 178, 203, 208, 211, 248
and Afghan Local Police, 209, 212
West Point, 66
Wikileaks, 116
Wilson, Bob, 66
and Operation Sayaqa, 103, 105, 107, 109, 115–116
World Bank, 268
World Trade Center, 2
World War II, 3
Wright, Jeremy, 233
Yahya Khel District, 186, 188–190
Yarborough, William P., 73
Afghan Local Police in, 133, 170
Taliban in, 28, 36, 159, 164–165, 168, 171
Zarghun Shah District, 185
Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-, 1
Zeegers, Randy, 32
Zerikow Valley, 4
Zhari District, 41, 44, 57, 60
and Afghan Local Police, 149–150