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Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan

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by Tamim Ansary


  regains Kandahar

  restored to throne with concessions, subsidy

  government of second reign

  death of

  dynasty ends with coup against Daoud

  Dostum, Rashid

  cedes Kabul to Taliban (1996)

  with Northern Alliance

  switches to join Massoud against Najibullah

  Drone attacks

  Drug addiction

  Drug lords/drug mafias. See also Opium

  Dubs, Adolph, kidnapping

  Dupree, Louis

  Durand, Henry

  Durand, Mortimer

  Durand Line

  crossed to fight in WWI

  Peshawar issue reopened

  straddled by Pushtoons

  used by Abdu-Rahman for isolation

  Durrani Pushtoons

  background

  conflict, reconciled, with Ghilzais

  and Dost Mohammed

  Hamid Karzai

  Durri-i-Durran. See Ahmad Shah

  Dyer, Reginald

  Eagle Four television program

  East India Trading Company

  background

  army in India

  and explorer Burnes

  Eastern Europe and the collapse of the Soviet Union

  Economy (domestic)

  development flourishes alongside violence

  disparity with foreign reconstruction money

  with opium as currency

  Education

  under Amanullah

  girls attend classes unveiled

  under Habibullah

  in model towns of HVA

  under the Musahibban family

  new schools built

  provided by mullahs

  Taliban burns schools, kills children

  See also Kabul University; Universities

  Egypt

  Einuddin (author’s grandfather)

  Eisenhower, Dwight D.

  Elections

  under Musahibban family

  of Zahir Shah’s velvet revolution

  presidential (2004)

  parliamentary (2005)

  Electric services and power stations

  Elphinstone, William

  Enayatullah (son of Habibullah)

  Encyclopedia Britannica

  England. See Great Britain

  Engrayzee

  Entertainment

  abolished under Taliban

  under Habibullah, Amanullah

  Jeshyn festival

  movies

  Entrepreneurships

  along hippie route

  build National Sports Museum

  energized in 2002

  industrial development

  laws enabling

  need microlending

  as neoconservative vision

  of women

  Esmatey-Wardak, Massouma

  Ethnic cleansing

  Ethnic groups

  accommodations broken by Soviet invasion

  under Ahmad Shah

  of army, police, conflict with Pushtoon society

  battle each other in Mujahideen civil war

  forced to work together in HVA towns

  formed into Northern Alliance

  represented in new TV programs

  Exiles

  escape from Soviets, Taliban

  return to establish enterprises, arts

  as urban elite

  Fahim, Qasim (General)

  Farangi

  Farooq, Mullah

  Farsi language

  Fatwas

  of bin Laden

  of mufti

  of Mullah Omar

  Feminist Majority

  Feminists

  Afghan activists

  in the United States

  Films and documentaries (Afghan)

  Foreign interventions. See also United States intervention

  Foreign Ministry of Afghanistan

  Forward Policy

  France

  Fraser-Tytler, W. K.

  Freedom of speech

  French Revolution

  Frontier Gandhi (Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan)

  GB. See Great Britain

  Gender apartheid

  Genocide. See Depopulation of Afghanistan by Soviets; Ethnic cleansing

  Germany

  Ghazni city

  Ghilzai, Mohammed Shah

  Ghilzai Pushtoons

  background

  conflict, reconciled, with Durrani Pushtoons

  crushed by Abdu’Rahman

  lead anti-British insurgency

  politician Taraki

  radical Islamist Hekmatyar

  subsidized by GB, cut

  Ghobar, Mir Ghulam Mohammad

  Gingrich, Newt

  Global Security

  Globalization

  Goislard, Bettina

  The Gold of Afghanistan

  Gorbachev, Mikhail

  Gould, Tamara

  Government

  builds HVA model towns, farms

  centralized under Abdu’Rahman

  constitution, parliament, created

  independence declared in Rawalpindi treaty

  Khalq regime in post-coup era

  under kings, emperors

  modernization programs

  as nationalistic under Amanullah

  undermined by foreign interventions

  Grand Bazaar of Kabul

  Grapes

  Great Britain (GB)

  Anglo-Afghan wars

  confronts Russia in central Asia

  as European and global power

  forced to pull out of Afghanistan

  life in Kabul after Dost reign

  and overthrow of Amanullah

  treaty with Dost Mohammed

  treaty with Shah Shuja

  treaty with Yaqub Khan

  The Great Game

  Great Indian Mutiny (1857)

  Greco-Buddhist art style

  Green Village Schools

  Guantanamo

  Guerilla warfare

  of Anglo-Afghan wars

  commander/warlord/mullah terms

  fall of Kabul (1992)

  tactics of Mujahideen against Soviets

  uses surface-to-air missiles

  See also Mujahideen

  Gul Agha

  Gulf War (first)

  Habibia School

  Habibullah (son of Abdu’Rahman)

  background

  influenced by Hussein, Musahibban, Tarzi

  assassinated

  Habibullah Kalakani. See Saqao, Bachey

  Hafizullah Amin. See Amin, Hafizullah

  Hakim, Abdul

  Hanafi School of Law

  Haqqani, Jalaluddin

  Haseen, Abdul

  Hashim Khan

  Hashish

  Hazarajat

  Hazaras

  autonomy crushed under Abdu’Rahman

  battle for Kabul

  post-Iron Amir

  resist Soviets, supported by Iran

  as Shi’a Mongolian ethnic group

  suffer ethnic cleansing by Taliban

  Hazrats of Shor Bazaar

  Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin

  bombs Kabul

  fails to satisfy Pakistan

  forced to join Massoud to resist Taliban

  in Pakistan

  as prime minister in Islamist interim government

  as radical Islamist extremist

  as Taliban network commander

  Helmand Valley Authority (HVA)

  described

  troubles

  as liability

  Henry VII, king of England

  Herat city

  conquered by Taliban

  as early power center

  retaken by Dost Mohammed

  Hezb-i-Islam (Party of Islam)

  Hindu Kush mountains

  Hindus

  carry yellow IDs

  Marathas routed by Ahmad Shah

  Hip
pies

  Hungary

  Hussein, Mohammed

  HVA. See Helmand Valley Authority

  Idema, Jack

  IDPs (internally displaced persons)

  Imams

  India

  Amritsar demonstrators massacred

  controlled by GB

  Great Mutiny

  iron development

  as nonaligned, left-leaning, nation

  partitioned to create Muslim Pakistan

  sacked by Ahmad Shah

  Indian Embassy car bombing (2008)

  Indus River

  Infrastructure projects

  funded by Soviets

  funded by US

  roads and streets

  Insurgencies

  against British (1841)

  against PDPA in rural areas

  See also Talibanist insurgents

  Intellectuals (liberal and modernist)

  emerge under Zahir Shah

  as Marxist-Leninist dissidents

  during Musahibban family reigns

  publish publications

  religious

  Internet

  Interrogation methods

  of Mustauffi Hussein by Amanullah

  at Bagram detention center

  of Idema and Bennet

  InterServices Intelligence (ISI)

  disburses Western funds to Mujahideen

  sponsors, supports, Hekmatyar for Pakistan take over

  as Taliban loyalists

  works with Mullah Omar

  Iqbal, Bismillah

  Iran

  aids Northern Alliance blocking anti-Shi’a Taliban

  backs Sultan Ahmad

  gives aid to Shi’a Hazaras

  included in feudal Afghan territory

  Islamic Revolution

  after Soviet collapse

  refugees’ destination during Soviet depopulation

  as victim of Afghan drug trade

  Iraq, invasion of

  Iron Amir. See Abdu’Rahman

  ISI. See InterServices Intelligence

  Islamism

  Deobandi school

  as political program

  US chooses to view as military problem

  See also Radical Islamism

  Ismail Khan

  Jalal, Masooda

  Jalalabad

  Jalali, Robina

  Jamaluddin-i-Afghan

  Jamiat-i-Islam (Islamic Society)

  Jeshyn-i-Istiqlal (Festival of Independence)

  Jihadism

  Jirgas (village councils)

  Jones, Paula

  A Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan (Sale)

  Joya, Malalai

  Kabul

  bombed, burned, looted, by British

  as center for dealings with outside world

  of Dost Mohammed

  as early power center

  established as single capital

  under siege by Mujahideen factions

  taken by GB (1839)

  conquered by Taliban

  with booming economy

  weakened by interventions

  Kabul Bank

  Kabul Museum

  Kabul Nindari national theater

  Kabul University

  academic respectability restored

  with both leftist and radical Islamist activists

  early history

  with US partner universities

  Kabul-Kandahar road project

  Kafiristan

  Kajakai dam and town

  Kalantars of Abdu’Rahman

  KAM airline

  Kandahar

  bombed by US forces

  conquered by Taliban

  as early power center

  overthrown by GB

  prisoners escape

  reduced to rubble by Mujahideen

  as seat of Taliban power

  Kandahar/Helmand region

  Karmal, Babrak

  background

  installed as president by invading Soviets

  replaced by Soviets with Najibullah

  sent to Eastern Europe by PDPA

  Karzai, Ahmad Wali

  Karzai, Hamid

  creates untrained army and police forces

  implicated in corruption

  as interim chairman, president

  with neoconservative US allies

  in Northern Alliance

  receives payments from Iran

  in contradictory position

  Karzai, Mahmoud

  Kaye, John

  Kayeum, Abdul

  KhAD

  Khalillulah (son of Mohammed Hussein)

  Khalilzad, Zalmay

  Khalq political party/regime

  Kharoti, Mohammed Khan

  Khomeini, Ayatollah

  Khost co-ed school

  Khost terrorist training camps

  Khrushchev, Nikita

  Khyber, Mir Akbar

  Kim (Kipling)

  Kipling, Rudyard

  Klare, Michael

  Koh-i-Noor diamond

  Kotwals of Abdu’Rahman

  Lakanwal, Ghafar

  Land ownership decrees

  Landmines

  appear to be children’s toys

  cause farms to be uncultivatable

  planted by Soviet Union

  Roots for Peace NGO

  Languages. See Dari; Farsi; Persian; Pushto languages

  Lashkargah town

  Lawrence, T. E. (Lawrence of Arabia)

  Laws

  Amanullah’s Nizamnama legal code

  local conflicts settled by jirgas

  Shari’a

  as Talibanist mobile courts

  traditional vs. king’s law

  Leno, Mavis

  Lewinsky, Monica

  Lion of Panjsher. See Massoud, Ahmad Shah

  Logar

  Louis Berger Group

  Louis-Napoleon III

  Loya jirga (grand assembly)

  ratifies Nadir

  selects Ahmad Shah as king

  for transitional government (Bonn Project)

  Lytton, Lord (Edward Bulwer)

  Macnaghten, William Hay

  Madrassas

  in Afghanistan

  and Mullah Omar

  in Pakistan, controlled by radical Islamists

  Mafias (trucking, drug, smuggling, gun-running)

  Mahmoud (Ghaznavid sultan)

  Maiwand battle

  Maiwandwal Hashim

  Malalai

  Maliks as headmen

  Marjah town

  Marriage

  bride prices

  to foreigners

  for love

  underage

  Marshall Plan for Afghanistan

  Marxism-Leninism

  Mashad, Iran

  Massoud, Ahmad Shah

  battles Hazara Mujahideen

  brings down Najibullah

  forms multiethnic Northern Alliance

  leaves Kabul to Taliban (1996)

  as politicized Muslim, military genius

  warns Europe of al Qaeda dangers

  assassinated

  Massoudi, Omara

  Mawlawis

  Mazar (author’s cousin)

  Mazar-i-Sharif

  as early religious and power center

  economic development of

  Shi’a Hazaras massacred

  woman charged with adultery stoned

  McChrystal, Stanley

  Mes Aynak

  Microlending

  Military

  Abdu’Rahman’s troops, armaments

  Amanullah attempts to strengthen

  disunity tied to anti-Soviet resistance strength

  Sher Ali’s national army

  Military aid

  provided by Soviets

  received by Amanullah

  US war-related vs. reconstruction dollars

  Mineral wealth

  Mir Sultan

  Mirabs (water arbitrators
)

  Mirzas of Abdu’Rahman

  Missiles

  Moghul Empire

  Mohammedzais clan

  Mongol conquest of Afghanistan

  Morality police

  Morrison Knudson Afghanistan (MKA)

  Muftis

  Mujaddedi, Amanullah

  Mujahideen resistance against Soviets

  warriors annihilated when Soviets invade

  aid flows from West through Pakistan ISI

  attack Soviets from tactical advantages

  receive Stingers from CIA

  Mujahideen (after Soviet withdrawal)

  take Kabul from Najibullah

  factions reduce Kabul to rubble

  forfeit credibility

  as Peshawar group at Bonn Conference

  replaced by Taliban

  Mullahs

  controlled by Abdu’Rahman

  described

  provide education, local rulings

  Musahibban family

  introduced

  implements dam projects

  replaces Amanullah, murders Saqao

  some reforms of Amanullah reinstated

  women appear in public unveiled

  rules Afghanistan for 44 years

  See also Daoud, Sardar; Nadir Shah; Zahir Shah

  Music (Afghan)

  Muslim Brotherhood

  Muzafaruddin (author’s uncle)

  Nadi Ali town

  Nadir Afshar

  Nadir Khan. See Nadir Shah

  Nadir Shah

  introduced

  allies with GB

  and assassination of Habibullah

  commander in Third Anglo-Afghan War

  replaces Amanullah/Saqao

  resumes Dost Mohammed’s project

  assassinated

  Na’eem, Sardar

  Naheed

  Najibullah (Najib)

  installed as ruler by Soviets

  takes political asylum in UN building

  tortured, murdered, by Taliban

  Najmuddin (author’s uncle)

  Napoleon

  Napoleonic Wars

  Narcotics industry

  Nasrullah

  National Museum

  National Sports Museum in Kabul

  NATO

  formation

  air strikes kill civilians

  attacks Talibanist network leaders/smugglers

  night raids

  Nedai

  Nehru, Jawaharlal

  Neoconservatives

  lead to massive corruption

  as the power of private capital/military

  prefer private contractors for aid delivery

  promote US social values, free-market capitalism

  support Taliban as stabilizing force

  Nepotism

  NGOs (nongovernmental organizations)

  in Andar

  attacked by insurgents

  foreign support bypasses Afghan government

  outside money undermines economy

  push for schools

  Nicaragua

  9/11. See September 11, 2001

  Niyazov, Saparmurat Atayevich

  Nizamnama by Amanullah

  Nomads

  introduced

  forced to settle, farm, in model towns

  produce ancient precious artifacts

 

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