Preface The Afghanistan War: An Overview Chronology of the Afghanistan War Abdullah, Abdullah Afghan National Army Afghan Civil War Afghanistan, Border Disputes Afghanistan, Climate and Geography of Afghanistan, Ethnic Groups in Afghanistan, Nationalism within Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Raids (2002-) Afghanistan, Withdrawal from Airborne Units and Tactics Akhundzada, Mawlawi Hibatullah Al Qaeda Atef, Muhammad Bagram Air Base Bales, Robert Barno, David William Bergdahl, Bowe, Release of Berntsen, Gary Bhutto, Benazir Biden, Joseph Bin Laden, Osama Blair, Tony Bonn Agreement Buddhas of Bamiyan Bush, George W. Bush Doctrine Campbell, John Francis Casualties, Civilian Casualties, Operation Enduring Freedom Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan Clinton, Bill Coalition, Forces and Tactics Coalition Force Land Component Command-Afghanistan Cold War Combined Forces Command, Afghanistan Combined Joint Task Force 180 Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan Communications in Military Operations Cone, Robert Cruise Missile Strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan Dadullah, Mullah Deobandi School Dobbins, James Doha Accords Dostum, Abd al-Rashid Drone Strikes Durand Line Eikenberry, Karl W. Embassy Bombings Extortion 17 Shootdown Fallon, William Joseph FOB Chapman Attack Franks, Tommy Friendly Fire Frontier Corps Gates, Robert Michael Ghani, Mohammad Ashraf Green on Blue Incidents Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Gul, Hamid Hagenbeck, Franklin L. Haq, Abdul Haqqani, Jalaluddin Haqqani Network Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin al-Hurra Helmand Valley Holbrooke, Richard Charles Albert Hostages and Kidnapping Humanitarian Aid Operations Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) India, Relations with Afghanistan Indian Embassy Bombing in Kabul Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Directorate of Pakistan International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Iran (Persia), Relations with Afghanistan Iraq War Islamic 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) Jihad Kabul Kabulov, Zamir Kamdesh, Battle of Kamiya, Jason K. Karzai, Hamid Kazemi, Syed Mustafa Khalilzad, Zalmay Mamozy Khalis, Mohammad Yunus Khan, Jan Mohammed Khan, Mohammed Ismail Khyber Pass Landmines Lashkar-e Jhangvi (LeJ) Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT) Lindh, John Phillip Walker Loya Jirga Madrasahs Mansour, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Marja, Battle of Massoud, Ahmed Shah Mazar-e Sharif, Battle of McChrystal, Stanley A. McKiernan, David Deglan McNeill, Dan K. Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected Vehicles Mohaqeq, Mohammed Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh Mojadeddi, Sibghatullah Monti, Jared Christopher Muhsini, Ayatollah Asef Mujahideen Mulholland, John Mullen, Michael Glenn Murphy, Michael Patrick Musharraf, Pervez Nadiri, Sayyid Mansur Narcoterrorism Nation Building and Economic Development in Afghanistan National 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 System Nawaz Sharif, Muhammad Nongovernmental Organizations and Private Volunteer Organizations North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Northern Alliance Nur, Muhammad Atta Obaidullah, Akhund Obama, Barack Office of Military Cooperation Afghanistan Omar, Mullah Mohammed Operation Achilles Operation Anaconda Operation Avalanche Operation Enduring Freedom, Initial Ground Campaign Operation Enduring Freedom, Planning for Operation Enduring Freedom, U.S.
Air Campaign Operation Freedom''s Sentinel Operation Jacana Operation Medusa Operation Mountain Thrust Operations Red Wings I, II, and Whalers Operation Resolute Support Opium Poppy Production Pakistan, Relations with Afghanistan Panetta, Leon Edward Pashtunization Pearl, Daniel Petraeus, David Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Powell, Colin Luther Precision-Guided Weapons Provincial Reconstruction Teams Psychological Operations in Afghanistan Qala-i-Jangi, Battle of Rabbani, Burhannudin Rabbani, Mullah Mohammed Richards, Sir David Rumsfeld, Donald Russia (Soviet Union), Relations with Afghanistan Saur Revolution Sayyaf, Abdurab Rasul Schroen, Gary C. Security Firms and Defense Contractors September 11, 2001 Attacks and Aftermath Shah, Mullah Ahmed Soviet Invasion and Occupation of Afghanistan Special Operations Forces Status of Forces Agreement, U.S.-Afghanistan Sunni Islam Takur Ghar, Battle of Taliban Taliban, Forces and Tactics Taliban Insurgency Tanai, Shahnawaz Task Force Dagger Task Force Phoenix Terrorism Tillman, Patrick Daniel Tora Bora, Battle of Transport and Logistics Troop Surge, U.S. Trump, Donald United Kingdom Forces in Afghanistan United Kingdom (Great Britain), Relations with Afghanistan United Nations United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization United States, Forces and Tactics United States, Relations with Afghanistan United States Agency for International Development, Afghanistan United States Air Force United States Army United States Central Command United States Marine Corps United States Navy United States Special Operations Command Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Wahhabism Wanat, Battle of War Correspondents Wardak, Abdul Rahim Warlords Women, Role in Combat Zahir Shah, Mohammed Zardari, Asif Ali Zawahiri, Ayman al- Bibliography About the Editors and Contributors Index.