Afghanistan

Where is Osama bin Laden? So, Where is Osama bin Laden.  Based on the majority of articles, reports, and investigations it appears that Osama bin Laden is in either Afghanistan or Pakistan near the border tribal areas where there is no Pakistan or Afghanistan forces.  Where U.S. troops cannot infiltrate because of the resistance from...
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Obama’s Quagmire: Pakistan and Afghanistan, A warning of Haste and History. Understanding The Past and the People in the Pakistan and Afghanistan Quagmire and How America got There President Obama did not start this war. George Bush did not start this war either. Radical Islam created this quagmire that President Obama must navigate through and somehow...
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Pashtunwali, The way of the Pashtuns Inside the remote areas of the Hindu Kush mountain range that borders Afghanistan and Pakistan an entire group of people have carved out a way of life that is as unique as their customs. The border serves as an imaginary line designed to separate the Pashtun peoples. In their...
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The connection between the resurgence of the Taliban and the continuing escalation of poppy cultivation is much more than mere coincidence. The Taliban has always been deeply connected to, and in all reality has controlled, the amounts of opium available in the world black markets. The explosion in poppy cultivation is occurring in Taliban...
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Mullah Mohammed Omar: Taliban of Afghanistan Leader  “I am considering two promises. One is the promise of God, the other is that of Bush. The promise of God is that my land is vast. If you start a journey on God’s path, you can reside anywhere on this earth and will be protected… The promise...
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“Soon we will launch an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world,” Baitullah Mehsud UPDATE: Baitullah Mehsud Killed. On the night of August 5, 2009, while he was staying with his second wife at his father-in-law’s house, a U.S. drone attacked the premises killing Mehsud Who Is Baitullah Mehsud? Baitullah Mehsud does not have...
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THE TALIBAN Back Ground Information The Taliban are a Sunni fundamentalist group that was created in large part from fighters from the Afghan – Soviet war and propagated by religion scholars. Formed in 1994, the Taliban began with only a few followers, mostly religious students who fought with the Mujahideen in the war against the Soviets...
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Afghanistan has become a major focal point in the war on terror.  Since the defeat of the Soviet Forces in 1989 young Muslims seeking to learn the ways of fundamentalist teachings and to receive training from camps set up for militants have arrived at this destination from around the globe. Afghanistan: Facts and History  INTRODUCTION Afghanistan...
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