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- Abdul Haq (Afghan leader) [r]: A Northern Alliance leader who was killed in 2001 trying to lead an uprising against the Taliban in Afghanistan. [e]
- Abdul Rasul Sayyaf [r]: An Afghanistan politician and warlord, the only Pashtun leader in the Northern Alliance, and a Wahhabist favoring strict Islamic rule [e]
- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar [r]: Afghan radical jihadist leader, not affiliated with the Taliban, at large in Afghanistan or Pakistan [e]
- Jalalabad [r]: The capital of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. [e]
- Khyber pass [r]: A mountain pass on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. [e]
- Madrassa [r]: A Muslim religious school, some, but not all of which, have indoctrinated in extremism [e]
- Northwest Frontier Province [r]: A region of Pakistan, traditionally semi-autonomous under tribal rule, bordering Afghanistan] and the Federally Administered Tribal Area [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]
- 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]
- 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]
- Saad al-Faqih [r]: A U.K.-based surgeon and Saudi dissident, who has been designated a terrorist supporter of al-Qaeda by the United States; he describes himself as a Saudi reformer [e]
- Taliban [r]: Salafist Islamic militia, governing Afghanistan 1996–2001; still fighting in Pakistan and Afghanistan. [e]
- 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]
- U-2 Dragon Lady [r]: A high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft that remains a key U.S. intelligence collection platform. [e]
- U.S. Intelligence and terrorism in the 1980s [r]: Tracking and actions against terrorism by the United States intelligence community in the 1980s [e]
- U.S. intelligence and transnational crime and drugs [r]: Activities of the United States intelligence community that are concerned with transnational crime and the drug trade, beyond the jurisdiction of domestic law enforcement [e]
- Yunis Khalis [r]: An early leader of the mujahideen (1919-2006), whose stronghold was Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province. [e]