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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
Abu Faraj al-Libi, 386
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
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
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
Algeria, 412
Ali Khan, Atif, 127
Alikhel Gorge, 156
Alizai tribe, 187
Allawi, Ayad, 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
Ames, Aldrich, 28
Amu Darya River, 72–73
Annapolis, Naval Academy at, RLG’s nominations to, 11–12
anthrax, 270
Antibes, 20
Arabian Peninsula, 311–12
Arab-Israeli conflict, 14
Taliban forces joined by, 275–79, 282, 285
Arawali, 295
Aref, Engineer, 152–53
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
see also Special Forces, U.S.
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
Baghdad, 22, 23, 108, 118, 369, 370
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
Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud, Sultan, 171–78, 266–68, 270, 273–74
bin Laden and, 177–78, 266, 268
CIA interrogation of, 171, 174–77, 273–74, 392
Bedford “jinga” trucks, 241–42
Berlin, 153–54
Berntsen, Gary, xv, 288, 290, 296–97
“Bill,” 244
bin Laden, Osama, 48, 52, 71, 123, 166, 231, 253, 269, 274, 310, 338
in Afghanistan, 96, 117–20, 127, 135
Arab followers of, 282
bayat oath of loyalty to, 44
Dr. Bashir and, 177–78, 266, 268
entourage of, 61–62
Pakistan sanctuary of, 74, 260, 296, 382
radio broadcasts of, 295–96
Saudi background of, 43, 57–58, 177
Taliban policy on, 53–54, 61–63, 75, 81–84, 86, 112–13, 118–20
terrorist enterprises of, 4–5, 43–44, 74, 84, 419
Tora Bora sanctuary of, 258–59, 295–96
U.S. pursuit of, 43–45, 53, 56–59, 66, 73, 74, 81–84, 88–89, 96, 114, 118–20, 128, 131, 135, 261, 264, 291–97, 339, 362, 379, 384–86
biological weapons, 274, 366–67
Black, Cofer, xv, 60, 64, 65, 74, 81–84
Blackwill, Robert “Bob,” xviii, 347, 369–70
BLU-82 bomb, 194
Bonn Conference, 251, 252, 279, 360–61
Back Bay area of, 14
Dorchester area of, 28
Boston College, 14–15
Brahvi, Abdul Karim, 166, 208, 220–21
Bremer, Paul “Jerry,” 368–69
Brennan, John, xv, 389, 390–91
Brief History of Time, A (Hawking), 73
British Airways, 69
British army, 359
British Cabinet, 7
British High Commission, 128–29
British-Indian army, 72
British Raj, 48
Brooks, David, 375
burqas, 63–64
Bush, George H. W.:
administration of, 22, 23, 38, 56
as CIA director, 56
Bush, George W., 400–401
administration of, 5, 7, 24, 55–57, 59–60, 78, 90, 93, 97, 103, 112–15, 121, 255, 267–70, 374–75, 395, 401–3, 409, 410
daily intelligence briefing of, 56, 390
democratic change commitment of, 381
second inaugural address of, 381
2001 State of the Union speech of, 5, 97, 112, 115
White House and security staff of, 55, 59, 72, 113
C
Caesar, Gaius Julius, 408
Cambone, Steve, xvii, 337–38, 399, 406
Cambridge, Mass., 14
Cape Cod, Mass., 64
Central Command (CENT-COM), U.S., 7, 90, 107, 168–70, 193, 224, 288–89, 397
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), xii, 55, 372–85
Afghanistan operations of, 98, 137–42, 182–96
Alec Station “Bin Laden Unit” in, 378–80, 407
anti-Taliban program of, 59–61, 63–66, 95–96, 99, 104, 113, 130–36
assassination barred in, 45, 57–58
“black sites” of, 291, 333, 393, 399, 401
British ties to, 97–103
Clinton administration relations with, 25, 26
coercive interrogation techniques of, 291, 333, 394–96, 400–406
Counter-Proliferation Branch of, 26–27, 28, 173
counterproliferation work of RLG in, 26–27, 28, 173
counterterrorism goals of, 24, 43, 45, 70, 333, 364, 380
Counterterrorist Center (CTC) of, 60, 65–66, 74, 75, 98, 108, 110, 143, 156–57, 161, 163, 166, 173, 183, 204–5, 208, 217, 219–21, 233, 236, 238–40, 243, 246, 270–71, 288–90, 302, 317, 324–25, 330, 332, 335–36, 376–83, 388–93
dangers of work in, 18, 19, 20, 325–27
deputy director for operations (DDO) in, 23, 27–29, 31, 92–93, 204, 205, 247, 348, 374
devotion of RLG for, 20, 21, 23, 30, 31, 45, 324
Directorate of Intelligence (DI) in, 20–21, 205, 219, 377, 389–91
Directorate of Operations (D0) in, 15–18, 20–21, 27–28, 205, 271, 276, 374–77, 402
domestic field offices of, 166
espionage school (“the Farm”) in, 6, 29–30, 181, 338
FBI relations with, 303–4, 318
global intelligence system of, 302
Global Response Center (GRC) of, 156–57, 161, 217, 402
“Ground Branch” paramilitary officers in, 192
GW Bush administration relations with, 113, 374–75, 401–3
Incident Response Team (IRT) of, 330, 332
insular culture of, 81, 105, 127
Iraq Operations group in, 22
ISI liaison with, 171–72, 174, 176, 179, 198, 205, 230, 260, 265–66, 269–73, 294, 305, 317–20, 330–31, 337, 349–50
“jawbreaker” team of, 142–43, 145, 153, 207, 288
Karzai contact with, 137–42, 145–46, 182–85, 189–96, 198–203, 205, 220, 222–28, 231
Latin American Division of, 17
National Clandestine Service (NCS) in, 15–18, 23, 28–30, 45, 81, 139, 167, 190, 205, 232, 271, 276, 373, 376, 383, 392, 397, 406–7
National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs) of, 21, 24
National Intelligence Officers (NIOs) in, 21–22, 24, 376
Near East and South Asia Division (NE) of, 17–18, 21–24, 26–27, 31, 101, 104, 114, 130, 132–33, 204, 207, 239, 247, 265, 271–73, 347, 376
Office of Technical Service of, 314
Office of Terrorism Analysis in, 389
paramilitary specialists in, 225
post–Cold War cutbacks in, 29
Presidential Findings in, 22, 57, 60
recruitment and handling of agents by RLG for, 18–20, 29–30
reporting sources “principal agents” (PAs) of, 57, 58, 100–101
RLG as director of CTC in, 377–83, 388–93, 396–98, 404–8
RLG as Iraq Mission manager in, 366–73
RLG as Islamabad station chief in, 4, 20–22, 31–32, 35–36, 40, 42, 45–66, 76, 90, 93–103, 132, 160, 196–98, 337
RLG code of ethics adopted by, 30
RLG’s early career and advancement in, 17–32
RLG’s first interview with, 10, 15–17, 18, 20
RLG’s retirement from, 408–9
secure video teleconferences (SVTC) of, 90–91, 93, 101–2, 104–9, 114, 162, 167, 176, 204, 207, 215, 219–20, 247, 381–82
situation reports (sitreps) of, 277
South Asia Task Force of, 204, 208
Special Activities Division of, 195
Special Forces liaison with, 163, 189, 192, 207–8, 221, 335, 359, 365
Special Operations Group of the Counterterrorist Center (CTC/SO) of, 98, 106, 110, 161, 167, 180–83, 188–89, 191, 204–7, 208, 236, 243–45, 288, 289
spying activity in, 139, 176, 339
Team Alpha of, 183
Team Echo of, 141, 221, 224–27, 238, 249, 252, 277, 284, 312
Team Foxtrot of, 221, 240, 243–44, 246, 275–76, 284, 312
Team Juliet of, 288
temporary staffers (“TDYers”) in, 47, 239
terrorist interrogation program of, 171, 174–77, 273–74, 392–406
undercover identity of RLG in, 18–20, 21
wages of malfeasance and incompetence in, 272
Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), 37
Chalabi, Ahmed, 367–70
Chamberlin, Wendy, 349
as U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, xviii, 102, 133–34, 152, 157–59, 196–97, 248, 267–69, 301, 316, 325, 350–51
Cheney, Dick, 113, 367–70, 394–95, 400
“one percent doctrine” of, 267
Chitral, 322
fundamentalist, 155
scripture of, 138
Churchill, Winston, 304–5, 407
Clausewitz, Carl von, 72
Clinton, Bill:
administration of, 24–25, 31, 44, 56, 57
Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), 368, 369–70
“peace dividend” of, 29
Concord Academy, 13–14
C-130 planes, 181, 184, 185, 191
Congress, U.S., 5, 21, 24, 326–27, 338, 377, 388–90, 394–95
foreign policy inclinations of, 38, 40
oversight committees of, 22, 395
see also House of Representatives, U.S.; Senate, U.S.
Constantinople, 73
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 395–96
counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine, 409, 411–12
counterproliferation, 26–27, 28, 38
counterterrorism, 38, 70, 111, 347
Coup d’État: A Practical Handbook (Luttwak), 118–19
Covey, Stephen, 31
Cuba, 395
U.S. Bay of Pigs invasion of, 17
see also Guantánamo Bay detention facility
Curry, Dayna, xix, 126, 128, 152, 210, 255
D
Dadullah-Lang, Commander, 250, 278
Damascus, 290
Dari language, 83, 144, 209, 211, 249
Dartmouth College, 12–14
Philosophy Department of, 13
RLG’s education at, 12–14
“Dave,” xv, 104–6, 166–67, 215, 217, 219, 221, 247, 316–17, 319, 330, 332
character and personality of, 106
RLG and, 105–6, 133, 154, 161, 177–78, 182–83, 232, 234, 244–45, 265, 323–24
Dearlove, Richard, 97
de Borchgrave, Arnaud, 291–94
Decatur, Stephen, 11
Dedham, Mass., 15
Deek, Khalil, 47–48
Defense Department, U.S., 22, 64, 107–8, 110, 169, 223, 236, 291, 361, 367–68, 371
CIA relations with, 381–82, 398–99
Joint Staff of, 382
Defense Intelligence Agency, 390
Deh Ra’ud, 189, 193, 194, 231, 249
Democratic Party, 56, 375, 395
Dera Juy, Battle of, 141, 201–2
Dobbins, James, 250–51
Donohue, David, xviii, 126–27, 209–10, 212, 255
Dorris, Mike, 304
Dostum, Abdur-Rashid, xvi, 183, 184, 191, 250, 276
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), 105, 364
Dulles, Allen, 338
dupatta, 68
Durrani Pashtun tribal confederation, 138
E
Early, Joe, 10
Eatinger, Bob, 401
Ehsan ul-Haq, Lieutenant General, xvii, 159, 179, 198, 205–6, 265, 268–69, 316, 349–53
Emerati hunting camp (“Camp Rhino”), 244, 311
enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs), 394–96, 400–406
in “black sites,” 291, 333, 393, 399, 401
of “high-value detainees,” 393–94
public rejection of, 395
sleep deprivation as, 394
waterboarding as, 394
Executive Order 12333, 57
F
F-16 fighter planes, 38
Fahim, General, 207–8, 217, 224
Faisalabad, 329–32
Far East, 18
“Farid, Brigadier,” 122
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 105, 331, 390
CIA relations with, 303–4, 318
Legal Attaché Office of, 318
Feith, Douglas, xvii, 198, 367, 368, 370
First American-Afghan War, 8, 9, 124, 133–37, 324, 409, 412
casualties and costs of, 133, 227, 241, 247, 275, 278, 286
U.S. bombing in, 128, 134–35, 137, 144, 147, 150, 181, 193, 199, 226–30, 258, 263, 312, 358
see also specific battles and military forces
First Gulf War of 1990–91, 22, 43, 108, 132, 207
see also ”Jimmy”
Ford, Gerald R., 403
Fox, Lieutenant Colonel, 253, 277
Franks, Tommy, xvii, 208, 313, 340
as CENT-COM head, 7, 90, 93–96, 107, 162–63, 167–70, 195, 206, 224
character and personality of, 94, 168
four-phase campaign plan of, 239
Frontier Corps, 258-61, 263-64, 294, 339-43
Frontier Crimes Regulation of 1901, 386
G
Gardez, 209
Garmabak, 96
Garner, Jay, 368–69
Gettysburg, Battle of, 70, 157
Gettysburg, Pa., 157
Ghazni, 210–11
Ghojurak, 200
Ghulam Khan, 336
as CIA director, 373–76, 380, 383, 400, 402, 405–6
Graham, Bob, 76
“Gray Fox” program, 236–38
Green, Barbara, 325
Green, Milton, 325
Green, Zachary, 325
Green Berets, see Special Forces, U.S.
“Greg,” xv, 139–42, 144–46, 149, 160–61, 180, 182–84, 188–95, 203, 206, 222–27, 246, 249–54, 277–80, 282–84
Grenier, Douglas (son), childhood and education of, 22, 29, 30, 31, 60, 110, 322, 324–25
construction business of, 12, 15
death of, 324
relationship of RLG and, 10, 12, 20
Grenier, Paula (wife), 27, 31, 60
character and personality of, 19
courtship and marriage of RLG and, 14–15
education of, 14–15
extended family of, 10, 14, 20
motherhood of, 22
nursing career of, 15, 19, 325
relationship of RLG and, 14–15, 17, 19, 126, 321–22, 324–25, 377, 407
Grenier, Robert L., 10–32
character and personality of, 12–17, 26, 30–32, 51
childhood and adolescence of, 10–13
criticism of, 30
early jobs of, 13–15
family and religious background of, 10–11
golfing of, 323–24
international political interests of, 14
social life and friends of, 19, 126
as “subversive,” 31–32
see also Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Guantánamo Bay detention facility, 291
terrorist detainees at, 319, 361, 395, 398–99, 401
Gul, Hamid, 171
Gulistan, 216
H
“Hadad, Major,” 230
Hadley, Stephen, xviii, 55, 72, 73–74, 345, 398
Hailey, Pat, xv, 168–69, 224, 288–89
Hangu, 261
“Hank,” xv, 106, 110–11, 183, 204, 220, 237–39, 288–89, 340
Hanoi, 109
Hanover, N.H., 17
Harvard University, 13
Hawking, Stephen, 73
helicopters, special-ops, 30
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
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
former British rule of, 36, 48, 259, 262
national Parliament (Lok Sabha) of, 307–8
Northern Alliance ties to, 362
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
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
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
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
“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
Iraq army, 367
dissolution of, 369–70
“New” version of, 370–71
Iraq Ba’ath Party, 368, 369–70
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
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
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
Jan Muhammad, 280
Japan, 387
“Jeff,” xv, 180, 186, 199, 201–2
Jews, 11
“Jimmy,” xvi, 203, 209–13, 223–25, 254, 255, 279
see also Flanagan, Jimmy
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
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
U.S. Marines’ occupation of, 291, 310–11
Kappes, Steve, xvi, 374, 375–76
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
as interim chairman of Afghanistan, 279–85, 360–61, 372–73
Jalil and, 234
as president of Afghanistan, xi, xvi, 357–61, 387
RLG and, 198–202, 280–82, 357–58
Taliban battle with, 183–86, 189–96, 198–203, 357–60
Taliban surrender negotiated by, xi, 279, 281–83
Kashmir, 216
anti-Indian jihad in, 39, 306–8
Indian occupied section of, 39, 306–8, 346, 353
Indo-Pakistani rivalry over, 4, 36–37, 39–40, 346–48, 350–53
Kargil district of, 40
Line of Control in, 37, 39, 40, 306, 307, 346, 351–53
Pakistan occupied section of, 346, 348
Katz, David, 159–60
Kayani, Ashfaq Pervaiz, xvii, 290, 294, 334–35, 340–44, 384–86
Keenan, Jenny, xviii, 302–4, 318
Kennedy, Caroline, 13
Kenya, 44
Khair Muhammad Khan, 200
Khakrez, 254
Khaksar, Mohammed, 152–53
Khalilzad, Zalmay, xviii, 64–65, 368
Khanabad, 181
Khanaka, 200
Khassadars, 258
Khost, 187
Khyber Club, 142
Khyber Pass, 110
Khyber Rifles, 259
Kimmons, Jeff, 170
King Lear (Shakespeare), 155
Kipling, Rudyard, 262
Kohat, 261
Kunduz, 250–51
Kurdistan, 22
Kurram River, 262
Kushab nuclear reactor, 172, 176
Kuwait, Iraqi invasion of, 43
L
Laipson, Ellen, 24
“Lalo, Commander,” 244
Langley, Va., xi, 101, 161, 375
CIA Headquarters in, 4, 6, 19, 21, 26, 56, 63, 65, 69, 74, 87, 90, 97, 133, 186, 206, 220, 318, 371
Lashgar-e Taiba, 318
Lawrence of Arabia (film), 290
Lays of Ancient Rome (Macaulay), 321
Leno, Mavis, 63
Libby, Lewis “Scooter,” 55
Library of Congress Congressional Research Service, 24
Libya, 26
Luttwak, Edward, 118–19
M
MacArthur, Douglas, 11
Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 321
McCain, John, 400–405
McCain Amendment, 400–403
McChrystal, Stanley, xviii, 381, 410, 412
MacDill Air Force Base, 90
McFarlane, Robert “Bud,” 156–57, 161
McLaughlin, John, xvi, 60, 64–65, 291–92, 316, 320, 366, 369, 376, 378
McManus, Barry, xvi, 175, 177, 266, 273, 392
madrassas (Quranic schools), 41, 42, 53, 216
Madrid, 388
Mahmud Ahmed, General, 301
character and personality of, 72–73
family life of, 73
as ISI director, xvii, 49–50, 69–76, 86–89, 113–14, 122–23, 128, 157–59, 329
“jihadist” foreign policy of, 73
Majid, Hafiz, 187
Mansur, Akhtar Muhammad, xvi, 147, 232, 281
“Marco,” xvii, 129, 151, 209–13, 339
Marines, U.S., 6, 244–45, 291, 310–11, 325, 359–60
“Mark,” xvi, 148, 149, 163, 214–15, 235–37, 239–45, 247, 275–76, 280–84, 312
Maruf, 216
Massachusetts, 10
Mattis, James, 311–12
Mehsud, Hakimullah, 124
Mercer, Heather, xix, 126, 128, 152, 210, 255
Mercer, John, 152
Mesopotamia, 366
MI6, 97
Middle East, 18, 29, 31, 64, 397, 419
Milam, William “Bill,” xviii, 79, 102
as Ambassador to Pakistan, 46–53, 63–64, 68–69
Miram Shah, 336
Miscik, Jami, 373–74
Mohammed, Khalid Shaykh (KSM), 394
Mohtasim, Abdul Wasi Agha Jan, 241
Moseman, John, 60
Mossadegh, Mohammad, 23
Mugabe, Robert, 14
Mulholland, John, 224–25
Mullah Jalil, see Jalil, Mullah
Mullah Sa’eb, see Osmani, Akhtar Mohammed
Murray, Pat, xvi, 374, 375, 406
Musharraf, Pervaiz, xvii
as chief of Army Staff, 48, 49
counterterrorism promised by, 70, 351
as president of Pakistan, 4, 40, 48–50, 67–70, 86, 158–59, 174, 196, 223, 238, 272, 305, 308–9, 328–29, 350–52
Tenet’s meeting with, 265, 267–69
Muslims, 126, 306, 328, 380–81
Ramadan observance by, 292
Shiite, 22, 42, 313, 326, 369, 370
Sunni, 42, 43, 313, 369, 370, 371, 379
Muttawakil, Wakil Ahmed, xvi, 51, 122–23, 361–62
U.S. imprisonment of, 362
Myers, Richard, 106
N
Nairobi, 303
bombing of U.S. Embassy in, 35, 44, 47
Najibullah, Mohammed:
Afghan Communist government of, 41, 144
Taliban capture and murder of, 144
Nanga Parbat, 322
Naqib, Mullah, xvi, 234, 251, 279–83, 285
Nashiri, ‘Abd al-Rahim al-, 394
Nasiriya, 368
National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), 377–78, 388–91
National Intelligence Council (NIC), 21, 22, 24, 376
National Security Council (NSC), 64–65, 70, 75, 365, 367–69, 400, 402
Deputies’ Committee of, 23–24, 64, 349, 366, 398
Principals’ Committee of, 64, 192, 371, 398, 401, 405
Natsios, Andrew, 363–64
Negroponte, John, 382
New York, N.Y., 158
9/11 destruction of twin towers in, 76, 143, 220
New York Times, 375
Night Watch, The (Phillips), 16–17
9/11 Commission, 388
Nixon, Richard M., 403
Nkomo, Joshua, 14
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), 126, 325
Islamic, 171–74
Noorzai, Haji Bashir, 221, 234, 250
North Africa, 17
Roman ruins of, 19–20
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 387, 412, 415–16
North Carolina, 129
Northern Alliance, 8, 42, 43, 66, 104, 107, 110, 182
armed forces of, 143, 190, 285–86
CIA liaison with, 142–43, 152–53, 184–85, 188, 221
CIA weapons drop to, 184–85
Indian alliance with, 362
Kabul seizure by, 207–8, 224, 253, 362, 363
prisons of, 290
Soviet and Indian support for, 43, 73
Taliban offensive by, 42, 43, 59, 83, 88, 187–88, 207–10, 217, 416
North Korea, 26
rogue state status of, 40
North Vietnam, 400
nuclear arms, 172–78, 366–67, 405
al-Qa’ida aspirations for, 265–69, 273–74, 285
of Pakistan, 4, 9, 26, 38, 40, 172–74, 274, 307, 392, 417
plutonium in, 176
proliferation of, 4, 26–27, 39, 173, 307
of U.S., 176
O
Obama, Barack:
administration of, 389, 409–12
Afghanistan policy of, 409–12, 415
presidential campaign of, 409
West Point speech of, 410, 415
Oman, 212–13
Omar, Mohammed, 6, 75, 96, 138, 169, 200, 207, 250, 254, 313
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
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
Kurram Agency in, 260–62, 264, 293–97
military coups in, 38, 40, 48, 49–50, 67, 91
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. 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
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
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
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
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
Powell, Colin, 369
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
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
Rahmani, Hassan, 185
Rawalpindi, 47
Chaklala Airbase in, 124, 290–91, 319
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
Roosevelt, Kermit, 23
Ross, Dennis, 25–26
RPG launchers, 201, 206, 225, 236, 240
Rumsfeld, Donald, xviii
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
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. 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
intelligence failure in, 338, 388
on N.Y. twin towers, 76, 143, 220
Shahi Kot Valley, Battle of, 335–37
“Shahzad, Muhammad,” 199
Shakespeare, William, 155
shalwar khameez, 52, 68, 148, 180, 261, 319, 321
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
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
Operational Detachments Alpha “ODA” of, 190–91, 224, 226, 227, 235–40, 244, 252, 275, 277
Spin Boldak, 148, 149, 216, 241, 242, 275
Spin Ghar (White Mountains), see Safed Koh Mountains
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
Supreme Council of the Islamic Clergy (Ulema), 89, 112, 113, 117–19, 135
Syria, 26
T
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
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
Tarnoff, Peter, 24–26
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
“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
Turabi, Nooruddin, 250
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
global interests of, 97
U.S. relations with, 97–103
United Nations (UN), 36, 44, 63, 127, 251, 279
Bonn Conference convened by, 251, 252, 279, 360–61
High Commission for Refugees, 128
Iraq inspections by, 367
Security Council of, 353
United States:
bin Laden pursuit by, 43–45, 53, 56–59, 66, 73, 74, 81–84, 88–89, 96, 114, 118–20, 128, 131, 135, 261, 264, 291–97, 339, 362, 379, 384–86
bin Laden’s “declaration of war” against, 44
civil rights movement in, 175
economic recession of 1970s in, 13
Indian relations with, 307, 347, 353
nuclear arms of, 177
Pakistani relations with, 37–40, 44–45, 48–50, 68–71, 73–75, 100, 111, 158, 269–72, 301–7, 350
Soviet relations with, 37–38, 39
support for tyrannical regimes by, 381
treatment of prisoners by, 291
UK relations with, 97–103
Urdu language, 68
Uruzgan Provincial Council, 200
Uzbekistan, 288
Karshi Khanabad (“K2”) Airbase in, 181, 190, 202
V
Vajpayee, Atal Bihari, 346
Vendrell, Francesc, 127
opposition to, 11
Virginia University Hospital, 15
W
Wajahat Chaudry, Colonel, 336, 340
Wall Street Journal, 326
Wana, 386
Wardak, 210
War Jan, 225
War on Terror, 158, 307, 346, 351, 361, 381, 386–87, 404
Washington, D.C., 10, 22, 24, 27, 30, 39, 65, 69, 75–76, 105, 186, 364
Capitol in, 76
Constitution Avenue in, 76
see also White House
weapons of mass destruction (WMD), 173, 265–67, 285, 374
see also biological weapons; chemical weapons; nuclear arms
White House, 349
Rose Garden of, 255
Situation Room of, 7, 64–65, 345, 366, 369, 401
Williston Academy, 11–12
Wolfowitz, Paul, xviii, 64, 106, 108, 367, 368, 371
relationship of RLG and, 24
Woodward, Bob, 109
Worcester, Mass., 10–11
World Heritage Sites, 127
World War I, 218
Wormsley, Kristen, 325
Y
Yeats, W. B., 187
Yemen, 19
Z
Zadeh, Amin, 200
Zaeef, Abdul Salam, xvii, 52, 54, 113, 122, 253
arrest and imprisonment of, 361
Zahir Shah, Muhammad, King of Afghanistan, 138, 159, 372
“Zaman, General Imran,” xvii, 316–19, 329, 332
Zaman Ghamsharik, Haji, 187
Zaranj, 208
Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 274, 338, 362, 384
Zia ul-Haq, General, 39
Zubayda, see Abu Zubayda