Warfare and Conflict
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- Federation of American Scientists: India Special Weapons
- A comprehensive guide to India's special weapons, including nuclear weapons, missiles and related facilities.
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- Asia Society Interview with Ahmed Rashid
- By Nermeen Shaikh. Discussion of the current situation in the area, including the role of Pakistan and the impact of the US war in Afghanistan.
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- All of a sudden, women are in the picture
- After seven years of rule, characterised by an almost complete indifference to the welfare of the vast majority of the population, the Taliban has suddenly discovered concern for civilian victims of US bombing raids. Daily Telegraph, UK. (November 01, 2001)
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- Silk Road mined and blocked by rebel tribesmen
- Criticisms from Pakistani officials of the continued bombardment of Afghanistan which is showing few results, and criticisms from the US of Pakistan's inability to mobilise defectors among the Taliban. Philip Smucker in Peshawar and Ahmed Rashid in Islamabad. Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 30, 2001)
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- Taliban executes rebel on mission for peace
- The execution of Abdul Haq close to the eastern city of Jalalabad. In Islamabad. Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 27, 2001)
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- A warm and charismatic man with little desire for power
- Eulogy for the murdered Abdul Haq, whom Ahmed Rashid knew for over 20 years. Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 27, 2001)
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- Pakistan intelligence services failing to weaken Taliban
- The strategies of Pakistan's Interservices Intelligence (ISI). Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 26, 2001)
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- Former king's loyalists try to stir rebellion
- Two prominent Afghan Pathan commanders have gone to southern Afghanistan to raise a rebellion against the Taliban. Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 25, 2001)
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- Alliance prisoners of war executed
- Five men, including two Northern Alliance commanders, were publicly hanged in Mazar-i-Sharif. Julius Strauss in Faizabad and Ahmed Rashid in Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 22, 2001)
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- Pakistan frustrated by lack of clear US lead
- Washington's unwillingness to provide arms and money to the anti-Taliban Pathan forces in southern Afghanistan who want to start an uprising. Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 20, 2001)
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- Taliban leaders send families to safety
- Those involved include Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil, the Taliban foreign minister. In Islamabad. Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 18, 2001)
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- Urgent need for new leaders in Kabul
- "US military might and strategy is being dwarfed by the much more urgent task for the Western alliance - to help form a new government in Kabul." Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 17, 2001)
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- Ground troops facing guerrilla war danger
- "Following last night's air strikes, two vast battlefields will emerge, one in the north and the other in the centre of the country, as the Taliban struggle to retain their hold on power." From Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 08, 2001)
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- Musharraf must decide which side he is on
- "For the past two years Gen Musharraf has walked a fine line; trying to stem the growing street power of Islamic fundamentalists who have been the bulwark of the army's long-term strategy to carry on guerrilla war in Kashmir and support for the Taliban." Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 05, 2001)
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- Militants from 20 nations ready to fight for Taliban
- "With widespread defections depleting the Taliban forces, Mullah Omar has become increasingly dependent on these foreign fighters. In turn, they know they have nowhere to go, because if they return to their own countries they will be executed." From Islamabad. Daily Telegraph, UK. (October 04, 2001)
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- CIA tries to recruit native speakers by email
- "One reason why the American military attack on bin Laden is being delayed is because the US army does not have a single person in its ranks who speaks Pashto, the language of the Taliban." From Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. (September 29, 2001)
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- Pakistanis fail to win handover of bin Laden
- "Although the hard core of the Taliban army is still holding together and has successfully fought off a week-long offensive by the anti-Taliban United Front, the Taliban administration is imploding in many parts of the country and senior officials are defecting to Pakistan." From Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. (September 29, 2001)
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- Islamabad lays down law on post-Taliban regime
- "Pakistan's Interservices Intelligence (ISI), which until two weeks ago was backing the Taliban, is now rapidly trying to put together a new alliance from among Taliban defectors, other Pathan radicals and intellectuals, which would still include few members of Afghanistan's minority ethnic groups." In Lahore.Daily Telegraph, UK. (September 28, 2001)
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- Britain may be swamped with cheap heroin
- "The world faces a new flood of Afghan heroin at throwaway prices as local drug dealers and the Taliban rapidly dispose of their stocks because of the threat of war and the need to raise money. Prices of opium, the raw material for heroin, have fallen by 80 per cent in the past three weeks." From Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. (September 26, 2001)
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- Talk to outsiders and you'll die, say Taliban
- "The international community has virtually isolated the Taliban regime: Saudi Arabia cut off diplomatic relations with Kabul yesterday. However, the Taliban are also trying to isolate themselves, so that US forces do not gain defence intelligence." From Lahore. Daily Telegraph, UK. (September 26, 2001)