List of Taliban leaders - List of Taliban leaders See also: List of alleged Al-Qaida members Leaders, Ministers and Deputy Ministers (italicized and bold name indicates captured or killed by U.S.-coalition forces) Name Position Situation Mullah Mohammed Omar Emir of Afghanistan; Head of the Taliban Movement At large Mullah Mohammad Rabbani Chairman of the Ruling Council; Head of the Council of Ministers Died in Pakistan of liver cancer, April 2001 Mullah Mohammad Hasan First Deputy Council of Ministers At large; spoke to Reuters by satellite telephone from an undisclosed location on May 4, 2003 [1] Mawlawi Abdul Kabir Second Deputy Council of Ministers ? Abdul Wakil Motawakil Minister of Foreign affairs ? Abdul Rahman Zahed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Allegedly created an impression that he entered Pakistan after the U.S..
List of leaders of Afghanistan - List of leaders of Afghanistan Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Monarchs 2 President 3 Chairman of the Military Council 4 President of the Revolutionary Council 5 General secretaries of the People's Democratic (Communist) Party 6 President 7 Taliban Heads of State 7.1 Head of the Taliban Supreme Council 8 President Monarchs Abdur Rahman Khan (July 22, 1880 - October 3, 1901) Habibullah Khan (October 3, 1901 - February 20, 1919) Nasrullah Khan (February 21, 1919 - February 28, 1919) Amanullah Khan (February 28, 1919 - June 9, 1926) Amanullah Shah (June 9, 1926 - January 14, 1929) Inayatullah Shah (January 14, 1929 - January 17, 1929) Habibullah Ghazi (January 17, 1929 - October 13, 1929) Mohammad Nadir Shah (October 17, 1929 - November 8, 1933) Mohammed.
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Islamism - the most prominent of several competing trends in modern Islamic philosophy. Some militant Islamist forces have been implicated in terrorism and have become targets in the War on Terrorism. It also sometimes called Islamofascism, see List of pejorative political slogans) Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History of Islamism 1.1 The Deobandi Movement 1.2 Sayed Abul ala Mawdudi 1.3 The Muslim Brotherhood 1.4 Islamic Jihad movements 1.5 Wahhabism 2 Modern Islamism 3 Islamist movements 4 External Links 5 Further reading History of Islamism Islamist movements developed during the twentieth century in reaction to several forces. Following World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, and the subsequent dissolution of the Caliphate by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (founder of Turkey), some Muslims perceived their religion as in retreat, and felt that Western.
Islam as a political movement - all. Many debates and conflicts have led to the perception of a singular Islamic movement, Islamist movement, or Islamism, and these are dealt with here. The most appropriate neutral way to interpret the term Islamism is as representing a debate on how Islam applies in the modern world as a political philosophy, and not as representing any one particular program. Islam is inherently political There is no separation of church and state responsibilities in any branch of Islam - many civic responsibilities are an inherent part of the religion. Essential elements such as the definition of umma, ijma, zakat, khalifa and Islamic economics are basic to Islam as a political movement. It is a basic principle of Islam that the problems faced by Muslim societies can be solved only by adhering.
December 2002 - of the Warzirstan Scouts of Pakistan, in a remote tribal area along the undefined Afghan/Pakistani border, in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. One US soldier is wounded by gunfire, and several Pakistani soldiers are killed when US air support arrives. The border in this region is poorly demarcated. [1]. Three missiles from US helicopter gunships strike a madrassa owned by former Taliban official Maulana Muhammad Hassan, according to the ANI news agency. The first trial of a member of the Russian military for human rights violations in Chechnya concludes controversially, with Col. Yuri Budanov found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a psychiatric hospital for further evaluation and treatment. Budanov was charged with murder and abduction after being accused of raping and strangling Heda Kungayeva, an 18 year old Chechen.
December 2003 - is too early to draw any connections between these bombs and the letter bomb sent two days ago to the Bologna home of Romano Prodi, the head of the European Commission. [1] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announces a ban on the sale of dietary supplement ephedra, citing "an unreasonable risk of illness or injury" from the use of the drug. [1] U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself and his office from the CIA leak scandal, in which the identity of Valerie Plame, a CIA operative, was leaked by Washington insiders. Democratic political leaders had been calling for Ashcroft's recusal. [1] The man who was convicted of breaking into mainland China cable television networks and broadcasting footage of the banned Falun Gong reportedly dies in prison. Falun Gong and.
1998 - incompetent to stand trial. July 25 - The United States Navy commissions the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and puts her into service. July 28 - Monica Lewinsky scandal: Ex-White House intern, Monica Lewinsky receives transactional immunity in exchange for her grand jury testimony concerning her relationship with US President Bill Clinton. August 5 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq officially suspends all cooperation with UNSCOM teams. August 7 - 1998 U.S. embassy bombings: Bombing of the United States embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya kills 224 people and injures over 4,500. August 17 - Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation.
2000s - contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 The Decade as a Whole 2 Events and Trends 3 People 3.1 World Leaders 3.2 Entertainers 3.3 Sports figures 4 Arts and Entertainment 4.4 Music The Decade as a Whole In the context of Wikipedia, the standard name for the decade 2000 to 2009 is the "2000s". Use of the term elsewhere may result in confusion. Even within Wikipedia, the wording "2000s decade" is much clearer than "2000s". In keeping with naming decades (cf. 1990s "the Nineties", 1980s "the Eighties", etc.), the decade of the 2000s lacks an accepted name. A widely accepted term most likely won't come about until the decade has ended, but a few possibilities are: "the 0-0s", usually pronounced as "the oh-ohs". This pronunciation sounds like "uh oh", an expression of dismay; this similarity.
Afghanistan timeline February 15-28, 2003 - about 3,000 trained troops. Canada announced that it would be unable to make any substantial deployment of ground troops to Iraq because of its commitment to peacekeeping in Afghanistan. Two Afghan children injured by mines near the air base that serves as U.S. military headquarters in Bagram, Afghanistan. Both children had limbs amputated. Afghan forces found a giant cache of weapons including mortars, missiles and anti-tank land mines in an abandoned compound in the Nangarhar region. February 25, 2003 Habibullah Jan, a district administrator in Nimroz province in Dilaram, 135 miles northwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan, was assassinated. Jan's body guard was wounded in the attack. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), about 3,400 tons of opium were produced in Afghanistan in 2002, making it the largest.
Afghanistan timeline January 1-16, 2002 - senior member of the House International Relations Committee, who said to an audience in Tokyo that the United States should not take the lead in rebuilding Afghanistan. John Walker Lindh was charged with conspiracy to kill U.S nationals overseas and with supporting al-Qaeda. The U.N. Security Council adopted sanctions against Osama bin Laden, Taliban and al-Qaida members, requiring all nations to impose arms embargoes and freeze their finances. Afghanistan banned the cultivation of opium poppy and trafficking in opium and all its derivatives, including heroin. Kabul's airport reopened for military and humanitarian aircraft with a symbolic test flight of Afghanistan's only working commercial airliner, a Boeing 727 belonging to the national carrier, Ariana Afghan Airlines. January 15, 2002 The U.S. military stopped bombing suspected terrorist hideouts in the Zhawar area in.
Afghanistan timeline November 2002 - will develop a billing system for the GSM mobile network set up in June by the Afghan Wireless Communications Company, a joint venture between Telephone Systems International and the Afghan Ministry of Communications. The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to extend the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for a year beyond December 20 with Germany and the Netherlands taking over its command for six months. To date, the force was 4,800 strong and operated only in Kabul. Separate from ISAF, about 9,000 U.S. troops were in Afghanistan to date as part of a U.S-led international coalition involved in hunting for al-Qaida and Taliban fighters. While riding in a convoy about 4 miles (kilometers) east of Gardez, Afghanistan, a sniper shot and wounded a U.S Special Forces soldier in the.
Afghanistan timeline August 2003 - wounded in a clash with rebel fighters in Paktia Province, Afghanistan. Four enemy fighters also were killed in the 90-minute firefight. In Zabul province, Afghanistan, U.S warplanes and helicopters continued tobomb suspected Taliban hideouts in the mountains of the Dai Chopan region. A large group of suspected Taliban fighters raided an Afghan government checkpoint along a highway to Kabul, killing four policemen and taking two captive. In the Shajoi region of Zabul province, Afghanistan, a police checkpoint near a camp for Indian and Afghan highway workers were attacked by armed men on motorcycles. Six of the sleeping guards were killed, several others were kidnapped and two vehicles were incinerated by rockets and gunfire. In Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Afghan soldiers and three supsected Taliban fighters died in a clash. In Kabul, Afghanistan,.
Afghanistan timeline November 2003 - Karzai met John Abizaid, the head of the U.S. Central Command, in Kabul. Their agenda included the prevention of militants infiltrating from Pakistan. Hassan Onal, Turkish road engineer kidnapped by the Taliban on October 28, was released to tribal elders in Zabul province, Afghanistan. A Taliban spokesman claimed Onal had been freed because the Afghan government had released two militants. Afghan President Hamid Karzai laid claims that fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar had been seen the previous day offering prayers in Quetta, Pakistan. Pakistan quickly rejected the claim. U.S. Central Command chief John Abizaid visited U.S troops in eastern Afghanistan. November 28, 2003 NATO agreed to take command of PRTss in five Afghan towns that were currently protected by Operation Enduring Freedom. However, NATO added that the change of command.
August 2003 - officials are discussing the possibility of forming a large Iraqi militia or paramilitary force to help improve security in the country. [1] Terrorist: Terrorism group Jemaah Islamiyah has schemes, revealed in a 40-page manifesto (the Pupji book or General Guide to the Struggle of Jemaah Islamiyah), for a suicide bombing campaign designed to change Asia and the Pacific region into Islamic provinces. Jemaah Islamiyah is also shown to be a well-formed organization with a constitution, rules of operation, and leadership structure. [1] Afghanistan: Soldiers are killed in a remote region (near the town of Shkin) near the Pakistani border. Taliban reinforcements moved into mountainous region in southern Afghanistan where U.S. and Afghan forces have been attacking hideouts in a battle over the past week. [1] August 30, 2003 Software patents: After.
Background history of the September 11, 2001 attacks - opposition (secretly at first), then the Soviet Union invades and gets involved in a long, fruitless war. Osama bin Laden joins the fight through the Saudi Arabian government. 1983: United States troops go to Lebanon as part of a United Nations peace-keeping force. The U.S. withdraws after its Marine barracks and Beirut Embassy are bombed by Iranian-backed Shiite terrorists, killing more than 250 Americans. 1980-1988: United States backs Iraq in the long and bloody Iran-Iraq War. The U.S. also blocks UN Security Council resolutions condemning the Iraqi invasion and removes Iraq from its list of nations sponsoring terrorism together with allowing transfer of U.S. arms to Iraq and re-establishing diplomatic relations. 1987-1988: U.S. sends its navy to the Persian Gulf to protect oil tankers and show support for Iraq. On March.
Timeline of U.S. attack on Afghanistan in October 2001 - Persian Gulf military bases. Saturday, October 6, 2001 President George W. Bush tells Congressional leaders about the upcoming attack. Sunday, October 7, 2001 Osama bin Laden releases a videotaped statement before the attacks begin. 9:30 a.m. EDT (approx): The leader of the Northern Alliance says he believes the U.S.-led attack will begin "very soon". 11:30 a.m. EDT (approx): Israel is informed about the upcoming attack. 12:30 p.m. EDT (9 PM local time): the United States, supported by Britain, begins its attack on Afghanistan, launching bombs and cruise missiles against Taliban military and communications facilities and suspected terrorist training camps. Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers stated later that 15 long-range bombers, 15 aircraft-carrier-based strike aircraft, and approximately 50 Tomahawk missiles from US and British submarines were involved. A.
Timeline of Afghan history - List of Taliban leaders History of Afghanistan Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Operation Enduring Freedom International Security Assistance Force.
September 11, 2001 attacks timeline for September - Later this is recanted, and blamed on administration staffers misunderstanding the security information they received. 5:00 PM, Attorney General John Ashcroft announces that some of the hijackers were pilots trained in the U.S. 7:00 PM, Candlelight vigils are held in Washington Square, Union Square, Central Park, and various other locations in New York City. Late evening, Chicago Tribune reports that an anti-Arab rally was held by a crowd of a few hundred people near Bridgeview mosque in Chicago. Three were arrested by the over 100 policemen there, two for disorderly conduct and one for reckless driving. Thursday, September 13 Before 1:00 AM, German police raid an apartment in Hamburg, apparently at the behest of the FBI, believed to have been used by suspect passengers on the airline flight list. It is.
September 2003 - rights and the Middle East peace process. [1] Nuclear power: Iran insists on assurances it can develop uranium enrichment technology for its civil nuclear power program. Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharrazi, states he wants "assurances that the problem is going to be solved" before signing an additional protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency. [1] International relations: Former US Secretary of State, Madeline Albright (commenting on European Union relations to the United States), says that current transatlantic relations are in a dangerous "vicious circle". She states that the European Union is not a counterweight to American power in the world. She also states that there is an American "catch-22", and that America is criticized no matter which foreign policy it adopts. [1] Euro: British Prime Minister Tony Blair has not ruled out.
