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Parent topics
- Afghanistan [r]: A Islamic republic in Central Asia, with an unstable but elected government; borders China, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan [e]
- Pashtun people [r]: An Eastern Iranian ethnic group primarily located in Southern Afghanistan in the Northwest Frontier Province, Federally Administered Tribal Area and Balochistan Province of western Pakistan; language is Pashto [e]
- Wahhabism [r]: A socially conservative branch of Sunni Islam, strongest in the House of Saud, which rules Saudi Arabia [e]
- Peshawar Seven [r]: Coalition of seven Sunni mujahideen groups resisting the Soviets in the Afghanistan War (1978-92), assembled by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and with a sanctuary in Peshawar. [e]
Subtopics
- Abdul Rashid Dostum [r]: Afghan Uzbek warlord who had been the dominant figure in the north, although he may have gone into exile in Turkey [e]
- Mohammed Qasim Fahim [r]: A Tajik warlord and Northern Alliance commander, running as vice president with Hamid Karzai in the 2009 Afghanistan election; accused of human rights violations [e]
- Sayyid Ahmad Gailani [r]: Leader of Sufis in Afghanistan, a mujahideen member of the Peshawar Seven and leader of the National Islamic Front; pro-Saudi. [e]
- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar [r]: Afghan radical jihadist leader, not affiliated with the Taliban, at large in Afghanistan or Pakistan [e]
- Hamid Karzai [r]: President of Afghanistan, who took interim office in 2002, was reelected to a full five-year term in 2004, and gained another term after a disputed election in August 2009; Pashtun of the Durrani tribe [e]
- Karim Khalili [r]: (1950-) Currently the second vice president in the Afghan government of Hamid Karzai, a member of the Hazara group and a Shi'a [e]
- Yunis Khalis [r]: An early leader of the mujahideen (1919-2006), whose stronghold was Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province. [e]
- Ismail Khan [r]: A Hazara warlord of western Afghanistan, whose base is in Herat, with good ties to but not under the control of Iran; he has been on both sides of warfare [e]
- Osama bin Laden [r]: Radical jihadist who, with Ayman al-Zawahiri, founded a group known as al-Qaeda, which is credited with a series of terrorist attacks. [e]
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [r]: Described by the U.S. and by his own proud statement, the operational planner, for al-Qaeda, of the 9-11 attack; a U.S. High Value Detainee to be tried in a civilian criminal court in U.S. v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al. [e]
- Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi [r]: (1921-2002), member of the Peshawar Seven, briefly a vice president in the mujahideen government, and then allied with the Taliban; headed Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami or Islamic Revolutionary Movement. [e]
- Sibghatullah Mojaddedi [r]: Afghan political leader, in the Peshawar Seven then leading the National Liberation Front (Afghanistan) (Jabha-e Melli-ye Nijat-e Afghanistan); first post-Communist president in 1992; now leading the registered Afghanistan Republican Party (Hizbi Jamhori Kwahan) [e]
- Burhanuddin Rabbani [r]: President of Afghanistan during the post-Communist period, 1992-1996; a Tajik affiliated with the Northern Alliance [e]
- Fazal Hadi Shinwari [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Human Rights Watch [r]: Nonprofit nongovernmental organization dedicated to protecting human rights around the world. [e]
- Saudi Arabia [r]: A country in the Middle East, governed by a monarchy under Islamic law, which includes the most revered sites in Islam, and also dominates the world's oil economy. [e]
- Prince Turki al-Faisal [r]: Senior prince of Saudi Arabia, who has headed their General Intelligence Department and been Ambassador both to the U.K. and U.S.; board, International Crisis Group [e]
- Robert Baer [r]: Central Intelligence Agency operations officer between 1976 and 1997; left in dissatisfaction; currently intelligence columnist for Time [e]
- Prince Turki al-Faisal [r]: Senior prince of Saudi Arabia, who has headed their General Intelligence Department and been Ambassador both to the U.K. and U.S.; board, International Crisis Group [e]
- Pakistan [r]: Country in southern Asia, established as a Muslim state split from India in 1947, bordering the Arabian Sea to the south, India to the east, Iran and Afghanistan to the west, and China to the north. [e]
- Inter-Services Intelligence [r]: The military intelligence and covert action organization of Pakistan; historically contained strong Islamist elements but also concerned with India-Pakistan security issues [e]
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