October 28, 2001

14th-century Muslim sage has much to teach us By Daniel Johnson

Battlefield of guns and prayers By Anthony Loyd

Osama Bin Laden and Salafi Islam Michael Fredholm

Anatomy of a 'terrorist' NGO By Pepe Escobar

 
 
 


Afghan opposition leader buried
Sunday, 28 October, 2001, 16:17 GMT BBC News
Abdul Haq, the Afghan opposition leader who was captured and executed by the Taleban regime on Friday, has been buried in Afghanistan.

Taliban bury executed commander in Afghanistan: AIP
Sunday October 28, 1:41 PM
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (AFP) - The body of Abdul Haq, the exiled Afghan leader executed by the Taliban as an American spy, has been buried in Afghanistan, the Afghan Islamic Press reported Sunday

Hundreds Pay Respect to Former Mujahideen Commander
By David Fox
Sunday October 28 9:05 AM ET
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of exiled Afghans paid their respects Sunday to the family of Abdul Haq, a former Mujahideen commander executed by the Taliban last week

Afghan Opposition Unfazed by Haq Death
October 27, 2001 4:27 PM EDT
JABAL SARAJ, Afghanistan (AP) -- The brother of an opposition figure who was captured and hanged by the Taliban said Saturday that Abdul Haq's death would not dampen the resolve of forces

Afghan group says surrounds Taliban in key town
By Parisa Hafezi
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Forces loyal to Afghan warlord Ismail Khan said on Sunday they had surrounded the Taliban-held northwestern town of Qala Nau, on a key supply route for the Kabul

Anti-Taliban force seeks to improve U.S. attacks
By Mike Collett-White
JABAL-US-SARAJ, Afghanistan, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's opposition Northern Alliance said on Sunday they were trying to improve coordination with U.S. forces to ensure

Afghan warlord claims successes against Taliban
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Afghan warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum said on Saturday he had scored battlefield successes in three days of fighting against the ruling Taliban near

Second Aid Package for Pakistan
Saturday, October 27, 2001 5:40 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration plans to announce hundreds of millions of dollars in additional aid to Pakistan, helping a crucial ally in the U.S.-led military strikes on Afghanistan.

Five British Muslims killed in Kabul - paper
LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Five British Muslims who travelled to Afghanistan to join forces with the Taliban have been killed in a U.S. rocket attack on Kabul, Britain's Observer newspaper

US bomb kills 10 in Kabul
BBC News
US bombs hit three houses on the outskirts of Kabul on Sunday, killing at least 10 civilians and virtually wiping out an entire family, witnesses said. The error came a day after US attacks near

Slain Rebel's Brief but Disastrous Foray
Pakistani Intelligence Blames Death on CIA; Friends Cite Frustration With U.S.
By Molly Moore and Kamran Khan - Washington Post - October 28, 2001
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct. 27 -- A day after Afghan opposition leader Abdul Haq was executed by the Taliban militia, the mystery surrounding his death deepened today as Pakistani intelligence

Another Taliban Foe's Fate in Doubt
By JANE PERLEZ - NYT / October 28, 2001
QUETTA, Pakistan, Oct. 27 - After the execution of a prominent rebel commander in Afghanistan on Friday, anxiety increased today about the safety of another potential post-Taliban leader

U.S. believes Pakistan government stable
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The United States is working closely with Pakistan in its war against terrorism and believes the government of President Pervez Musharraf remains

Mohammad Zahir may visit Pakistan next week
 Islamabad, Oct 28, IRNA -- Mohammad Zahir, former Afghan king may arrive in Pakistan in the first week of November to offset the impact of commander Abdul Haq's execution that has almost

Bin Laden's Holy Warriors Are Slipping Away From Afghanistan;
People Smugglers In Pakistan Provide False Documents, Routes to Europe, US
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- In the past two months between 150 and 200 Arab "holy warriors," who form the nucleus of Osama bin Laden's elite following, have slipped

The Roots of an Afghan Nation
By THOMAS W. SIMONS JR. - NYT / October 24, 2001
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- We are now heavily engaged in discussions on post-Taliban political structures in Afghanistan. Afghans must be the main players, but outsiders also have major roles

Afghan opposition leader says Taliban desperate
By David Fox
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The leader of a pro-royal Afghan opposition group said on Saturday the execution of veteran resistance fighter Abdul Haq was a setback for those battling the Taliban

ANALYSIS-Too early for Afghan opposition to show their hand
By David Fox
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Abdul Haq had urged the Americans not to bomb Afghanistan. It would harden Afghan, resolve, unite opponents behind the hardline Taliban

Pope asks for innocent Afghans to be spared
VATICAN CITY, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Pope John Paul called on Sunday for innocent people to be spared in Afghanistan and said the international community should send aid swiftly to help Afghan refugees.

Commander Mohammadin's mujahedin prepare for battle with Taliban
Sunday October 28, 9:16 AM
 KURUGH, Afghanistan, Oct 28 (AFP) - A violent, icy wind whips across the sandy surface of the immense barren hills that stretch as far as the eye can see.

Minister urges Khatami to get tougher with U.S.
Sunday October 28, 10:47 AM
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's restrained line towards the U.S. attacks on Afghanistan came under fire on Saturday from his own defence minister as being

Waging a Deadly Stalemate on Afghanistan's Front Line
By DAVID ROHDE
The New York Times October 28, 2001
ARKAZE FERQE CHIL, Afghanistan, Oct. 27 — Peering across a 300-yard wide wasteland of armored personnel carriers, dangling electrical wires and anti-personnel mines

Holy warriors swarm at Afghan border ready to fight
Sunday October 28, 8:31 PM
LAGHARAY, Pakistan (Reuters) - Thousands of armed men prepared to cross into Afghanistan from Pakistan on Sunday to join the Taliban in a holy war against the United States and its allies.

'You want to go with me to Kabul? But you're a girl'
Recalling a friend Abdul Haq, the Afghan commander who loved pink ice cream
By Christina Lamb
Telegraph (Filed: 28/10/2001)
IN the late 1980s when journalists in Peshawar were falling over each other to get onto a "Resistance Tour" inside Afghanistan organised by one of the mujahideen parties

Anatomy of a 'terrorist' NGO
THE ROVING EYE
By Pepe Escobar
Asia Times / October 26, 2001
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani-based Al-Rashid Trust is one of the key organizations included in America's black book of terrorist groups. American intelligence - for many a cynic

OSAMA BIN LADEN AND SALAFI ISLAM: MORE THAN A MERE TERRORIST THREAT
Michael Fredholm
The Analyst
Wednesday/October 24, 2001
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have both declared their support for the United States against Osama bin Laden and Afghanistan-based Islamic terrorism. Yet, were the Saudi and Pakistani governments

Battlefield of guns and prayers
BY ANTHONY LOYD
TIMES-UK / SATURDAY OCTOBER 27 2001
THE three Taleban fighters were a vision of perfect battlefield composure as behind them the peak of the Tutakhan mountain erupted in smoke and flame. Attacking American jets circled in the sky

14th-century Muslim sage has much to teach us
By Daniel Johnson
The Daily Telegraph / Friday 26 Oct 2001
IS this, in the words of Francis Fukuyama, the end of history? Or the end of the end of history? Is it, as Samuel Huntington would say, a clash of civilisations? Or a war for civilisation against barbarism?