单词 | mujahideen |
例句 | The mujahideen will find you wherever you go on the surface of the earth. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After marrying a former mujahideen fighter, her safety was compromised and she was forced to leave Afghanistan. Deborah Rodriguez: 'Kabul Beauty School' author turns to Mazatlan 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Eventually, the mujahideen fighters settled in the area permanently. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z He explained that when he went to Afghanistan he "saw the war between the Taliban and the Northern Alliance as a continuation of the war between the mujahideen and the Soviets". America's 'detainee 001' ? the persecution of John Walker Lindh 2011-07-10T16:08:00Z After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, when refugees flooded into Pakistan, covert US and Saudi aid to the Afghan mujahideen was channelled through Zia's regime. Nadeem Aslam: a life in writing 2013-01-26T10:00:03Z So where on earth did he get the impression that the mujahideen would listen to, let alone be inspired by, American pop songs? Blood and Gifts: it's Afghanistan, Jim, but not as we know it 2010-09-20T11:04:00Z The 17-year-old kids, who are the heroes of our documentary, fire back at the attacking mujahideen, in the grip of a kind of hyper-bravado. Promise land 2011-01-28T08:52:01Z Philip and Elizabeth are attracted to Kimberly because her father heads an elite CIA group that helps mujahideen rebels fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. 'The Americans' recap: Teen party girl could be a KGB asset 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z There, he should join the mujahideen, cross over into Iraq, and surrender to the nearest American base. Tere Bin Laden: satire with a sting 2010-07-22T15:25:00Z A verdict which turned out to be almost as much of a hostage to future events as the final shot of Rambo III, set in Afghanistan, which dedicates the movie “to the brave mujahideen fighters”. Taylor Swift v Katy Perry: when even an actual olive branch can't end the froideur 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z When the Russians left, they finally went home, optimistic because the mujahideen freedom fighters were in control: “This was a moment of complete hope.” What does Afghanistan need? Some major rebranding, says its 32-year-old ambassador. 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z It makes plain the contours of Russian intervention, the irony of US backing for the mujahideen, the differences between American and British attitudes. The Human Comedy; Blood and Gifts; Accomplice 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z Abu Al-Hool is next, an older Egyptian mujahideen who follows campaigns against Soviets and Americans in Afghanistan, Russians in Chechnya and finally the Americans in Iraq. Brian Van Reet’s ‘Spoils’ moves fiction about the Iraq War into new territory 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z As for the goal of their education, that’s simple: “We are mujahideen,” one says. Commentary: 3 films you must see to understand Pakistan, its problems 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Hoffman played maverick CIA agent Gust Avrakotos, who partners with Texas congressman Wilson to arm the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet war with Afghanistan. WATCH: Philip Seymour Hoffman’s 7 Greatest Movie Roles 2014-02-02T21:20:19Z Tensions between two rival mujahideen parties are contributing to the violence. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z To blend in with the mujahideen, Christopher wore a wool Pashtun cap and a baggy brown vest. Meet Kristin Beck, a transgender former Navy SEAL running for Congress 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z “Hamas is not a terrorist organization, it is a liberation group, ‘mujahideen,’ waging a battle to protect its lands and people,” he told Turkish lawmakers, according to Reuters. Israel feud with U.N. chief boils over as Gaza invasion looms 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Back then, the U.S. used the Afghan mujahideen as proxies in a campaign to weaken Washington's principal Cold War global adversary. Seduced by war yet again: Why Washington is underwriting violence in Ukraine 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z The Soviet Union fought the various groups of mujahideen for ten years without coming close to victory. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z "As we mourn our martyr leaders, along with their mujahideen wives and a number of their children, we affirm that the blood of the martyrs will increase our resolve," the al-Quds Brigades said. Israeli strikes kill Islamic Jihad commanders in Gaza 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, she can’t bring herself to go, even over the objections of her father, a former mujahideen member who fought the Soviets. Review | Who escapes and who must stay? Stark choices amid Afghanistan evacuation. 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “The mujahideen of the Islamic emirate will not allow any group or person to harm the security and well-being of our people,” said the ministry. Taliban: Raid kills 8 rebel fighters in Afghanistan’s north 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z So the CIA and U.S. allies delivered weapons to the mujahideen, a program later expanded under Reagan. Jimmy Carter's lasting Cold War legacy: His human rights focus helped dismantle Soviet Union 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Although the United States offered the mujahideen support to combat the Soviets in Afghanistan, it found itself the enemy of another group of Islamic fundamentalists, this time in Iran. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Invitations were sent via social media from the Logar governor’s office to “honorable scholars, mujahideen, elders, tribal leaders and local people.” Public execution, whippings in Afghanistan mark revival of Taliban punishments 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z “Honorable scholars, mujahideen, elders, tribal leaders and local people” were invited to the town’s Pul Alam’s football stadium to witness the floggings, the governor’s office told The Associated Press. Taliban confirms first public lashings for Sharia law violators 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z The office of the governor of Logar province, south of the capital of Kabul, invited “honorable scholars, mujahideen, elders, tribal leaders and local people” to the stadium in the town of Pul Alam in Logar. Taliban lash 12 people before stadium crowd in Afghanistan 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The wars between the mujahideen factions after the Soviet Union pulled out, the Taliban’s first stint in power, the U.S. occupation and now the Taliban’s return — none of it mattered, Merzazadah says. Taste-fest in a teapot: In crisis-hit Kabul, a master chef and the meaty dish he loves endure 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Among the groups of mujahideen who fought the Soviets were young men from the Pashtun tribe who had studied at Islamic religious schools in Pakistan. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z He's seen the Taliban leave; the mujahideen leave; the Soviets leave. Way up there in blue: Seven children dead in Kabul — who is to blame? 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z “For the mujahideen, we prefer the afterlife to this life.” A year of peace in one of Afghanistan’s deadliest provinces Exactly one year later, they captured the Afghan capital, Kabul, overthrowing the regime of President Burhanuddin Rabbani - one of the founding fathers of the Afghan mujahideen that resisted the Soviet occupation. Who are the Taliban? 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z There, he patched up the wounds of mujahideen who were fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan and crossed paths with a charismatic young Saudi, bin Laden. Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda leader, killed at 71 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Following the withdrawal of the Soviets, various groups of mujahideen battled for control of Afghanistan, with the Taliban eventually emerging victorious. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z With the election of Reagan, Operation Cyclone directed the flow of more than $20 billion of aid and weapons into the hands of mujahideen forces. Way up there in blue: Seven children dead in Kabul — who is to blame? 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z A trained surgeon - one of his pseudonyms was The Doctor - Zawahiri went to Pakistan on his release where he worked with the Red Crescent treating Islamist mujahideen guerrillas wounded in Afghanistan fighting Soviet forces. Ayman al-Zawahiri: from Cairo physician to al Qaeda leader 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Afghans, weary of the mujahideen's excesses and infighting after the Soviets were driven out, generally welcomed the Taliban when they first appeared on the scene. Who are the Taliban? 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Zawahiri’s steadiness in rendering aid in the face of Soviet bombardment in Afghanistan cemented the doctor’s reputation among the mujahideen, as well as a lifelong friendship with bin Laden. Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda leader, killed at 71 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z We have taken ownership of the Ukrainians, as we did with the mujahideen we funded to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. Russia, the U.S. and the Ukraine war: Dance of death in an age of self-delusion 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z In plotting to oust Amin, the Soviets had not counted on the fervor or resilience of Afghan rebels — known as mujahideen — who launched a David vs. In Putin’s Ukraine quagmire, echoes of Soviet failure in Afghanistan 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z The official drew a comparison to U.S. support for the anti-Soviet mujahideen fighting in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Russia’s war in Ukraine galvanizes extremists globally 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Primarily through animation, “Flee” recounts the story of the pseudonymous Amin Nawabi, who as a young boy escaped Afghanistan’s civil war as the mujahideen gained power more than three decades ago. ‘Flee’ makes Oscar history, and resonates with the refugee crises 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z For example, hundreds of Stingers supplied by the United States were seen as key to helping mujahideen rebels drive Soviet forces out of Afghanistan in a conflict that spanned the 1980s and 1990s. 'Risk worth taking': U.S. rushes MANPADS to Ukraine despite proliferation concerns 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z To fight the mujahideen in Kandahar meant looking out for each other. Ukraine war: Children of the Soviet era running from Russia 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z But within weeks of the Soviet advance, crates of U.S.-funded weapons were being unloaded in the Pakistani port of Karachi, for onward delivery to the mujahideen. In Putin’s Ukraine quagmire, echoes of Soviet failure in Afghanistan 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Islamic religious students, or taliban, were among the mujahideen rebels who fought the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If Russia's invasion turns into a long-term occupation of Ukraine then it is conceivable that Western nations may well support a Ukrainian insurgency, just as the US supported the Afghan mujahideen in the 1980s. Ukraine: Where does it go from here? 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In his plea agreement, Farhane “admitted that in November and December 2001 he agreed with others to transfer money for mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan and Chechnya.” He pleaded guilty in a terrorism case and did his time. Now the government wants to strip him of his American citizenship 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z “Many of our mujahideen were offered permanent residences in Afghanistan if they wish to move here,” said one Pakistani Taliban fighter who aided in the recruitment effort from a madrassa in northwest Pakistan. Taliban recruits flood into Afghanistan from neighboring Pakistan as the group works to consolidate control 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z Much of the early assistance to the mujahideen came in the form of small arms, such as rifles, with antiaircraft Stinger missiles arriving only after years of combat. In Putin’s Ukraine quagmire, echoes of Soviet failure in Afghanistan 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Supplied with American weapons, the Afghan rebels, called mujahideen, or holy warriors, fought on. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He told his family he was going to Egypt; only after arriving did he admit he was in Syria “to join the mujahideen” against dictator Bashar al-Assad. Canadian ISIS propagandist pleads guilty in U.S. federal court 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z “You killed many of our mujahideen,” he heard one of the attackers say as the group raised their guns and shot both men multiple times in the face and chest. Taliban wages campaign of targeted killings against former members of Afghan security forces 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z As a Columbia University professor, he worked with the Jimmy Carter administration in the early days of U.S. covert support for Afghan mujahideen fighting against the Soviet Union’s occupation of Afghanistan. Zalmay Khalilzad, special envoy to Afghanistan, resigns 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan even entertained the mujahideen at the White House. Opinion | Imran Khan: Don’t blame Pakistan for the outcome of the war in Afghanistan 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Various groups of students loosely organized themselves during a civil war among mujahideen factions that followed the Soviet withdrawal in 1989. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Haqqanis trace their roots to the Soviet Cold War occupation of the 1980s and the Afghan mujahideen struggle to liberate their nation. The U.S. branded the Haqqanis terrorists and issued $5 million bounties. Now they’re in power in the Taliban government. 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z In 1986, when some restive youths in the Valley were contemplating taking to the gun like the Afghan mujahideen, he had cautioned against that path. Syed Ali Shah Geelani: The man who fought for Kashmir’s freedom 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The cynicism of arming and funding the mujahideen against the Soviets exposes the lie of America's humanitarian concerns in Afghanistan. The graveyard of empires strikes back: But the rage of a dying power can be dreadful 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z She was 16 when her family fled the mujahideen for Pakistan in 1992, traveling for 16 hours in the bed of a truck to cross the border as refugees. Hope dwindles among U.S.-based Afghans trying to save family still in Kabul: ‘It’s over’ 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z When the Taliban were thrown out in November 2001 by a coalition of moderate Afghan mujahideen, with Western support, an era of relative prosperity and personal freedom began. John Simpson on Afghanistan: 'A country abandoned' 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z His father, nicknamed the "Lion of Panjshir", was a mujahideen commander who thwarted both Soviet and Taliban forces. Afghanistan: The 'undefeated' valley an hour from Kabul 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z During the Soviet war in Afghanistan, ISI extensively supported Afghanistan’s mujahideen against the Soviet military, for religious and national security reasons. Opinion | The time for equivocating about a nuclear-armed, Taliban-friendly Pakistan is over 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z The Saudi involvement gave rise to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, which fought with the mujahideen. The graveyard of empires strikes back: But the rage of a dying power can be dreadful 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z No matter what happens, my mujahideen fighters and I will defend Panjshir as the last bastion of Afghan freedom. Opinion | The mujahideen resistance to the Taliban begins now. But we need help. 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z “I write from the Panjshir Valley today, ready to follow in my father’s footsteps, with mujahideen fighters who are prepared to once again take on the Taliban,” he wrote. Protests, clashes mar first days of Taliban control 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z However, some say the mujahideen leader was a war criminal. Afghanistan: The 'undefeated' valley an hour from Kabul 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Then-President Jimmy Carter was so angry about the invasion that he initiated arms support for “mujahideen,” who eventually drove the Soviets out. Opinion | Leaving Afghanistan 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z It trained Afghan mujahideen in Pakistan and China's Xinjiang province. The graveyard of empires strikes back: But the rage of a dying power can be dreadful 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z And India may need all of its diplomatic power to ensure that the contested region of Kashmir doesn't become the next rallying point for the mujahideen. The Taliban's victory will test India, and peace in South Asia 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z “Life, property and honour of no one shall be harmed but must be protected by the mujahideen,” he said. Evacuation flights resume at Kabul airport as Biden defends U.S. withdrawal 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z “God willing, the success of the Taliban will be also a chance to unify mujahideen movements like al-Qaeda and Daesh,” he said, using another name for the Islamic State. After Taliban triumph, Biden faces even greater test in preventing extremist resurgence in Afghanistan 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Those mujahideen were the very fighters who evolved into the Taliban. Opinion | Leaving Afghanistan 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z It originally drew members from so-called “mujahideen” fighters who, with support from the United States, repelled Soviet forces in the 1980s. Factbox-The Taliban: key facts on the Islamic militant group 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z It originally drew members from so-called "mujahideen" fighters who, with support from the United States, repelled Soviet forces in the 1980s. Factbox: Some key leaders of Afghanistan's Taliban 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z “After some fierce fighting, the mujahideen, with the grace of God, captured the capital of Kunduz,” the Taliban said, according to Agence France Press. Taliban continues capturing more cities in Afghanistan 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z In 1984, during the Soviet occupation, a rocket fired by an anti-Soviet mujahideen landed in front of their children’s school in Kandahar, killing another son and three daughters, the family said. Special Report-Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as U.S. withdraws 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Baryalai, a local military commander with a ferocious reputation, points down the road, "the government forces are just there by the main market, but they can't leave their bases. This territory belongs to the mujahideen". Afghanistan: 'We have won the war, America has lost', say Taliban 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Other mujahideen groups retreated to the north of the country. Factbox-The Taliban: key facts on the Islamic militant group 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z “A martyrdom operation by the mujahideen goes on at Hotel Afrik, which is a cover-up for officials from the apostate government,” it said. Bomb and gunfire rock Somali hotel, militants claims responsibility 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z All around them, sword-carrying mujahideen danced with women, standing shoulder to shoulder, shuffling back and forth. 'Mama Boko Haram': one woman's extraordinary mission to rescue 'her boys' from terrorism 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Those weaknesses became dangerous when Saudi mujahideen fighters began coming home from Afghanistan in the 1990s and drifted toward al-Qaeda. Opinion | The dazzling rise and tragic fall of Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Nayef 2020-07-05T04:00:00Z Memories in Russia of the grinding 1980s war in Afghanistan, when the fight between the U.S.-backed mujahideen and the Soviet invaders cost the lives of at least 15,000 Russians, remain powerful. What’s behind Russia’s growing ties with the Taliban 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Memories in Russia of the grinding 1980s war, when the fight between the U.S.-backed mujahideen and the Soviet invaders cost the lives of at least 15,000 Russians, remain powerful. What’s behind Russia’s growing ties with Taliban 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z During the Soviet war in Afghanistan, which ended in 1989, the U.S. government provided weaponry and funds to Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting against Soviet forces. Russian operation targeted coalition troops in Afghanistan, intelligence finds 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Some in the movement refer to themselves as "boojahideen", a parody of the term "mujahideen" which is frequently used to refer to radical Islamist militants. Who are Boogaloo Bois, Antifa and Proud Boys? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The U.S.-backed campaign to support the mujahideen in Afghanistan during the 1980s had created a network of young extremists who intimidated the royal family. Opinion | This former intelligence official was a hero. He’s now the target of a brutal campaign by MBS. 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z While his brothers went to fight alongside the mujahideen, in Afghanistan, Ali Fauzi stayed closer to home, joining Islamic militants fighting for a Muslim homeland in the southern Philippines. The bomb maker turned peacemaker 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z The Taliban statement warned that continued violations would “create an atmosphere of mistrust that will not only damage the agreements, but also force mujahideen to a similar response and will increase the level of fighting.” Afghan-Taliban talks over prisoner swap collapse, threatening to upend U.S. peace deal 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Their purpose remains what it was when Afghan mujahideen resisted Soviet occupation in the 1980s: They are determined to oust foreign occupying forces. Op-Ed: The American defeat in Afghanistan 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The resulting conflict raged for more than nine years, with an estimated 1 million civilians killed in addition to tens of thousands of mujahideen rebels and at least 15,000 Soviet troops. Frank Anderson, former CIA spymaster in the Middle East, dies at 77 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z As a journalist, he covered the mujahideen fighters who fought the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s and later offered commentary on the 2011 Arab Spring. A year later, Saudi journalist’s killing haunts kingdom 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z “They are mujahideen, they fight for our cause.” 'They want to erase us': the Kashmiri suburb defying Indian control 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z It fought a resistance movement - known as the mujahideen - that was supported by the US, Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia, among other countries. The Afghan war: The short and long story 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z “Will you pick up our call? Yes or no. This is the mujahideen,” it said. ‘If I don’t pay, they kill me’: Al-Shabab tightens grip on Somalia with growing tax racket - The Washington Post 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z It also became a major proxy battle of the Cold War, with the CIA providing weapons and supplies for the mujahideen, Muslim “holy warriors” who drove Soviet forces from the country. Frank Anderson, former CIA spymaster in the Middle East, dies at 77 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The message read: “You are the servant of the Jews and the infidels … we have informed the mujahideen to send you to hell.” Attacks escalate against Afghanistan's human rights defenders – report 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z “The Afghan people will not let the Taliban grab power. It will be like mujahideen time again,” he said. Uncertainty over election and U.S.-Taliban peace talks leaves Afghanistan in limbo 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z They promised to fight corruption and improve security and, at that time, many Afghans were tired of the excesses and infighting of the mujahideen during the civil war. The Afghan war: The short and long story 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z “He appeared as a commander of hardened mujahideen, of an insurgency group, not the pampered leader of a well-off caliphate,” said Katz. Instructions from headquarters: Islamic State's new guerrilla manual 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z When Moscow built its first one, the House of Science and Culture in the 1980s, Red Army troops were waging war in the country against U.S.-backed mujahideen fighters. In Kabul, Moscow has a new cultural center on the site of its Soviet predecessor 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z It tells the story of a group of Red Army soldiers whose departure from Afghanistan is delayed after they are ordered to free a Soviet general’s son taken captive by mujahideen fighters. 'Dirt and filth': Russia attacks film about Red Army in Afghanistan 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z They weren’t the only people taken by this struggle—the C.I.A. was funding and equipping many of the mujahideen groups. Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z His parents were poor farmers who fled rural fighting between mujahideen and Soviet troops in the 1980s. An 11-year-old boy was killed by a speeding car in Kabul. He was also a casualty of war. 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z President Ronald Reagan called the mujahideen freedom fighters. Sibghatullah Mujadidi, Afghanistan’s first president after war with Soviets, dies at 93 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Stingers brought down more than two hundred and sixty Soviet military aircraft, challenging Russia’s vast airpower advantage over poorly equipped mujahideen fighters. The Loose “Shoot-and-Scoot” Missiles and the Threat to Aviation 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Baluchi described Saifullah as “only a businessman who was sympathetic to the mujahideen” – but also claimed that Saifullah continued to meet with him, as a friend, even after Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s arrest. Forever prisoners: were a father and son wrongly ensnared by America’s war on terror? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z He and Salahi were smitten with the Al Qaeda narrative, that a ragtag group of mujahideen, carrying light weapons and hiding in caves, were taking on a superpower in the defense of all Muslims. Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z He’s a guy who, in the days of the Soviet Union, signed up for a week to fight alongside the mujahideen in Afghanistan. Republican dubbed 'Russia's favorite congressman' loses seat after 30 years 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z The agreement broke down and a brutal war between rival mujahideen groups engulfed the Afghan capital, killing tens of thousands of mostly civilians until the Taliban took power in 1996. Sibghatullah Mujadidi, Afghanistan’s first president after war with Soviets, dies at 93 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z U.S. officials doubt that Moscow is trying to help secure victory for the militants, the successors of the mujahideen guerrillas who battled the Soviet troops in the 1980s. The Kremlin wants a role in Afghanistan 30 years after the Soviet withdrawal 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z After the Soviet exit, Afghanistan fell into a long period of chaos, as various mujahideen leaders became local warlords, fought with one another, and terrorized average Afghans. U.S. policy is responsible for insider attacks at war 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The US once embraced the mujahideen as freedom fighters when they battled the Soviets; now their Taliban heirs are waging a fierce jihad against American forces. War took a heavy toll on her family. Now she is fighting … for Afghan democracy 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z And Rahmatullah became a general in a mujahideen group, before being granted asylum in the UK with his family. My holiday with the Afghan mujahideen 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z “May God bestow victory on the mujahideen. . . . Our jihadi struggle against the American occupation is on the threshold of victory,” Akhundzada said. Rocket attack shakes Kabul as Afghan president marks start of Eid holiday 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Prayers were said for the mujahideen - a term often used to describe Islamist fighters. Mosque denies 'military jihad' support 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z The sermon, which was at a time of bombing in the Syrian city of Aleppo, includes prayers for "mujahideen" fighting abroad - a term commonly used for Islamist guerrilla fighters. Mosque sermon 'called for armed jihad' 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Those on the right tout Deng — a Christian kidnapped as a young boy by the mujahideen and forced into slavery — as validation of President Trump’s “Muslim ban” and other hard-line stances on immigration. By day, he runs for president of South Sudan. By night, he unloads trucks at Lowe’s. 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z According to the book, Bhutto was targeted by the militants because she was planning "to target the mujahideen" and create a government sympathetic to "American interests." 'Most wanted' in Bhutto murder resurfaces 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z “Look, everyone you see here, we are all Muslims and mujahideen,” the man said, referring to Afghans who fought Soviet forces in the 1980s. Afghanistan extends cease-fire with Taliban as fighters celebrate Eid with civilians 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr Graf is heard saying: "We ask Allah to grant them mujahideen - our brothers and sisters right now in Aleppo and Syria and Iraq - to grant them victory." Mosque denies 'military jihad' support 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z "We ask Allah to grant them mujahideen - our brothers and sisters right now in Aleppo and Syria and Iraq - to grant them victory," Mr Graf is heard saying. Mosque sermon 'called for armed jihad' 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z “All the mujahideen are directed to stop offensive operations against Afghan forces for the first three days of Eid-al-Fitr,” the Taliban said in a WhatsApp message. Taliban announces three-day ceasefire over Eid 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z “There were fighters, mujahideen, and we were part of it. A group of young men were chosen, and I was chosen with another guy to represent Sur Baher.” The Palestinian whose life spans the 'Catastrophe' of his people 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Likewise, the US armed the Afghan mujahideen, then blanched as they morphed into the Taliban. Europe must make Trump pay for wrecking the Iran nuclear deal | Simon Tisdall 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Almost all founding members of the Taliban movement were part of the mujahideen, which fought against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. Is Russia arming the Afghan Taliban? 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z In the 1980s, it backed an American effort against the Soviet occupation of the country by supplying fighters, weapons and training to insurgent mujahideen rebels. Saudi Arabia Agrees to Help Reboot Peace Talks With Taliban 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z From childhood, Harun wanted to be a mujahideen and fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. ‘A person of murderous zeal’: Al-Qaeda operative given life sentence for deaths of U.S. troops 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z For the next 10 years, the CIA would provide the mujahideen guerrillas with an estimated $3bn in arms. How the heroin trade explains the US-UK failure in Afghanistan 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z They tried all kinds of interdiction, including overwhelming air power, against the mujahideen for a substantial portion of that time - got nowhere, got smart, went home. Hunting Taliban and Islamic State Fighters, From 20,000 Feet 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z And an extra 4,000 US soldiers, as Donald Trump will deploy, “will not change the morale of our mujahideen,” he said. '150,000 Americans couldn’t beat us': Taliban fighters defiant in Afghanistan 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z In the 1980s he received more US assistance to fight the Soviet invasion than any other mujahideen, and many Afghans saw him as a champion of the resistance. Kabul welcomes the Afghan warlord who once shelled its citizens 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Ms. Wali assigned some responsibility for the situation to the United States, which supported the Muslim guerrillas known as mujahideen in their fight against the Soviet occupation. Sima Wali, exiled champion of Afghan women, dies at 66 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Saudi clerics used to urge on Sunni mujahideen against the supposedly heretical Alawite clan ruling Syria with their Iranian allies. The Saudis may be stretching out the hand of peace to their old foes 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z ‘An American in Syria who is with the rebels and mujahideen’ CNN hired top al-Qaeda propagandist for award-winning Syria documentary and wants to cover its tracks 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z “They are the true mujahideen of Afghanistan. You are the true mujahideen of Afghanistan. It is our duty to remember them, honor them and complete the work for which they died or were wounded.” In Kabul, somber ceremony and noisy protest honor victims of bombing and its violent aftermath 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Best known of the radical groups is Abu Sayyaf, founded in 1991 and named after a mujahideen commander in Afghanistan. Maute rebel group: A rising threat to Philippines - BBC News 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z “Hamza is one of the mujahideen, and he bears their thoughts and worries,” Osama bin Laden wrote in one such letter. Bin Laden’s son steps into father’s shoes as al-Qaeda attempts a comeback 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Daughters were married at the onset of puberty to mujahideen fighters twice their age, to expand al-Qaida’s sphere of influence. Osama bin Laden’s family on the run: ‘I never stopped praying our lives might return to normal’ 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z He was one of seven anti-Soviet faction chiefs who led a large number of mujahideen fighters in the war against Soviet occupation in the 1980s. Afghan warlord Hekmatyar returns to Kabul after peace deal - BBC News 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z After that Helmand was ruled by the mujahideen and then by the Taliban. Snipers and green tea on Helmand's front line - BBC News 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z In the 1980s the US-led Western alliance helped Pakistan provide weapons and funding to Afghan mujahideen fighting to end Soviet occupation. World powers jostle in Afghanistan's new 'Great Game' - BBC News 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z In the late 1980s, he was a rock-ribbed Orange County Republican speechwriter for Ronald Reagan who actually fought the Russians alongside the mujahideen in Afghanistan. How Trump got his party to love Russia 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Their husbands, two Saudi brothers in their 30s who both had wives and children already, were mujahideen fighters. Osama bin Laden’s family on the run: ‘I never stopped praying our lives might return to normal’ 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Flip to April for “The First Sting,” depicting a CIA-trained Afghan mujahideen fighter striking a Soviet helicopter with a Stinger missile. A CIA calendar the CIA gift shop refuses to sell? Yes, and here’s the strange story behind it. 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z Locals are scared and some remember violence that erupted in the early 1990s when the mujahideen took over the district. Snipers and green tea on Helmand's front line - BBC News 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Around the time of his election, he briefly joined a mujahideen unit fighting the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Rohrabacher sees his out-of-mainstream Russia views taking hold under Trump 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z Zardad fought the Soviets with the mujahideen before setting up his personal fiefdom on the highway between Kabul and the Pakistani border, using checkpoints to extract income from terrified travellers. UK criticised for failure to tell Afghan warlord's victims of his release 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z "The mujahideen in the Libyan provinces are still well ... Their security detachments are still spread in all the cities and the areas, and their brigades move in the east and west of the desert." Islamic State looks to regroup in Libya after losing Sirte 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z “What made our hearts bleed,” Zawahiri said in 2014, “is the hostile sedition, which has intensified among the ranks of the mujahideen of Islam.” After the Islamic State 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Perhaps the closest parallel to the problems of covert weapons supply and diversion is the support given by the US and others to the mujahideen fighting the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s. IS conflict: How is it getting hold of weapons from the West? - BBC News 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z It became one of the defining images of a conflict between mujahideen insurgents and Soviet occupying forces. National Geographic 'Afghan Girl' arrested in Pakistan living under false papers 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z In the nineteen-eighties, Hezb-e-Islami was the most extreme of the seven mujahideen parties recognized by Pakistan, and Hekmatyar’s unblinking black eyes were framed by a black turban and full black beard. Hard Choices for Peace in Afghanistan 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z His ambition to be a doctor was rooted in his childhood experiences in Kabul where he grew up amid fighting between the Soviet-backed communist government and Muslim fighters known as the mujahideen. Dr Waheed Arian: The refugee who treats Afghans via Skype - BBC News 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z The group’s spokesman, Abu Rami, took credit for Friday’s attack, calling it a “call for unity to all mujahideen in the country,” according to the Philippines’ ABS-CBN News. Philippines leader declares 'state of lawlessness' after deadly market bombing 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z The group’s spokesperson, Abu Rami, took credit for Friday’s attack, calling it a “call for unity to all mujahideen in the country,” according to the Philippines’ ABS-CBN News. Philippines leader declares 'state of lawlessness' after bombing kills 14 people 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z Shortly before the attack, the 31-year-old Simpson posted on his Twitter account: "May Allah accept us as mujahideen," or holy warriors. FBI arrests man, says he had contact with 2 Texas attackers 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z “He was fighting against the communist government in 1990 with the mujahideen that the U.S. supported with millions of dollars,” Hollander said. Guantanamo Bay memoirist is cleared for release 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z He insisted that he would never join Isis, however: “Their beheadings have caused harm to the mujahideen, the rebels. Their pictures should be showing the mercy of Islam.” From Brighton to the battlefield: how four young Britons were drawn to jihad | Mark Townsend 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z "The winners of this war will, God willing, be the righteous mujahideen." Taliban faction taunts Pakistan PM after Easter Day bombing 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z “But it adds a thrilling, larger-than-life dimension to their way of life — transforming them from delinquents without a future into mujahideen with a cause.” New ISIS recruits have deep criminal roots 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Subsequently, “the ISI allocated most of the weapons and resources to the most extreme fundamentalist groups among the mujahideen.” From ally to enemy: New U.S. State Dept.-designated terrorists fight in extremist group supported by CIA in ’80s 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z “The aim is to prepare a new, stronger, second generation of mujahideen, conditioned and taught to be a future resource for the group,” the report adds. Islamic State trains ‘purer’ child killers in doctrine of hate 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z A century later, Afghan mujahideen backed by the United States and Britain used the wall in their efforts to resist Soviet occupiers. A mysterious skull adds new twist to old legend of Kabul’s ‘cruel king’ 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z My own father was a jihadi, who fought with the mujahideen against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, and I'm proud my dad fought for his country. How IS has been making enemies in Afghanistan - BBC News 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z If Mansour was exceptional, Agha said, it was because he was more patient and tolerant than most other mujahideen. The new Taliban leader whose shadow hangs over Afghan peace talks 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z The CIA knowingly funneled millions of dollars to mujahideen fighters led by fanatics like Hekmatyar, who told his followers to throw acid in the faces of women who did not cover their heads. From ally to enemy: New U.S. State Dept.-designated terrorists fight in extremist group supported by CIA in ’80s 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z In fact, Meerajudin was a former mujahideen commander with powerful friends in the government, and he forced an investigation. CIA runs shadow war with Afghan militia implicated in civilian killings 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Calling themselves the “Mujahideen Cyber Army”, the group warned: “Tell to your government … Don’t touch Muslims and mujahideen in Syria.” Amid stollen and glühwein, terrorism fear haunts Germany’s Christmas markets 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z He wasn't the only one - lots of the leaders of Afghanistan's government are also former mujahideen. How IS has been making enemies in Afghanistan - BBC News 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan provoked a region-wide backlash in the form of new mujahideen holy warriors. The Genesis and Growth of Global Jihad 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z In its “Operation Cyclone” program, the CIA funded and armed Islamist extremist militias in Afghanistan, known as the mujahideen. From ally to enemy: New U.S. State Dept.-designated terrorists fight in extremist group supported by CIA in ’80s 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Islamic State also published a photo of what it said were passports belonging to dead Russians "obtained by the mujahideen". Islamic State says 'Schweppes bomb' used to bring down Russian plane 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z In Qala-e-Zal district, power is in the hands of Gechi, a stout former mujahideen warrior with a thick salt-and-pepper mustache, who was once bankrolled by U.S. forces and is again a beneficiary of their largesse. Afghan government turns to militias as Taliban gains strength 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z This revival continued through the 1970s and, by the end of the decade, produced the pan-Arab mujahideen that would battle the Soviet armies in Afghanistan for the next ten years. America enabled radical Islam: How the CIA, George W. Bush and many others helped create ISIS 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z But that didn’t happen until Ronald Reagan armed the Afghan mujahideen with Stinger missiles that started blowing Russian warplanes and helicopters out of the sky. How America can counter Putin’s moves in Syria 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Pakistan was the base for the U.S.-supported mujahideen as they battled the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The key to solving the puzzle of Afghanistan is Pakistan 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z I entered the city, on foot, before dawn, with a column of mujahideen fighters, and, like them, was confused by the noise of aircraft taking off from the city’s airport. The Fall of Kunduz 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z At 18, he left his family farm in Qala-e-Zal to join the U.S.-backed mujahideen fighting the Soviet occupation. Afghan government turns to militias as Taliban gains strength 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z That was the case with our support to the Afghan mujahideen in the 1980s, our counter-drug assistance to Colombia beginning in the 1990s and our more recent financing of the Israeli Iron Dome missile-defense system. Why foreign troops can’t fight our fights 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z "The mujahideen are trying to avoid any harm to Kunduz residents," he said on his official Twitter account, referring to Taliban fighters. Afghan Taliban seize much of northern city center in major attack 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z It was not difficult to get here and it is not hard to find other mujahideen. Why Isis fights | Martin Chulov 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z He still remembers the day he told a joke about former mujahideen leaders in a room with friends. In a nation with plenty of tragedy, Afghan comic generates plenty of laughs 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Omar assembled a group of former mujahideen, rescued the girls and hanged the local commander from the gun turret of a destroyed Soviet tank. Taliban leader Mohammad Omar is said to have died in 2013 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z He became a more widely known figure only in the early nineteen-nineties, when the mujahideen were fighting among themselves for power, and he was named as the leader of the obscure Taliban. The Ballad of Mullah Omar 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z For many years, certain mujahideen factions dominated the government of Hamid Karzai, who led the country for more than a decade after the Taliban’s ouster in 2001 by U.S.-backed forces. 21 killed in gun battle at wedding in northern Afghanistan 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The U.S. government covertly supported mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan in the war against Soviet forces during the 1980s. U.S. officials accuse Oregon imam of hiding militant past 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Ahmad, 41, was sentenced in July last year after pleading guilty to providing material support to the Taliban and Chechen mujahideen by using websites to raise money, recruit fighters and provide equipment for the movements. Babar Ahmad returns to UK after being sentenced for supporting terror groups 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z Karzai is also reaching out to influential former mujahideen commanders who fought the Soviets and the Taliban, especially those who feel sidelined by the government. Afghanistan’s Karzai gave up the presidency, but not the power 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Like the mujahideen who fought the Russians before them, Pakistan treated the Taliban as their proxies to fend off what they perceived as growing Indian influence over Afghanistan. Will talks with the Taliban deliver a peace dividend? - BBC News 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z “All mujahideen and countrymen should be confident that in this process, I will unwaveringly defend our legal rights and viewpoints everywhere,” read the statement. Taliban peace talks with Afghan government 'endorsed' by Mullah Omar 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z It said that it would "result in mujahideen strength being fragmented." Afghanistan fighters 'linked to Islamic State in Syria' - BBC News 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Kunduz was the last major city held by the group before its fall to the American-backed mujahideen forces two months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks sparked the U.S.-led intervention. Taliban fighters converge on key city 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z He has offered positions to the sons of former mujahideen commanders as well as to some Karzai loyalists. Afghanistan’s Karzai gave up the presidency, but not the power 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z We armed mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan in the 1980s, and some went on to create al-Qaeda. Creating rivals instead of allies in the Middle East 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z “The Blaze of Truth” consists of a hundred and seven poems in Arabic—elegies to mujahideen, laments for prisoners, victory odes, and short poems that were originally tweets. Why Jihadists Write Poetry 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z “The coordination . . . is clear proof that the two partners, the Islamic State and Assad, are on one side against the mujahideen revolutionaries in Syria,” he said. While nobody was looking, the Islamic State launched a new, deadly offensive 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z “Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, places like that. “They dressed like Osama bin Laden’s mujahideen and they slept in the forests with their horses next to them. Khorasan: a Syrian mystery 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z In reply to his question about mujahideen, I wrote: “I’m not prejudiced against fighters. Anyway, it depends on the person.” Skyping with the enemy: how I was recruited by Isis to join their jihad in Syria 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z They also watched footage of battles in Afghanistan, Chechnya, and other jihadi conflict zones, and came to think of the mujahideen in the videos as selfless heroes defending Islam against corrupt crusaders. Journey of a Teen-Age Jihadi 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z It's a corridor with rows of portraits on both sides of leading mujahideen commanders, tough-looking bearded men with turbans, sometimes carrying guns on their shoulders. Afghanistan's 'museum to jihad' - BBC News 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z An account linked to him included a tweet posted shortly before the shooting that said, “May Allah accept us as mujahideen,” or holy warriors. FBI sent out bulletin about gunman before Texas attack 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z "May Allah accept us as mujahideen," the final message said. Texas gunman's mother: 'He just had a normal American upbringing' 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z A Twitter account reportedly run by Simpson posted a tweet moments before the attack that said, “”May Allah accept us as mujahideen,” according to CNN. Did ISIS Really Mastermind Texas Shooting? Experts Doubtful 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Authorities suspect that Simpson posted a tweet before the attack saying, “May Allah accept us as mujahideen,” adding a hashtag “#texasattack.” Islamic State claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The last tweet, sent just a few minutes before the attack, included the phrases "may Allah accept us as mujahideen" and "#TexasAttack". Profile: Texas cartoon 'gunman' Elton Simpson - BBC News 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Minutes before the shooting, someone posted a message from a Twitter account linked to Simpson: “May Allah accept us as mujahideen.” One Texas suspect was accused in 2010 FBI terror case 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Shortly before the shooting, messages were posted on Twitter with the hashtag #texasattack, including one saying, “May Allah accept us as mujahideen.” Official Identifies One Suspect in Attack at Texas Anti-Islam Event 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z The user wrote, “May Allah accept us as mujahideen.” Gunman killed at Muhammad cartoon event was terrorist 'wannabe,' source says 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Digital forensics expert Mark Spencer testified on Tuesday that a computer registered to Tamerlan’s widow, Katherine Russell, showed Internet searches in 2012 that included the words "Rewards for wife of mujahideen." Boston bomber's lawyers focus on brother's obsession with Islam 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Omar Khadr's father, an associate of Osama Bin Laden, took the family to Peshawar in Pakistan to support the Afghan mujahideen in their war against the Soviet Union when Khadr was an infant. Canada releases former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr - BBC News 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z He notes that many militants use the same stealth tactics that they or their fathers perfected as mujahideen fighters who resisted the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. To fight the Taliban, Pakistani military turns to unorthodox but simple tactics 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z “These people with Western ideas have given a bad name to the mujahideen, calling them warlords. Instead of disrespecting them, they have to be respected.” Afghanistan’s defining fight: Technocrats vs. strongmen 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z The text claims he is still in daily control of activities of the Taliban, the movement he founded with a group of other mujahideen fighters in 1994. Mullah Omar biography: Taliban trying to counter IS 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z He and a friend, Khalid al-Hajj - later to become the leader of al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia - set off to become mujahideen. The spy who came in from al-Qaeda 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z The Margh militia also represents another development: Amid the growing fears of the Islamic State, former mujahideen who fought the Soviets are sensing an opportunity to become relevant again. Fear of the Islamic State spawns a renegade Afghan militia 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Jamaat-e-Islami leaders used the term in the 1980s to rally support for mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. In Pakistan’s ideological war over textbooks, Helen Keller doesn’t make the cut 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Billboards looming over intersections show Noor with influential former mujahideen leaders from years past. Afghanistan’s defining fight: Technocrats vs. strongmen 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Nayazee, a former top mujahideen commander, speaks with the authority of experience. As the U.S. mission winds down, Afghanistan’s insurgency grows more fractured and complex 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Similarly, the U.S. armed and funded the Afghan mujahideen to stop Soviet expansion not knowing that these rebels would one day become al Qaeda. Is there an alternative to war with ISIS? 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The men, mostly former mujahideen commanders, have created Afghanistan’s newest militia — Margh, or “Death,” in the local Dari language. Fear of the Islamic State spawns a renegade Afghan militia 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z "King Salman... was given responsibility for raising private Saudi funds to support the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet Union," says Bruce Riedel. What will Saudi Arabia's new king do? 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z An ethnic Tajik, Noor gained prominence in late 2001 as the top mujahideen commander in northern Afghanistan fighting the Taliban regime. Afghanistan’s defining fight: Technocrats vs. strongmen 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Some members are even former mujahideen, or freedom fighters, who once despised the Taliban and fought against its uprising. As the U.S. mission winds down, Afghanistan’s insurgency grows more fractured and complex 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The message contained a list of names under the heading "brave mujahideen." 'CyberCaliphate' hacks Newsweek Twitter account, threatens Obama 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z In the newest video, Cantlie is seen interviewing a member of the mujahideen, touring a school for children and running from a building that purportedly had just been hit by an airstrike. ISIS Hostage John Cantlie in New Video in Aleppo, Syria 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z "Of course the US and other countries were covertly providing support to the Afghan mujahideen. "The private Saudi money kept the mujahideen going. What will Saudi Arabia's new king do? 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Broad-shouldered with an athletic build, Noor was a high school teacher — hence his nickname — before he joined the U.S.-backed mujahideen resisting the Soviet occupation in the 1980s. Afghanistan’s defining fight: Technocrats vs. strongmen 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z They also include disgruntled former mujahideen fighters who found no place within the government or the security forces. As the U.S. mission winds down, Afghanistan’s insurgency grows more fractured and complex 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z She talked about the Islamic State and the Afghan mujahideen, and criticized Israeli air strikes. Cristina Kirchner’s Twitter Misadventure in China 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z “The mujahideen are mopping up now, street to street, and building to building.” U.S. seeks to capitalize on defeat of Islamic State in Kobane 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z "The parliament is dominated by mujahideen figures, and I don't think they will vote for many of these nominees," he said. Afghan leader seeks to sideline powerful bloc in break with past 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z “There’s no truth to what his enemies say about him,” said Zahir Wahdat, the deputy governor of the province and also a former mujahideen commander. Afghanistan’s defining fight: Technocrats vs. strongmen 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z The United States has coöperated with Saudi Arabia to fund the training program, just as it did in the eighties to support the mujahideen anti-Soviet resistance in Afghanistan. ISIS at the Border 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z But war through proxy is a dangerous game, often turning the best of friends into enemies: Afghanistan’s mujahideen, Nicaragua’s Contras. How Strong Is the U.S. Friendship with the Kurds? 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Osama Bin Laden, one of the founders of al-Qaeda, was a Saudi Arabian citizen who fought with the mujahideen. No place like home: What to do when jihadists return 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Support for the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviets helped lay the groundwork for al-Qaeda a decade later. Robert Kagan: Obama should take another look at some U.S. foreign policy ‘failures’ "The mujahideen is now being resupplied, by the hopeless U.S. Air Force, who parachuted two crates of weapons and ammunition straight into the outstretched arms of the mujahideen," he says. In bizarre new video, Islamic State hostage gives tour of Kobane He adds: "Urban warfare is as about as nasty and tough as it gets, and it's something of a speciality of the mujahideen." John Cantlie seen in Kobane video 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z This process was born in the shadows of a military regime that ruled Pakistan during the 1980s and hosted a seven-party alliance of Afghan mujahideen - called the Peshawar Seven - to destabilise Kabul under Soviet occupation. Pakistan's bewildering array of militants 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z For one, the mujahideen succeeded without U.S. guidance due in large part to Pakistani intelligence agents filling the gap. More dumb foreign policy conventional wisdom: Even CIA admits arming rebels isn’t working 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Some of my uncles initially joined the communist movement while others sympathised with the mujahideen. My Family and Other Jihadists "Urban warfare is about as nasty and as tough as it gets," he says, "and it's something of a specialty of the mujahideen." In bizarre new video, Islamic State hostage gives tour of Kobane “Its activities are also clear, and the mujahideen internally as well speak of their work in terms of what they provide in support.” Qatar’s friends-with-everyone approach rankles some of its Persian Gulf neighbors “Oh mujahideen, unite and reject differences and discord,” he said in a pleading tone that seemed to underscore the declining relevance of al-Qaeda’s core, the Pakistan-based group that orchestrated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. As U.S. takes on the Islamic State, al-Qaeda remains degraded but not defeated Yes, remember when we trained and armed the mujahideen to draw the Russians into an Afghanistan version of our Vietnam War? Is Obama really going back to war with a worse legal rationale than Bush? He still won't say 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z But those wary of intervention, pointing to the example of the Afghanistan mujahideen of the 1980s, are not so sure. Administration says Syrian rebels it wants to arm to fight ISIS are not secretly allied with ISIS 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z "Instead of embracing the Islamic State, supporting the Islamic State and doing everything humanly possible for the success of the state … all they do is slander the mujahideen," he said. Radical preachers praise Isis in online conference 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Their so-called caliphate, he said, “has done nothing but incite hatred and disgust for the mujahideen.” The slow backlash 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Kashmir, which is claimed by both India and Pakistan, has long attracted foreign mujahideen fighters as well as home-grown separatist militants. Indian states on alert after al Qaeda announces local wing 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z But those responsible have never faced justice, nor have the mujahideen who defeated the communists, or indeed the Taliban who followed them for any of the excesses committed during their periods of rule. The death list that names 5,000 victims 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Balochi – whose Twitter profile has pictures of grenades and AK-47s, weapon of the mujahideen – is one of these technologically literate young fighters. Jihad in a social media age: how can the west win an online war? 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Ghani, a former World Bank technocrat, emerged from the runoff on 14 June in the lead but Abdullah, a former mujahideen doctor, claimed that 2m of the votes cast for his rival were fraudulent. Afghanistan's presidential rivals reach agreement after Kerry flies into Kabul 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z Ghani, a former World Bank technocrat, emerged from the runoff on 14 June in the lead but Abdullah, a former mujahideen doctor, claimed that 2m of the votes cast for his rival were fake. John Kerry tries to salvage deal in Afghan election dispute 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z In the nineteen-eighties, the C.I.A. handed out Stinger surface-to-air missiles to the mujahideen fighting the Soviet Army in Afghanistan, and, again, the thinking seemed simple enough. Of Planes and Proxies: Who Shot Down Malaysian Air Flight 17? 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z But the warlords, particularly the former mujahideen from the 1980s and 90s, have reclaimed much of their power. The death list that names 5,000 victims 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z “All our mujahideen came back safely,” the group said in a statement. Israel launches ground invasion of Gaza Ahmad pleaded guilty last December to providing material support to the Taliban and Chechen mujahideen by using websites to raise money, recruit fighters and provide equipment for the movements. British man Babar Ahmad given 12-year prison term for aiding Taliban 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z At her sister's house detectives also uncovered various jihadist material, including a video showing roadside bombings and glorifying the actions of mujahideen militants, the court heard. Student tried to smuggle €20,000 to Syrian rebels, court told 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z In early 1989, in rural Kandahar, a mujahideen commander who owned two Stingers mistook me for a C.I.A. field agent, and said, “Tell your people I am not giving them back, ever.” Of Planes and Proxies: Who Shot Down Malaysian Air Flight 17? 2014-07-19T04:00:00Z He worked as Massoud's envoy to allies across Afghanistan, and his fluent English made him the public face of the mujahideen movement to the outside world. Afghanistan: What's in a name? 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z And Afghanistan still suffers the consequences of the CIA's lavish support for mujahideen fighters engaged in armed struggle with the Soviets in the 1980s. The CIA's cute first tweet can't cover its bloody tracks 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, he fled to Pakistan and joined the mujahideen. Once known as the “messenger of death,” Abdullah now seeks to be a president who unites Afghanistan Pakistan worked with countries such as the United States to line up food and other support for the refugees, some of whom would cross back into Afghanistan as mujahideen fighters to battle the Soviets. Pakistan braces for a wave of refugees as U.S. leaves Afghanistan; some say the influx is already starting In the meantime, his evidence seeks to debunk myths about his role with the mujahideen and how he lost his hands, as well as notions about accused terrorists. Why Abu Hamza shed tears in court 2014-05-09T01:25:55Z He says people have exaggerated the part he played with the mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Why Abu Hamza shed tears in court 2014-05-09T01:25:55Z His account, which came as he testified in New York at his trial on terrorism charges, conflicted with media stories that he suffered the injuries while fighting the Soviets alongside the mujahideen in Afghanistan. London imam describes accident that cost him hands, eye at U.S. trial 2014-05-08T22:50:37Z Authorities say he sustained the injuries fighting for the mujahideen against the Soviet Union. Militant Islamic cleric faces U.S. trial on terrorism charges 2014-04-10T05:10:22Z Later, he calls on mujahideen in Algeria, Libya, Mali, Somalia and elsewhere to come to their defense. German Ex-Rapper Fighting in Syria Calls for Jihad in Central African Republic 2014-03-21T20:11:14Z During the Soviet occupation in the 1980s, Soviet and the Afghan Communist troops struggled and failed to quell mujahideen fighters there. 'Toxic stew' of militants lurk in Afghanistan as NATO heads home 2014-03-13T15:06:22Z In the meantime, his testimony debunks myths about his role with the mujahideen and how he lost his hands, as well as notions about accused terrorists. Why Abu Hamza shed tears in court 2014-05-09T01:25:55Z "Our mujahideen responded to the Zionist aggression by firing tens of rockets," it said. Israeli planes bombard Gaza targets 2014-03-12T23:32:33Z It is the classic pose of a would-be mujahideen "martyr". The man from Martyrs Avenue, Crawley 2014-03-12T00:43:16Z The Taliban found it relatively easy to beat the mujahideen government and they managed to convince sizeable numbers of uncommitted warlords they were going to win, and won them over to their side. Will the Taliban retake Afghanistan? 2014-01-27T02:44:05Z "Everyone who belongs to this entity is a legitimate target for us, in all places, unless he publicly declares his rejection of that group and of fighting the mujahideen," he said. Syria rebels urge attacks on rivals 2014-01-08T02:45:53Z Based in both Lebanon and the Arabian Peninsula, the group is named after a Palestinian jihadist ideologue who recruited mujahideen for the fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Al-Qaeda's chief in Lebanon dies 2014-01-04T14:36:01Z In the 1980s, mujahideen brandishing Kalashnikovs clashed with the Soviet army occupying Afghanistan and, to this day, the culture that spawns the Taliban’s footsoldiers is branded with a telling alliteration: the Quran and the Kalashnikov. AK-47 Inventor Dead at 94 2013-12-24T01:35:25Z The video, which was filmed at night, was posted on a website describing itself as an official online source of mujahideen material. British man recruits for Syria jihad 2013-12-20T18:52:41Z The majority of the council's members are former mujahideen who fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s. The 'dissenting' clerics killed in Afghanistan 2013-11-19T02:03:58Z The military history syllabus includes the analysis of Afghan tactics in past wars against the British, as well as during the mujahideen wars against the Soviet army. Afghan Sandhurst opens its doors 2013-10-23T05:00:34Z He was one of the most successful commanders in the war against Soviet occupation, but withdrew when the mujahideen fought among themselves after the fall of the Soviet-backed government in Kabul in 1992. Warlords and technocrats line up to replace Karzai 2013-10-07T12:12:40Z A million more would die in the years that followed at the hands of the Soviet forces, their Afghan followers, the mujahideen who opposed them, and later the Taliban. Afghanistan mourns victims of communist era 2013-09-30T11:25:33Z It said the "mujahideen", or fighters, burnt police vehicles and stole ammunition. Two Kenyan police killed in attack in northeast county 2013-09-26T13:13:20Z "The mujahideen will kill the hostages if the enemies use force," Sheikh Ali Mohamud Rage said in an online audio statement. Militants hold out as Kenya forces try to crush cross-border jihad 2013-09-24T00:27:19Z A new posting on a jihadist forum announced that "journalists are the enemy to the mujahideen in Syria and globally". Clash exposes Syria rebel rifts 2013-09-19T14:05:59Z They were flying for the beleaguered government of the Russian-backed dictator, Najibullah, which was fighting for survival against the U.S.-backed mujahideen guerrillas. Afghanistan's Amelia Earhart 2013-08-13T08:45:00Z "The mujahideen, we are arming them from here, and from the Arabian Peninsula, the Gulf states, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey," he said. Insight: Kuwaitis campaign privately to arm Syrian rebels 2013-06-26T20:44:29Z "This is the first of our responses to the statement of the president of Niger - from his masters in Paris - that he eliminated jihad and the mujahideen militarily," it read. Group linked to Algeria gas plant attack claims Niger raids 2013-05-24T10:40:53Z Its sprawling grounds host a Soviet-built teal Volga car recovered in Afghanistan by embassy staff and a memorial to the 15,000 Soviet lives lost in the war against mujahideen fighters. Fearing Afghan instability, Russia mulls border troops 2013-05-17T08:18:01Z Americans are well aware of the "blow-back" suffered in Afghanistan when weaponry supplied to the anti-Soviet mujahideen later turned up in the hands of groups with goals inimitable to the West. Syria presents tough choices for Obama 2013-05-02T11:47:31Z To her surprise the new mujahideen government called her back to the armed forces. Afghanistan's Amelia Earhart 2013-08-13T08:45:00Z The bitter experience of Afghanistan, where the American arming of anti-Soviet mujahideen forces in the 1980s helped to give rise to the Taliban and al Qaeda, hangs heavy in the air. West tiptoes into Syrian war hoping to boost more secular rebels 2013-03-14T19:08:09Z Around 15,000 Soviet troops and more than one million Afghans lost their lives in the conflict, which raged between Kabul’s Kremlin-backed government and mujahideen rebels armed by Islamic neighbors and anti-communist Western powers. Soviet Soldier Found 33 Years After Going Missing in Afghanistan 2013-03-10T05:20:24Z According to two former mujahideen commanders who knew him, he was 19 years old when he reached Afghanistan in 1991. Analysis: Without Belmokhtar, jihadi networks would suffer 2013-03-03T20:02:54Z We say to the Sunnis in Baghdad and elsewhere: The situation in which you are living today is exactly what the mujahideen warned you of years ago. Iraq's al Qaeda wing claims Baghdad blasts 2013-02-18T08:49:55Z “The mujahideen hunted us constantly with those missiles.” Afghanistan's Amelia Earhart 2013-08-13T08:45:00Z And there are plenty of weapons; arms left over from the war against the Soviets, guns smuggled over the porous border with Pakistan and those sold by former mujahideen commanders. Insight: Afghans turn to AK-47, fearing Taliban return or civil war 2012-12-18T00:14:36Z Both the Soviets and the Taliban struggled to gain control of this part of Afghanistan and its "mujahideen warlords", who today rule unchallenged. At the mercy of Afghanistan's warlords 2012-11-28T00:18:17Z "Any female that, by any means, plays a role in the war against mujahideen should be killed," said Taliban spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan, using the term for Islamic holy warriors to refer to the Taliban. Pakistani doctors work through night to save girl shot by Taliban 2012-10-10T07:16:58Z Omar Khadr's father, an associate of Osama Bin Laden, took the family to Peshawar, in Pakistan, to support the Afghan mujahideen in their war against the Soviets when Khadr was a child. Youngest inmate leaves Guantanamo 2012-09-29T21:06:39Z A wide-ranging, family-run criminal enterprise with overlays of religious extremism and political ambition, the group was one of the mujahideen outfits originally backed by the Central Intelligence Agency in the 1970s. IHT Rendezvous: Taliban Rages Over U.S. Decision on Terrorist Group 2012-09-09T05:55:29Z Former mujahideen commanders in particular are cashing-in on the insecurity, using their wartime connections to acquire handguns and rifles and sell at inflated prices. Insight: Afghans turn to AK-47, fearing Taliban return or civil war 2012-12-18T00:14:36Z He is a former mujahideen and a powerful man and has connections everywhere, so there is no point in complaining against him. At the mercy of Afghanistan's warlords 2012-11-28T00:18:17Z Police are now hunting men they call terrorists from a group named the "Tatarstan mujahideen". Violence in Muslim region disturbs Russian "ant-hill" sect 2012-08-17T11:49:15Z "I am extremely concerned at the moment because I see similar things to what happened during the initial stages of the Afghanistan war where we were supporting the mujahideen against the Russians," he said. MP warning over UK Syria fighters 2012-08-16T13:22:09Z He was among the mujahideen leaders that fought Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s, and his group received CIA backing then. U.S. House urges adding Haqqani group to terrorist list 2012-07-17T22:31:50Z Warlords who control militias, and former anti-Soviet mujahideen fighters are also boosting the trade. Insight: Afghans turn to AK-47, fearing Taliban return or civil war 2012-12-18T00:14:36Z In the 1980s, pro-regime militias were established to quell the mujahideen’s insurgency, only for some to later switch allegiance and play a vital role in bringing down the government in Kabul. In Afghanistan, US borrows strategy from Iraq 2012-07-10T14:28:00Z They first found voice in the front line during the Soviet invasion in the 1980s - Afghan mujahideen guerrilla fighters used patriotic and religious chants to motivate fighters. Taliban poetry and the lone fighter 2012-07-09T23:40:15Z Comparisons are frequently being drawn to the Soviets' 1989 humiliating defeat after a decade of fighting mujahideen insurgents. Donors expected to pledge $16 billion in Afghan aid 2012-07-08T01:17:59Z Once a major base of mujahideen fighters during the Soviet invasion of the country, local officials say that two-thirds of Jegdalek is now controlled by the insurgents. The plunder of Afghanistan's fabulous ruby mines 2012-05-26T01:39:45Z “Our mujahideen, Sheik Osama’s family, and I are very happy with the great judgment of the political agent.” Pakistan to CIA: Hands Off 2012-05-24T08:45:00Z He then went to Pakistan for mujahideen training and, much later, brought his war back to the UK. Analysis: A British threat from Somalia 2012-05-11T08:46:39Z Instead they called themselves mujahideen, holy warriors seeking to help fellow Muslims under attack by the Syrian regime. In Syria, Lebanon's Most Wanted Sunni Terrorist Blows Himself Up 2012-04-23T17:35:35Z A former imam and mujahideen guerrilla, Omar has not participated in initial U.S. contacts with insurgent representatives, which have been focused on confidence-building measures. Amid peace bid, U.S. got purported letter from Taliban 2012-02-04T00:03:16Z It is likely any attack on a fellow mujahideen commander would be considered "unlawful." Exclusive: Pakistan Taliban commanders "at each other's throats" 2012-01-03T12:31:55Z Prosecutors accused Ali of saying on two conference calls that the priority was support for Muslim mujahideen fighters or for jihad, not the needy. Minnesota women convicted of helping fund Somali group 2011-10-20T19:25:05Z He served as president in the 1990s when rival mujahideen factions waged war for control of the country after the Soviet withdrawal. Afghanistan's Rabbani sought suicide ban: daughter 2011-10-18T14:36:04Z “With the grace of Allah, the mujahideen were able to ambush the political security forces in the area surrounding the political security building in Zinjibar,” the statement said. In Yemen, One Islamist Dead, Many More in Arms 2011-10-02T19:56:26Z The meeting included tribal elders, legislative chairmen, cabinet ministers, former mujahideen commanders and his two vice-presidents, the statement added. Afghan president questions future of peace talks 2011-09-28T20:25:29Z Rabbani, a professor, president and mujahideen fighter, was the most prominent surviving leader of the ethnic Tajik-dominated Northern Alliance of fighters and politicians. Rabbani death shuts Afghan "door of stability": colleague 2011-09-24T17:17:03Z With the United States and Saudi Arabia, it nurtured the Afghan mujahideen, or Muslim holy warrior guerrillas, helping them win the war and paving the way for the creation of the Taliban. U.S. turns up the heat on Pakistan's spy agency 2011-09-23T13:13:24Z As was the case with Osama bin Laden, the group's patriarch and founder Jalaluddin Haqqani was a legendary mujahideen commander who worked with the Americans in the 1980s to oust the Soviet Union from Afghanistan. Insight: Pakistan helping Haqqanis attack U.S. in Afghanistan? 2011-09-23T09:19:35Z First known as a fiery lecturer and Islamist activist, he later became a mujahideen fighter and then took charge of the country after the fall of the Soviet-backed regime. Ex-Afghan president lured into deadly trap: survivor 2011-09-22T14:18:08Z Seven years passed before he was old enough to join up as a mujahideen. Distant lives come together on 9/11's front lines 2011-09-07T08:21:54Z His appointment was divisive, largely because of his mujahideen past and his role in the civil war that followed the fall of the Soviet-backed government and devastated Kabul. Rabbani death shuts Afghan "door of stability": colleague 2011-09-24T17:17:03Z During the 1980s, Peshawar became a den of spies and jihadis when the United States, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan covertly funded a mujahideen guerrilla war to expel Soviet troops from Afghanistan. 9/11 brings slow death to Pakistan's Peshawar 2011-09-07T04:36:44Z When the Afghan mujahideen took Kabul in 1992, I left the country. 'We Are Simply Muslim': Libyan Rebel Chief Denies Al-Qaeda Ties 2011-09-04T05:15:00Z And it is similar to when the mujahideen overthrew President Najibullah’s government 20 years ago, only to start looting public assets and then flee to other countries. At War Blog: In Iraq and Afghanistan, War-Weary Eyes Turn Toward Libya 2011-08-30T17:57:55Z I cried a lot that in just a few seconds so many Taliban mujahideen had been martyred. Distant lives come together on 9/11's front lines 2011-09-07T08:21:54Z It includes real incidents and features heroic actions by the mujahideen in the Prophet's peninsula. 'Al-Qaeda movie targets children' 2011-07-21T10:03:29Z The cause was seen in Saudi Arabia as a just one, and many others followed him to support the mujahideen. Saudi roots 2011-05-16T23:52:06Z "We have evidence that the madrassa was being used at his direction to shelter members of the Pakistan Taliban and prepare children to become mujahideen," or Muslim fighters, Ferrer added. Florida imams arrested for aiding Pakistani Taliban 2011-05-15T06:00:46Z "Those who haven't grown a beard due to being underage are prohibited to spend time with the mujahideen in residential and military centers." Taliban say bar juvenile "beardless" boys among its ranks 2011-05-08T11:18:51Z On his release, Zawahri went to Pakistan where he worked with the Red Crescent treating Islamist mujahideen guerrillas wounded in Afghanistan, which Russia had invaded in 1979. Zawahri: From suburban doctor to chief of al Qaeda? 2011-05-03T16:44:39Z In an August 2009 video, Zawahiri beseeched al-Qaeda supporters in Pakistan to "back the jihad and mujahideen with your persons, wealth, opinion, expertise, information, and prayers." Al-Qaeda's Big Post-Bin Laden Cash Crunch 2011-05-03T05:50:00Z He took up the anti-communist cause with a will, moving to Afghanistan where, for a decade, he fought an ultimately victorious campaign with the mujahideen. From obscurity to 'most-wanted' 2011-05-02T15:11:47Z What he saw there, he was to write 20 years later, was "the training course preparing Muslim mujahideen youth to launch their upcoming battle with the great power that would rule the world: America." Egypt's al-Zawahri likely to succeed bin Laden 2011-05-02T12:19:56Z Determined to fight the Soviet forces, he moved to Afghanistan where, for a decade, he fought an ultimately victorious campaign with the mujahideen. In pictures: Osama Bin Laden's life 2011-05-02T07:56:43Z “The main reason for the decision is, to stop foreigners tracing our mujahideen, then raiding and bombing the area which causes massive civilian causalities,” he said. At War: Taliban Cuts Cellphone Service in Helmand 2011-03-24T20:48:12Z "Actually, don't use the word mujahideen," he says. Fearing God Not Gaddafi: Libya's New Mujahideen 2011-03-06T06:30:00Z Intelligence experts believe that the US Central Intelligence Agency played an active role in arming and training the mujahideen, including Bin Laden. From obscurity to 'most-wanted' 2011-05-02T15:11:47Z He began courting bin Laden, who was becoming a heroic figure among radicals for his financial support of the mujahideen, as well as fighting alongside them. Egypt's al-Zawahri likely to succeed bin Laden 2011-05-02T12:19:56Z The Kabul national museum is located a few kilometres south of the capital, in an area that repeatedly changed hands as mujahideen militias vied for influence in the early 1990s. Hidden treasure 2011-03-01T08:55:03Z “It will degrade their ability to track down mujahideen and consequently would decrease civilian causalities.” At War: Taliban Cuts Cellphone Service in Helmand 2011-03-24T20:48:12Z "We are mujahideen in Libya only," he says. Fearing God Not Gaddafi: Libya's New Mujahideen 2011-03-06T06:30:00Z Along with many of his mujahideen comrades, he brought his mix of fighting skills and Islamic zeal to many anti-US factions within the Middle East. From obscurity to 'most-wanted' 2011-05-02T15:11:47Z "With the blessing of Allah, the mujahideen will send each of you to hell," it said. Climate of fear 2011-03-03T15:55:45Z The Kabul national museum is located a few kilometres south of the capital, in an area that repeatedly changed hands as mujahideen militias vied for influence between in the early 1990s. Hidden treasure 2011-03-01T08:55:03Z The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and the following armed resistance by the mujahideen resulted in the arrival of thousands of Middle Eastern fighters and the introduction of foreign ideologies including Wahabism. Sufi revival 2011-02-23T09:25:35Z A tribal leader in Khaz'alla said the site was well-known as "the cemetery of mujahideen," a reference to the al Qaeda fighters who battled U.S. and Iraqi forces. Scores of bodies unearthed at Iraq grave site 2011-02-12T16:46:06Z Once an important regional producer of raisins and other fruit, Afghanistan watched its vineyards become minefields during years of war between warlords, mujahideen and Soviet invaders. Hungry Afghanistan faces prospect of drought in 2011 2011-02-11T13:36:21Z Gul was part of the U.S.-armed mujahideen forces fighting against Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s and continued to run a weapons depot after the Taliban took it over in 1996. Dead Guantanamo prisoner was no enemy, lawyer says 2011-02-04T20:57:48Z "Two battles took place between the mujahideen and French-Niger forces, resulting in a major failure in the attempt to rescue the hostages." Al-Qaeda claims Niger kidnappings 2011-01-13T15:25:57Z The final words were directed at “all hidden mujahideen in Europe and especially in Sweden.” One of the Sweden Bombs Exploded Prematurely 2010-12-13T15:23:00Z The ISI along with the United States and Saudi Arabia, nurtured the Afghan mujahideen, or Muslim holy warrior guerrillas, and helped them win the war. Pakistan's ISI, a hidden, frustrating power for U.S. 2010-10-08T11:32:00Z Initial attempts by the police to deny terrorist involvement were met with widespread disbelief and officials later pointed the finger at the Indian mujahideen, which had claimed responsibility and promised further attacks. Commonwealth Games 2010: Athletes warned of rising terrorism threat 2010-09-25T20:29:00Z The mission provided services in Afghanistan when it was ruled by mujahideen warlords and the Taliban, Mr. Frans said, adding, "I think it's rather unlikely we'll withdraw completely." U.S. Aid Workers Killed in Afghanistan 2010-08-07T13:39:00Z No one took responsibility but unofficial Islamist websites described the attackers as mujahideen fighters. Rebels attack power station in Russia's Muslim south 2010-07-21T19:29:00Z "This attack on the United States will also be a revenge attack for all the mujahideen," a man purported to be Faisal Shahzad said on the video aired by the television. Failed Times Square bomber made video: TV 2010-07-14T16:15:00Z Van Dyk also lived Afghanistan's mujahideen resistance in the 1980s during their war with the Soviet Union and wrote the book "In Afghanistan: An American Odyssey." U.S. author calls Afghanistan war "pointless" 2010-06-21T18:34:00Z He concluded, "Yes I was wrong in helping my brothers the noble mujahideen, but they will always be in my prayers." Former NY student gets 15-years for aiding al Qaeda 2010-06-09T23:25:00Z They had traveled to Jordan three years ago, but Almonte told the undercover officer on February 3 they were upset after being denied the opportunity to be recruited as "mujahideen fighters." Men arrested at JFK bound for terror group 2010-06-07T14:34:00Z "The verdicts that were issued... against the mujahideen who were providing support for the mujahideen in Gaza are political and unjust... against these honourable mujahideen," he was quoted as saying. Hezbollah condemns Egypt jailing 2010-04-29T10:18:00Z As for the operation to revenge for those mujahideen who died on the 11th of February, you will see it soon, and hear it. Chechen Rebel Leader Speaks via YouTube 2010-04-01T13:48:00Z I arrived in Britain at the age of six, after my family fled Afghanistan and the ever-growing persecution and abuse of the mujahideen. Reality check 2010-03-23T12:50:00Z Mohammad Haji Zaman was a powerful mujahideen warlord during the Afghan civil war in the 1990s. Blast kills Afghan tribal chief 2010-02-22T15:07:00Z "We advise you, our people in the peninsula, to prepare and carry your weapons and to defend your religion and yourselves and to join your mujahideen brothers," he said. 2010-02-08T17:28:00Z "These sacrificing mujahideen believe that the obtainment of this lofty goal is only possible through laying down their lives." 2010-02-05T11:08:00Z Most of the pilots were trained by the Russians in the early 1980s to fight against the mujahideen, who were trying to topple the Russian-backed regime in Kabul at that time. 2010-02-03T00:09:00Z Some foreign Islamic fighters, or mujahideen, who stayed on after fighting alongside Bosnian Muslims against Serbs and Croats in the war, formed their own community in the village. 2010-02-02T20:10:00Z He cared more about the look of his thick black hair than the battles his father, a mujahideen warlord in the 1980s, was waging with Russia for control of Afghanistan. 2010-01-20T03:56:00Z "Like today, during the Soviet era the mujahideen were fighting an occupying force and believed that foreign forces are the only obstacle which prevents peace and stability in Afghanistan." 2010-01-20T03:56:00Z But, he added, "My father didn't have a personal relationship with the Americans," who along with Saudi Arabia provided most of the financing for the mujahideen. 2010-01-20T03:56:00Z Financial aid to the mujahideen also came from wealthy Muslim donors. 2010-01-20T03:56:00Z |
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