Raes Abdul Wahed
Raes Abdul Wahed ''(also transliterated as Abdul Rais Wahid and Abdul Wahid)'' is an Afghan warlord. According to an article in the May 23, 2002 issue of ''Time'' magazine, Wahed was a Taliban commander who surrendered on January 5, 2002. Time reported that Wahed remained at large and in command of his district. Other sources report that Wahed hid Taliban leader Mullah Omar, and enabled his escape.. By 2003 Wahed had gone underground. Intelligence reports, prepared for the Combatant Status Review Tribunals and Administrative Review Board hearings of some Afghan detainees described Wahed as ''“...the Supreme Commander of a forty-man guerilla unit.”'' Summarized transcript (.pdf) from Abdul Bagi's '' Administrative Review Board hearing'' - page 42 Several Guantanamo detainees were captured following an ambush attempt near the village of Lejay, Afghanistan, described as "Wahed's stronghold". Summarized transcript (.pdf) from Rahmatullah's '' Administrative Review B ...
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran border, west, Turkmenistan to the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, northwest, Uzbekistan to the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border, north, Tajikistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, northeast, and China to the Afghanistan–China border, northeast and east. Occupying of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains Afghan Turkestan, in the north and Sistan Basin, the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. , Demographics of Afghanistan, its population is 40.2 million (officially estimated to be 32.9 million), composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks. Kabul is the country's largest city and ser ...
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Mohammed Nassim
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد;  570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He is believed to be the Seal of the Prophets within Islam. Muhammad united Arabia into a single Muslim polity, with the Quran as well as his teachings and practices forming the basis of Islamic religious belief. Muhammad was born approximately 570CE in Mecca. He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His father Abdullah was the son of Quraysh tribal leader Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, and he died a few months before Muhammad's birth. His mother Amina died when he was six, leaving Muhammad an orphan. He was raised under the care of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, and paternal uncle, Abu Talib. In later years, he would periodically seclu ...
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ISN 890
The initials ISN can stand for: * Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, in the U.S. Department of State * Intel Software Network * International Relations and Security Network * International Socialist Network * International Society for Neurochemistry * International Society of Nephrology * International Suppliers Network, a vendor tracking system * Internment Serial Number for US prisoners during conflicts * Irish Socialist Network * Israel Start-Up Nation * ITAD Subscriber Numbers for VoIP PBX * Nicaraguan Sign Language ( es, Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua) See also * International Standard Number (other) International Standard Number may refer to: *International Standard Book Number, a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering code *International Standard Recording Code, a unique twelve-character alphan ...

Peshawar
Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where it is the largest city. Peshawar is primarily populated by Pashtuns, who comprise the second-largest ethnic group in the country. Situated in the Valley of Peshawar, a broad area situated east of the historic Khyber Pass, Peshawar's recorded history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it one of the oldest cities in South Asia. Peshawer is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the country. The area encompassing modern-day Peshawar is mentioned in Vedic scriptures; it served as the capital of the Kushan Empire during the rule of Kanishka and was home to the Kanishka Stupa, which was among the tallest buildings in the ancient world. Peshawar was then ruled by the Hephtha ...
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Tora Bora
Tora Bora ( ps, توره بوړه, "Black Cave") is a cave complex, part of the Spin Ghar (White Mountains) mountain range of eastern Afghanistan. It is situated in the Pachir Aw Agam District of Nangarhar, approximately west of the Khyber Pass and north of the border of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Tora Bora and the surrounding Spin Ghar range had natural caverns formed by streams eating into the limestone, that had later been expanded into a CIA-financed complex built for the Afghan mujahideen. Tora Bora was known to be a stronghold location of the Afghan mujahideen, used by military forces against the Soviet Union during the 1980s. Geology The geology of Tora Bora is predominantly metamorphic gneiss and schist. History Military base In October - November 1980, during Operation "Shkval", this complex was taken by the "Kaskad" special forces unit of the USSR KGB, together with the 66th motorized rifle brigade of the 40th Army of the Soviet troops in Afg ...
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Afghan Northern Alliance
The Northern Alliance, officially known as the United Islamic National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ( prs, جبهه متحد اسلامی ملی برای نجات افغانستان ''Jabha-yi Muttahid-i Islāmi-yi Millī barāyi Nijāt-i Afghānistān''), was a military alliance of groups that operated between late 1996 to 2001 after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) took over Kabul. The United Front was originally assembled by key leaders of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, particularly president Burhanuddin Rabbani and former Defense Minister Ahmad Shah Massoud. Initially it included mostly Tajiks but by 2000, leaders of other ethnic groups had joined the Northern Alliance. This included Karim Khalili, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Abdullah Abdullah, Mohammad Mohaqiq, Abdul Qadir, Asif Mohseni, Amrullah Saleh and others. The Northern Alliance fought a defensive war against the Taliban regime. They received support from India, Iran, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, ...
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General Dostum
Abdul Rashid Dostum ( ; prs, عبدالرشید دوستم; Uzbek Latin: , Uzbek Cyrillic: , ; born 25 March 1954) is an Afghan exiled politician, former Marshal in the Afghan National Army, founder and leader of the political party Junbish-e Milli. Dostum was a major army commander in the communist government during the Soviet–Afghan War, and in 2001 was the key indigenous ally to US Special Forces and the CIA during the campaign to topple the Taliban government. He is one of the most powerful and notorious warlords since the beginning of the Afghan wars, known for siding with winners during different wars. Born into an ethnic Uzbek peasant family in Jawzjan Province, Dostum joined the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) as a teenager before enlisting in the Afghan National Army and training as a paratrooper, serving in his native region around Sheberghan. Soon with the start of the Soviet–Afghan War, Dostum commanded a KHAD militia and eventually gained a r ...
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Akhund Zada
Akhund (akhoond, akhwand, akhand or akondo) ( fa, آخوند) is a Persian title or surname for Islamic scholars, common in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Azerbaijan. Other names for similar Muslim Scholar include sheikh and mullah. The Standard Chinese word for imam (), used in particular by the Hui people, also derives from this term. Duty Akhunds are religious and spiritual leaders. They lead the prayers in the mosques, deliver religious sermons, perform religious ceremonies such as milad, marriage rituals, birth rituals etc. Many of them were magistrates or justices of Sharia courts who also exercised extrajudicial functions, such as mediation, guardianship over orphans and minors, and supervision and auditing of public works. They also often teach in Islamic schools known in Iran as hawzas and in other countries as madrasas. Akhunds will usually have completed higher studies on Islamic subjects such as Sharia, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudenc ...
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ISN 888
The initials ISN can stand for: * Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, in the U.S. Department of State * Intel Software Network * International Relations and Security Network * International Socialist Network * International Society for Neurochemistry * International Society of Nephrology * International Suppliers Network, a vendor tracking system * Internment Serial Number for US prisoners during conflicts * Irish Socialist Network * Israel Start-Up Nation * ITAD Subscriber Numbers for VoIP PBX * Nicaraguan Sign Language ( es, Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua) See also * International Standard Number (other) International Standard Number may refer to: *International Standard Book Number, a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering code *International Standard Recording Code, a unique twelve-character alphan ...

Nasrullah (Guantanamo Detainee 886)
Nasrullah may refer to: * Nasrullah (horse) (1940–1959), British Thoroughbred racehorse * Nasrullah (name), a name (including a list of people with the name) * Nasrullah Bridge, a 16th-century bridge in Kastamonu, Turkey * Nasrullah Mosque, a 16th-century mosque in Kastamonu, Turkey See also * Nasrallah * Nasrallah, Tunisia Nasrallah, Tunisia is a town and commune in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 ...

ISN 866
The initials ISN can stand for: * Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, in the U.S. Department of State * Intel Software Network * International Relations and Security Network * International Socialist Network * International Society for Neurochemistry * International Society of Nephrology * International Suppliers Network, a vendor tracking system * Internment Serial Number for US prisoners during conflicts * Irish Socialist Network * Israel Start-Up Nation * ITAD Subscriber Numbers for VoIP PBX * Nicaraguan Sign Language ( es, Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua) See also * International Standard Number (other) International Standard Number may refer to: *International Standard Book Number, a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering code *International Standard Recording Code, a unique twelve-character alphan ...