Authors: David Isby
103.
Interview, Kabul, 29 October 2008.
104.
P. G. Rajmohan,
Suicide Terrorism—South Asia 2006, New Delhi, 2007
. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies paper.
http://www.ipcs.org/article_details.php?articleNoAfghanistan1942
.
105.
Craig Whitlock, “Al Qaeda’s Growing Online Offensive,”
The Washington Post
, 24 June 2008, pp. A1, A12.
106.
Michael Scheuer, “Al Qaeda’s Military Chief in Afghanistan Views the Ongoing Insurgency with Optimism,”
Jamestown Terrorism Monitor
, v. 5, n. 28, 29 July 2008, pp. 7–8.
107.
Anthony H. Cordesman,
The Afghan-Pakistan War: The Rising Threat: 2002–08
. Washington: CSIS, 11 February 2009, p. 10.
108.
Yoran Schweitzer and Sari Goldstein Ferber,
Al-Qaeda and the Internationalization of Suicide Terrorism
. Tel Aviv University, November 2005, Jaffe Centre for Strategic Studies Memorandum no. 78, p. 33.
109.
Paul Wideman, “Once Unknown, Suicide Blasts Soar in Afghanistan,”
USA Today
, 10 September 2006.
110.
Interview, Washington, 27 February 2009.
111.
Hekmat Karzai and Seth Jones, “How to Curb Suicide Terrorism in Afghanistan,”
Christian Science Monitor
, 18 July 2006.
112.
27 March 2009, White House press release.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Whats-New-in-the-Strategy-for-Afghanistan-and-Pakistan/
.
113.
Audrey Kurth Cronin, “Cyber-Mobilization: The New Levee en Masse,”
Parameters
, v. 36, n. 2, Summer 2006, pp. 77–87.
114.
See generally Laura Mansfield, ed.,
His Own Word, A Translation of the Writings of Dr. Ayman Al Zawahiri
. TLG Publications, 2006. See generally Part 1, “Knights under the Prophet’s Banner,” p. 126.
115.
Gail Sheehy, “A Wrong Must Be Righted,”
Parade Magazine
, 27 December 2008.
116.
Raffaelo Pantucci, “Transatlantic Airline Bombing Case Collapses in the United Kingdom,”
Jamestown Terrorism Focus
, v. 5, n. 33, 18 September 2008.
117.
Philip Sherwell, “Bhutto Blocked From Hiring US Bodyguards,”
The Daily Telegraph
(London), 30 December 2007.
118.
US Department of State,
Country Reports on Terrorism
, 2008,
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2008/122434.htm
.
119.
George Tenet,
At the Center of the Storm, My Years at the CIA
. New York: Harper Collins, 2007, pp. 352–54.
120.
Michael Jacobsen, “Why Terrorists Quit: Gaining from Al Qaida’s Losses,”
CTC Sentinel
, v. 1, n. 8, July 2008, pp. 1–4.
121.
Rhys Blakeley, “Darool-Uloom Deoband Issues Fatwa Against Terrorism,”
The Times
(London), 2 June 2008.
122.
On Al Qaeda targeting of Muslims, see: Zahir Jan Mohamed, “Radical Muslims Killing Muslims” (
The Washington Post
, 25 June 2003); Richard Hoagland, “Fighting for the Soul of Islam” (
The Washington Post
, 13 July 2003).
123.
Audrey Kurth Cronin,
Ending Terrorism
, Adelphi Paper 394, 2008, p. 58.
124.
Ibid., p. 69.
125.
Ibid.
126.
“Islamic Extremism in India. The Rise of Home-Grown Terrorism,”
IISS Strategic Comments
, v. 15, n. 3, April 2009.
Chapter Five
127.
On the rise of the Taliban, see: Ahmed Rashid,
The Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001.
128.
On the post–2001 organization and how the Taliban evolved as an effective insurgent force, see: Thomas H. Johnson, “On the Edge of the Big Muddy: The Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan” (
China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly
, v. 5, n. 2, 2007, pp. 93–129); Emma Sky, “Increasing ISAF’s Impact on Stability in Afghanistan” (
Defense & Security Analysis
, v. 23, n.1, March 2007, pp. 7–25); David Rohde and David E. Sanger, “How the ‘Good War’ in Afghanistan Went Bad” (
The New York Times
, 12 August 2007).
129.
Interview, Kabul, 19 October 2009.
130.
Talk given at the Association of the US Army annual meeting, Washington, 6 October 2009.
131.
Tom Shanker, “US Sees Makeshift Bombs Moving Beyond Iraq and Afghanistan,”
The New York Times
, 29 October 2009.
132.
Interview, Washington, 10 March 2008.
133.
Eric Schmitt and Mark Mazetti, “Taliban Widen Afghanistan Attacks from Base in Pakistan,”
The New York Times
, 24 September 2009.
134.
GEN Stanley McChrystal,
COMISAF Initial Assessment
(“McChrystal Report”), Kabul, 20 August 2009, pp. 2–6.
135.
Interview, Kabul, 20 October 2009.
136.
Schmitt and Mazetti, op. cit.
137.
“Report: Taliban appoint new regional chief in Afghanistan,”
Xinhua,
October 21, 2007.
138.
“Top Taliban Commander Held in Pakistan,”
Xinhua,
19 July 2005.
139.
Countering Afghanistan’s Insurgency: No Quick Fixes
, Brussels, 2 November 2006, International Crisis Group Asia Report no. 126, pp. 9–11.
http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/south_asia/123_countering_Afghanistans_insurgency.pdf
.
140.
Interview, Bagram AB, 13 October 2008.
141.
GEN Stanley McChrystal,
COMISAF Initial Assessment
(“McChrystal Report”), Kabul, 20 August 2009, pp. 2–7.
142.
Griff White, “Taliban Shadow Officials Offer Concrete Alternative,”
The Washington Post
, 8 December 2009, pp. A1, A15.
143.
“Taliban Shadow Government Pervades Afghanistan,”
CBS News
report, 27 December 2008.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/27/world/main4687823_page2.shtml
.
144.
Talk at the Atlantic Council, Washington, 15 October 2009.
145.
Antonio Giustozzi,
Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghan
. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008, p. 47.
146.
Interviews, Kabul, 21–29 October 2008.
147.
“Tackling the Other Taliban,”
The Economist
, 17 October 2009, pp. 34–36.
148.
David Rohde, “Held by the Taliban,”
The New York Times
, 21 October 2009.
149.
Quoted in CJTF-82 News Release, 10 0ctober 2007,
http://www.cjtf-82.com/Newsrelease/2007/October/039
.
150.
Interview, Kabul, 29 October 2008.
151.
Interview, COL Patrick McNiece, Kabul, 29 October 2008.
152.
Interview, Kabul, 20 October 2008.
153.
Gary Langer,
Public Opinion Trends in Afghanistan
, ABC News, 11 February 2009.
154.
Talk given at the Association of the US Army annual meeting, Washington, 6 October 2009.
155.
Sean M. Maloney, “A Violent Impediment: The Evolution of Insurgent Operations in Kandahar Province 2003–07,”
Small Wars & Insurgencies
, v. 19, n. 2, June 2008, p. 205.
156.
UNODC,
Afghanistan Opium Survey 2008
, Executive Summary, August 2008, p. 4.
157.
Carlotta Gall, “Taliban Open Up Northern Front in Afghanistan,”
The New York Times
, 27 November 2009, pp. A1, A12.
158.
GEN Stanley McChrystal,
COMISAF Initial Assessment
(“McChrystal Report”), Kabul, 20 August 2009, pp. 2–8.
159.
Gary Langer,
Public Opinion Trends in Afghanistan
, ABC News, 11 February 2009.
160.
Interview, Bagram AB, 12 October 2008.
161.
Interview, Bagram AB, 13 October 2008.
162.
Polling data from: Gary Langer,
Public Opinion Trends in Afghanistan
, ABC News, 11 February 2009.
163.
Gary Langer,
Public Opinion Trends in Afghanistan
, ABC News, 11 February 2009.
164.
Interview, Kabul, 3 November 2008.
165.
Asia Foundation Surveys in 2007–08 and ABC Surveys in 2005–09 show these results.
166.
Interview following talk at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, 26 March 2008.
167.
Interview, Bagram AB, 14 October 2008.
168.
Interview, Washington, 27 February 2009.
169.
Jonathan S. Landay and Hal Bernton, “While U.S. Debates Afghanistan Policy, Taliban Beefs Up,”
McClatchy Newspapers report
, 16 October 2009.
170.
Talk at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, 26 March 2008.
171.
Talk given at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), Washington, 25 February 2009.
172.
Ruth Rennie, Sudhindra Sharma, and Pawan Sen,
Afghanistan in 2009: A Survey of the Afghan People
. Washington: The Asia Foundation, 2009, pp. 29–32.
173.
Tom Coghlan, “Growing Afghan Kidnap Industry Mars Security Success in Kabul,”
The Times
(London), 22 June 2009.
174.
Hal Bernton and Hashim Shukoor, “Afghan Economy Stumbles Amid Election Uncertainty,”
McClatchy Newspapers report
, 16 October 2009; Helena Malikyar and Tanya Goudzouzian, “Business Flees Afghan Instability,”
Al Jazeera news report
, 18 November 2009.
175.
Talk given at JHU Asymmetric Warfare Symposium, Washington, 11 March 2008.
176.
“Musharraf Says Not All Taliban Terrorists,”
The Daily Times
(Pakistan), 13 August 2007.
177.
“Front Line Against the Taliban,”
The Economist
, 28 November 2009, pp. 22–9. p. 28.
178.
On messages to neighbors: “Taliban Seeks SCO Support in Resolving Afghan Crisis,”
Xinhua News Agency Report
, 15 October 2009.
179.
Greg Miller, “Questions About Al Qaeda’s Next Move,”
The Los Angeles Times
, 19 October 2009.
180.
Ruth Rennie, Sudhindra Sharma, and Pawan Sen,
Afghanistan in 2009: A Survey of the Afghan People
. Washington: The Asia Foundation, 2009, pp. 102–105.
181.
Briefing at the Association of the US Army annual meeting, Washington, 6 October 2009.
182.
Talk at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, 26 March 2008.
183.
Briefing at the Association of the US Army annual meeting, Washington, 6 October 2007.
184.
Kabul, 23 October 2008.
185.
On threats of terror attacks in Germany: Yassin Musharbash, Marcel Rosenbach, and Holger Stark, “New Video Message—Al Qaeda Threatens Terror Attacks in Germany After Elections,”
Der Spiegel Online
, 19 September 2009. On targeting Italians: Gian Marco Chiocci, “Italians Still Targeted. Now the 007s Expect a Repeat,”
Il Giornale.it
(Milan), September 22, 2009. Translated from Italian at World News Connection, NewsEdge Document Number: 200909221477.1_93f400b56b8996fc.
186.
Talk given at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, 26 March 2008.
187.
Bruce Riedel, “The Elections Are Coming. Is Al Qaeda?,”
The Washington Post
, 10 August 2008, p. B03.
188.
Briefing at the Association of the US Army annual meeting, Washington, 6 October 2007.
189.
Interview, Kabul, 21 October 2008. Syed Saleem Shahzad, “Rough Justice and Blooming Poppies,”
Asia Times Online
, 7 December 2006.
190.
Interview, Kabul, 19 October 2008.
191.
Antonio Giustozzi,
Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop, The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan
. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008, pp. 15–21, 46–69.
192.
GEN Stanley McChrystal,
COMISAF Initial Assessment
(“McChrystal Report”), Kabul, 20 August 2009, pp. 1–2.
193.
Interview, Kabul, 21 October 2008.
194.
Ibid.
195.
Jason Staziuso, “Bush Ignores Afghan School Violence,”
Seattle Times
, 30 January 2008.
196.
“Over 360,000 Affected by Reduced Health Service,”
IRIN
, 14 May 2008.
197.
Interview, Massoud Kharokhail, Tribal Liaison office, Kabul, 2 November 2008.
198.
Afghan National Development Plan 6 figures, July 2008, quoted in Anthony H. Cordesman,
The Afghan-Pakistan War: The Rising Threat: 2002
—
08
, Washington, 11 February 2009, CSIS, p. 61.
199.
Briefing at the Association of the US Army annual meeting, Washington, 6 October 2007.
200.
Interview following talk at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, 26 March 2008.
201.
Interview with Afghan source who had worked with UK forces, Kabul, 21 October 2008.
202.
Interviews, multiple locations in Afghanistan, October—November 2008.
203.
Briefing at the Association of the US Army annual meeting, Washington, 6 October 2007.
204.
Talk given at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), Washington, 27 October 2009.
205.
Brian Bender, “Few Militants Driven by Religion, Reports Say,”
The Boston Globe
, 9 October 2009.
206.
The Globe and Mail
(Canada) series, starting 21 March 2008, “Talking to the Taliban.”
207.
Graeme Smith, “Talking to the Taliban: A Poll from the Frontlines,”
Globe and Mail
, 22 March 2008.
208.
Interview, Kabul, 29 October 2008.
209.
Briefing at the Association of the US Army annual meeting, Washington, 6 October 2007.
210.
Tom Vandenbrook, “Afghan Roadside Bombs at Record Level,”
USA Today
, 26 January 2009, p. 1.