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- Al-Qaeda [r]: International islamist terrorist network. Responsible for the 9-11 attack and other terrorist attacks. [e]
- Balochistan Province [r]: The largest province of Pakistan (also written Baluchistan); relatively autonomous like the Northwest Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas; capital is Quetta; borders Iran and Afghanistan. [e]
- Federally Administered Tribal Area (Pakistan) [r]: A region of Pakistan that is outside the regular system of Pakistani provincial government, involving a combination of tribal leaders and "agents" of the national government; the subdivisions are called "agencies", not "provinces"; from an international standpoint, it is fairly lawless [e]
- Helmand Province [r]: A province of southern Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan; largest land area of any province but relatively small population [e]
- Islamabad [r]: The capital of Pakistan [e]
- Jamaat-i-Islami [r]: Pakistan's oldest Islamist religious party, marginal in national politics but more powerful in the semi-autonomous frontier provinces; possibly affiliated with the Taliban [e]
- Jamiat-ul-Ulama-i-Islam [r]: A Deoband Islamist and Pashtun, although not separatist, opposition party of Pakistan, with its greatest strength in the Balochistan Province and Northwest Frontier Province [e]
- Lodhi [r]: A Pashtun tribe, a sub-group of the larger Ghilzais of Afghanistan and Pakistan. [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]
- 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]
- Peshawar [r]: Capital of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province near the Afghanistan border; in the midst of Taliban insurgency [e]
- Political party [r]: An organization that seeks to advance the interests of its members by obtaining political power [e]
- Quetta [r]: Capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It is believed to be the headquarters of the Taliban Quetta shura governing body under Mullah Muhammad Omar. [e]
- Taliban in Pakistan [r]: Activities of the Taliban movement to take political control of parts of Pakistan, rather than using Pakistan as a sanctuary to operate in Afghanistan [e]
- Taliban [r]: Salafist Islamic militia, governing Afghanistan 1996–2001; still fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. [e]
- U-2 Dragon Lady [r]: A high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft that remains a key U.S. intelligence collection platform. [e]