index 177
assumption of power 55c, 105, 152
bin Laden and 44–46, 53, 75, 77, 79
Chinese view of 151
defeat of 8, 79, 84, 140
dened 163g
and Deobandi Islam 50
and election of 2009 159
and future prospects for Afghanistan
152, 155
Richard Holbrooke and 158
and insurgency 8, 100–101, 141, 146
and Interim Government 103
and Iraq War v. Afghanistan War
118
and IRMA 19
and ISAF 7
and just war debate 88
and law enforcement v. war debate
122
aer liberation of Kabul 84
at Mazar-e Sharif 82
and mujahideen 31
and 9/11 attacks 74–75, 76
and Northern Alliance 81, 81–84,
139
operations against 93, 95, 144–145
outlawing of 103
in Pakistan x, xi, 123–124, 128–131,
152
Predator drone attacks on 142, 143
public buildings targeted by 99
at Qala-i-Jangi prison 82
at Qarabagh 84
resurgence in 2009 155–156
rise of 47–59
Special Forces battles with 140
at Tarin Kowt 85–86
at Tora Bora 87
and U.S. casualty rates 96
U.S. counterinsurgency tactics
144–145
U.S. missile strikes (1998) 45–46
U.S. pursuit of ix–x
U.S. ultimatum on bin Laden 76–78
values 53
weapons 136
women before rule of 61
women’s status under 50, 52, 53,
57–58, 60–67
Taloqan 62
Tamerlane 9, 11
tanks 28, 29, 87, 135, 139
Tanzania embassy attacks 45, 46, 73
Taraki, Nur Muhammad 16, 20c, 24, 24,
27
Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan 85
Tarnak Farms 44
Task Force K-Bar 94
technocrats 110
television 56, 61, 61, 67, 71, 109–111
10th Mountain Division 82, 83, 94
terrorism
bin Laden and 43
and Iraq War x
Kenya/Tanzania embassy attacks 45,
46, 73
mujahideen and 34
9/11 attacks. See September 11, 2001,
terrorist attacks
Thomas Aquinas, Saint 88
360th Motor Rifle Division 27
357th Motor Rifle Division 27
Titanic (movie) 56–57
Tolo TV 109, 110
topography of Afghanistan 132, 134m,
150
Tora Bora 41, 86, 86–88, 93, 93, 141
torture 138, 146
trade routes 9
training camps 77
Transitional Authority 92, 93, 94
transport vehicles 136
tribal divisions 12, 25, 27
troop commitments 149
Turkey 98
Turkmen 15
U
ulema 52
ultimatum, U.S. ix, 76, 77, 89, 139
UN (United Nations) 53, 57–59, 95–96,
163g
UN General Assembly 17
UN High Commission for Refugees
57–58
uniforms 137
United Arab Emirates 55c, 67
United Flight 93 68
United Flight 175 68
United Islamic Front for the Salvation of
Afghanistan. See Northern Alliance
United Kingdom 7
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