Afghanistan War Encyclopedia

Paul J. Springer, PhD, is a professor of comparative military studies and chair of the department of research at Air Command and Staff College, USA, and a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute.Ryan Wadle, PhD, is Associate Professor of Comparative Military Studies at the Air Command and Staff College's eSchool of Graduate Professional Military Education at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, USA.

• PrefaceThe Afghanistan War: An OverviewChronology of the Afghanistan WarAbdullah, AbdullahAfghan National ArmyAfghan Civil WarAfghanistan, Border DisputesAfghanistan, Climate and Geography ofAfghanistan, Ethnic Groups inAfghanistan, Nationalism withinAfghanistan-Pakistan Border Raids (2002-)Afghanistan, Withdrawal fromAirborne Units and TacticsAkhundzada, Mawlawi Hibatullah Al QaedaAtef, MuhammadBagram Air BaseBales, RobertBarno, David WilliamBergdahl, Bowe, Release ofBerntsen, GaryBhutto, BenazirBiden, Joseph Bin Laden, OsamaBlair, TonyBonn AgreementBuddhas of BamiyanBush, George W.Bush DoctrineCampbell, John FrancisCasualties, CivilianCasualties, Operation Enduring FreedomCentral Intelligence Agency (CIA)Central Intelligence Agency in AfghanistanClinton, BillCoalition, Forces and TacticsCoalition Force Land Component Command–AfghanistanCold WarCombined Forces Command, AfghanistanCombined Joint Task Force 180Combined Security Transition Command–AfghanistanCommunications in Military OperationsCone, RobertCruise Missile Strikes on Afghanistan and SudanDadullah, MullahDeobandi SchoolDobbins, JamesDoha AccordsDostum, Abd al-RashidDrone StrikesDurand Line Eikenberry, Karl W. Embassy BombingsExtortion 17 ShootdownFallon, William JosephFOB Chapman AttackFranks, TommyFriendly FireFrontier CorpsGates, Robert MichaelGhani, Mohammad AshrafGreen on Blue IncidentsGuantanamo Bay Detention Facility Gul, HamidHagenbeck, Franklin L.Haq, AbdulHaqqani, JalaluddinHaqqani NetworkHekmatyar, Gulbuddin al-Hurra Helmand ValleyHolbrooke, Richard Charles AlbertHostages and KidnappingHumanitarian Aid Operations Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)India, Relations with AfghanistanIndian Embassy Bombing in KabulInter Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate of PakistanInternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Iran (Persia), Relations with AfghanistanIraq WarIslamic Movement of Afghanistan (Harakat-i Islami-yi Afghanistan)Islamic Party (Hezb-e Islami)Islamic Revolutionary Movement (Harakati Inqilabi Islami)Islamic Society (Jamiat-e Islami, JIA)Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, DAESH)Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami Afghanistan)JihadKabulKabulov, ZamirKamdesh, Battle ofKamiya, Jason K.Karzai, HamidKazemi, Syed MustafaKhalilzad, Zalmay MamozyKhalis, Mohammad YunusKhan, Jan MohammedKhan, Mohammed IsmailKhyber PassLandminesLashkar-e Jhangvi (LeJ)Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT)Lindh, John Phillip WalkerLoya JirgaMadrasahsMansour, Mullah Akhtar MohammadMarja, Battle ofMassoud, Ahmed ShahMazar-e Sharif, Battle ofMcChrystal, Stanley A.McKiernan, David DeglanMcNeill, Dan K.Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected VehiclesMohaqeq, MohammedMohammed, Khalid SheikhMojadeddi, SibghatullahMonti, Jared ChristopherMuhsini, Ayatollah AsefMujahideenMulholland, JohnMullen, Michael GlennMurphy, Michael PatrickMusharraf, PervezNadiri, Sayyid MansurNarcoterrorismNation Building and Economic Development in AfghanistanNational Front of Afghanistan (Jabhe Melli)National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (Mahaz-I Milli Islami)National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Jumbish-i Milli Islami Afghanistan)National Liberation Front (Jabha-i Najat-i Milli) Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging Global Positioning SystemNawaz Sharif, MuhammadNongovernmental Organizations and Private Volunteer OrganizationsNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)Northern AllianceNur, Muhammad AttaObaidullah, AkhundObama, BarackOffice of Military Cooperation AfghanistanOmar, Mullah MohammedOperation AchillesOperation AnacondaOperation AvalancheOperation Enduring Freedom, Initial Ground CampaignOperation Enduring Freedom, Planning forOperation Enduring Freedom, U.S. Air CampaignOperation Freedom's SentinelOperation JacanaOperation MedusaOperation Mountain ThrustOperations Red Wings I, II, and WhalersOperation Resolute SupportOpium Poppy ProductionPakistan, Relations with AfghanistanPanetta, Leon EdwardPashtunizationPearl, DanielPetraeus, DavidPost-Traumatic Stress DisorderPowell, Colin LutherPrecision-Guided WeaponsProvincial Reconstruction TeamsPsychological Operations in AfghanistanQala-i-Jangi, Battle ofRabbani, BurhannudinRabbani, Mullah MohammedRichards, Sir DavidRumsfeld, DonaldRussia (Soviet Union), Relations with AfghanistanSaur RevolutionSayyaf, Abdurab RasulSchroen, Gary C.Security Firms and Defense ContractorsSeptember 11, 2001 Attacks and AftermathShah, Mullah AhmedSoviet Invasion and Occupation of AfghanistanSpecial Operations ForcesStatus of Forces Agreement, U.S.-AfghanistanSunni IslamTakur Ghar, Battle ofTalibanTaliban, Forces and TacticsTaliban InsurgencyTanai, ShahnawazTask Force DaggerTask Force PhoenixTerrorismTillman, Patrick DanielTora Bora, Battle ofTransport and LogisticsTroop Surge, U.S.Trump, DonaldUnited Kingdom Forces in AfghanistanUnited Kingdom (Great Britain), Relations with AfghanistanUnited NationsUnited Nations Assistance Mission in AfghanistanUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationUnited States, Forces and TacticsUnited States, Relations with AfghanistanUnited States Agency for International Development, AfghanistanUnited States Air ForceUnited States ArmyUnited States Central CommandUnited States Marine CorpsUnited States NavyUnited States Special Operations CommandUnmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)WahhabismWanat, Battle ofWar CorrespondentsWardak, Abdul RahimWarlordsWomen, Role in CombatZahir Shah, MohammedZardari, Asif AliZawahiri, Ayman al-BibliographyAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex