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Below is an index of actions involving "Afghanistan", organized alphabetically by action. The name "Afghanistan" appears in the left column if responsible for the action, or in the right column if affected by the action. Click on the action to see the reference in the report.

Actions involving "Afghanistan":
Source	Action	Target
cia	virtually : abandon : after soviet withdrawal	afghanistan
official	not again : abandon : as united states	afghanistan
most : of group key figure	accompany : to afghanistan	bin ladin : to afghanistan
cia	aid : in war recall	bin ladin : arab afghans afghan resistance regard : bin ladin
nongovernmental organization	aid : between 1988 and 1992 help run nongovernmental organization ( ) ksm in peshawar jalalabad	young afghan : mujahideen
afghan : asset	ambush	_
7.3	assemble : during summer early autumn of 2000 in afghanistan	senior al qaeda : leader : in afghanistan bin ladin team : during summer early autumn of 2000
administration	assemble	anti-taliban ruling coalition : afghanistan : inside
afghanistan : in 1997 first half of 1998 pakistan	assist : with computer	relationship
president	attack : in meeting with central command franks general	afghanistan : in meeting with central command franks general
secretary	attack : in afghanistan	al qaeda taliban : target : in afghanistan
four	attend : at al qaeda mes aynak camp in afghanistan	elite training : course : at al qaeda mes aynak camp in afghanistan
mous- saoui	attend : in afghanistan	al qaeda training : camp : in afghanistan
_	reportedly : attend : in afghanistan	training : camp : in afghanistan
small group	back : at end of june 2000	afghan eyes
afghanistan	be : not much so	state : sponsor : of terrorism
afghanistan	be	state
afghanistan	be : never	subject : of formal interagency deliberation
afghanistan	be	almost : unthinkable
afghanistan	be : near brink of chaos	_
afghan : asset	be : not	capable : of
bin ladin : destination	be	afghanistan
wide-ranging more : examination : of policy toward afghanistan	be	needed : first
communist : government : in afghanistan	be	unable
ham- bali	be	indonesian : veteran : of afghan war
hamid karzai afghanistan : president	be	brave committed
alliance : leader	be	afghanistan most renowned military commander,ahmed : shah massoud
member	be : since organization bin ladin 1988 founding	close : associate : since organization bin ladin 1988 founding in afghanistan
mes aynak	be	only al qaeda operating : camp : in afghanistan
afghanistan : odds : of sucess	be	odds : hard
officer	be : about afghanistan	especially : knowledgeable : about afghanistan
omar	be : to dialogue with united states on bin ladin presence in august 22 , afghanistan	open : to dialogue with united states on bin ladin presence in afghanistan
pakistan	be : to training camp in afghanistan	customary : route : to training camp in afghanistan
post-9/11 afghanistan : precedent : of	be	good : one
response	be	afghan national resistance : movement
size : of u.s. military commitment in afghanistan	be : not	compromised : by commitment in iraq
_	be	no single silver available : bullet : to deal with growing problem in afghanistan
_	be : in afghanistan	substantial ground : force : in afghanistan
_	be : in afghanistan instead	worth hitting : nothing : in afghanistan
afghanistan	not again : become : for international crime terrorism	sanctuary : for international crime terrorism
diplomat	become : on afghanistan through spring summer of 2001	more : active : on afghanistan through spring summer of 2001
fighting : in afghanistan	already : begin	_
peter tomsen state department special : envoy : to afghan resistance in late 1980s	believe	_
_	all : belong to	afghan : central bank
hamid karzai	bolster : in late 1999	anti-taliban force : afghanistan : inside
general : shelton	brief : on preliminary plan for afghanistan	principal : on preliminary plan for afghanistan
afghanistan	bring : through bin ladin relationship with mullah omar	monetary : benefit taliban
_	build : in afghanistan 19961998 63 3 on 19921996 united states	organization declaring war : on 19921996 united states al qaeda 59 2.5 : renewal : in afghanistan 19961998 63 3
bin ladin	call : from pakistan back to afghanistan in spring of 2000	ksm : from pakistan back to afghanistan in spring of 2000
mahmud ahmed	call : to afghanistan	deputy secretary of state : armitage day two : visit : to afghanistan
chemical pointing : weapon : toward work at camp in southern afghanistan	call	derunta
afghan : tribals	capture : by fall of 1997	bin ladin
16	carry	unprecedented afghan : weapon
_	carry : out by zinni general central command in afghanistan at time	actual : military action : in afghanistan
_	change	afghanistan : government
mak	channel : into afghanistan	recruit : into afghanistan
_	cite : in afghanistan	group : leadership experience resource safe : haven : in afghanistan
_	cite : from afghanistan as proof with grace of allah	soviet army : withdrawal : from afghanistan as proof
new : recruit	come to	afghanistan
taliban	come to	afghanistan
taliban	complete : by , september	conquest : of afghanistan
_	complete	afghanistan flight : training
one	conceal : to afghanistan during first half of 2000 like atta shehhi jarrah	travel : prior to afghanistan during first half of 2000
discussion : within clinton administration on afghanistan	then : concentrate : on two main alternative	_
afghanistan	concentrate on : before move to afghanistan	_
al qaeda : from	conduct	jihad : afghanistan
_	consider : for afghan cia instance	telescope : program challenging : asset risky : for cia afghan
bin ladin	consolidate : in afghanistan while from ksm perspective	bin ladin new : position : in afghanistan while
original infinite justice : name	continue : against bin ladin facility in afghanistan after embassy bombing	series : of name air strike against bin ladin facility in afghanistan sudan after embassy bombing
afghanistan	control	much : of afghanistan
camp : in afghanistan	control : by abu zubaydah	training
_	control : over oil to import afghan taliban through karachi	supply : to taliban over afghan import through karachi
robert oakley	counsel : about internal dynamic of afghanistan pakistan	company : about internal dynamics of afghanistan pakistan
afghanistan	cross	pakistan
day	cross	pakistan- afghanistan : border
conc india-pakistan : tension	often : crowd out : to afghanistan bin ladin in state department	attention : to afghanistan bin ladin
nashiri : account : of episode	date : to afghanistan in 1996	return : to afghanistan in 1996
united states muslim : against tyrant criminal in somalia bosnia kosovo afghanistan iraq	still : defend	_
_	defend	united states muslim : against tyrant criminal in somalia bosnia kosovo afghanistan iraq
eventual : success : of jihad in afghanistan continuation	depend on : in afghanistan	complex increasingly worldwide almost : organization
taliban : regime : in afghanistan	deport	bin ladin
congress president	so far : deserve : for president effort in afghanistan	praise : for president effort in afghanistan
official	designate : as state sponsor of terrorism within state department	taliban-controlled : afghanistan
rumsfeld	develop : for afghanistan	military campaign : plan : for afghanistan
adviser	discuss : for covert action in addition afghanistan bush	new legal : authority : for covert action in afghanistan
bin ladin	dispatch : to northern afghanistan border in mid-1991	band : of supporter to northern afghanistan border
afghanistan	dissolve	_
_	do	various al qaeda : fundraiser operative : of afghanistan
afghanistan	draw : on infinite resolve in november 2000 as addition to strike option	phased campaign : plan
usama bin ladin afghan arabs	largely : draw : on fund	_
clarke	dub : in spring of 2000	afghan eyes effort
military	eliminate : in afghanistan	al qaeda : threat : in afghanistan
_	eliminate : in three phase afghanistan	al qaeda : sanctuary : in afghanistan
department of defense mission : of	end : in afghanistan before 9/11	al qaeda : sanctuary : in afghanistan
_	end	afghan : civil war
_	end : on	afghan : civil war
_	end : in afghanistan	al qaeda : sanctuary : in afghanistan
u.s. government : as	because of northern alliance : endorse : in afghanistan pakistan objection	limited : base : of popular support in afghanistan pakistan objection checkered : history largely because of northern alliance : u.s. government
al qaeda	engage in	operation : afghanistan
most : afghan	enjoy	greater : freedom
bin ladin	eventually : enjoy : in thanks to saudi afghanistan	strong financial : position : in afghanistan
al qaeda : member	enjoy	use : of official afghan ministry of defense license plate
clarke	envision : against bin ladin base in afghanistan	ongoing : campaign : of strike against bin ladin base in afghanistan
strike	envision : against afghanistan of indefinite duration for first time	air : campaign : against afghanistan of indefinite duration
group : of afghan from office	promptly : escort : to kandahar	umar al masri
_	excavate : in afghanistan	cafe : in afghanistan
extremist	execute	hamid karzai interim : leader later : president : of afghanistan
al qaeda : member	exit : without visa immigration procedure purchase import vehicle weapon	afghanistan
administration	explore : on afghanistan	policy : option : on afghanistan
afghan : government	extend : over united states with strategy nation-by-nation commitment	government : authority : over united states
officer	facilitate : during bin ladin entire time in pakistan afghanistan	training : camp : in pakistan afghanistan bin ladin : travel : during entire time
clarke	favor : over afghanistan	flight : over afghanistan
u.s. : force : in afghanistan	find : on other side of frontier	challenging
otherislamists taliban	find : to islam in - violation of afghanistan law	taliban : activity regime : tenet affront : to islam in violation of afghanistan law
pakistan : ruler	find : at home	source : of potential trouble at home multitude : of ardent young afghan
afghanistan flight uae	fly	uae
bin ladin	fly : on leased aircraft from khartoum to jalalabad with refueling stopover in united arab emirates	afghanistan
pakistan india	heavily : focus : on rising tension in summer before embassy bombing	state department pakistan not aggressively : challenge_no : on afghanistan usama bin ladin
_	immediately - : follow : in afghanistan	bin ladin : arrival : in afghanistan
assault : by afghan u.s.	force : on november 9 by afghan u.s.	coalition
defeated : soviet	force	afghan national resistance : movement
afghanistan	not : fulfil	afghanistan : pledge
communist : government : in afghanistan	gain : in 1978	power : in 1978
proposal	get : on ground in afghanistan for extended period	agent : on ground in afghanistan for extended period american
_	get : in afghanistan declare clarke	bin ladin : in afghanistan clarke
_	get : from bin ladin atef	afghanistan : instructions : from bin ladin atef
_	get : in afghanistan	training : in afghanistan
route	get at : in afghanistan	usama bin ladin : in afghanistan
afghanistan	go	_
state department	therefore : go into	afghanistan
_	go into	afghanistan : sanctuary
anti-soviet : afghan	graduate : from college	_
afghan : tribals	hand : over for trial in country arab united states by fall of 1997	bin ladin
afghanistan : associate : in hamburg back	handle	associate : affair
battered : afghanistan	have	chance
afghanistan	finally : have	good : government
afghanistan	have	_
father : bin ladin	have : to fund while jihad wage in sudan afghanistan	access : to wage jihad fund in sudan afghanistan
bureau	have : for afghanistan warring faction in project by union oil company of california unocal	carrot : for afghanistan warring faction in project by union oil company of california unocal
military : operation : in iraq	have : on scale of america commitment to afghanistan future	effect : on scale of america commitment to afghanistan future
rice	have : on afghanistan zalmay khalilzad	chief : staffer : on afghanistan zalmay khalilzad
u.s. government	have	reasonable : opportunity afghan : sanctuary
_	have : in afghanistan sept 26, 2000	military campaign : in afghanistan sept 26, 2000
_	head	finance committee ahmed shah massoud : leader : of afghanistan northern alliance
_	help : in acquiring for zacarias moussaoui al qaeda bin ladin ksm.25 hambali used afghan facility as training recruit ji later ground	ammonium nitrate : for zacarias moussaoui al qaeda bin ladin ksm.25 hambali used afghan facility as training recruit ji ground
authority al qaeda training : camp : in afghanistan	later : hold	_
afghan : desk	hope	_
many : details : in 2 chapter 5 7	illustrate : to al qaeda in	direct : value : of afghan sanctuary to al qaeda in operation indirect
moussaoui subsequent : travel : to afghanistan	imply	_
taliban : in august 2001	imprison : in august 2001	afghanistan
united states	now : improve	life : of afghan people
incipals	include	iran afghanistan sudan iraq libya
military : planner	not : include : for invasion of afghanistan	contingency : planning : for invasion of afghanistan
series	also : include : on al qaeda target in afghanistan	operation infinite resolve variety : of proposed follow-on strike on al qaeda target in afghanistan
_	include : in april 1998	afghanistan
_	include : on iraq afghanistan homeland	expenditure : on iraq afghanistan homeland
_	include : for afghanistan in draft presidential directive as part of annex a on intelligence activity	planned covert action : program : for afghanistan
_	include : in afghanistan	training : in afghanistan
afghanistan afghanistan	incubate : for attack 9/11 al qaeda	_
_	install : as chairman from kandahar on , december 22	hamid karzai : of afghanistan interim administration pashtun : leader : from kandahar of afghanistan interim administration
u.s. : official : in afghanistan	oct : interview	_
administration	invade : with ground troop	afghanistan : with ground troops
president	invade	afghanistan
2004 : usama bin ladin : at news conference in bin ladin 1998 afghanistan	inveigh : against presence of u.s. troop in home islam saudi arabia holy site	_
soldier	join : from nato ally muslim more than state	afghanistan
u.s. : missile	kill	thousand : of afghan
american air : strike : in afghanistan	kill : in november 2001	_
president	launch : on al qaeda in afghanistan	further : attack : on al qaeda in afghanistan
navy : vessel	launch : into afghanistan	missile : into afghanistan
atta	reportedly : learn : in afghanistan ramzi binalshibh cleaning passport of pakistani - visa travel cachet	alteration : technique : in afghanistan ramzi binalshibh cleaning passport of pakistani visa travel cachet
_	leave : after	afghanistan
ahmed ressam	leave : in early 1999	afghanistan
atta	leave : in early 2000 of operation	afghanistan
saudi : authority afghanistan	leave	saudi arabia
nashiri	leave : after day of indoctrination	afghanistan
_	liberate : from rule of taliban	afghanistan
agenda : for meeting	list : as pakistan india afghanistan	topic : as pakistan india afghanistan
fighting : in afghanistan	make : to enormous	pakistan : home
infrastructure : of facility in afghanistan	make : to global network of islamist movement	available : to global network of islamist movement
nato : in particular	make	afghanistan test : of alliance ability
united states	make : to pakistan afghanistan arab state	clear : to pakistan afghanistan arab state
intelligence : on bin ladin in afghanistan	meet	standard
afghanistan	meet with	massoud
_	meet with : on draft afghanistan counterterrorism finding	rice : on draft afghanistan counterterrorism finding
afghan : asset	mount	ubl capture : operation
world-wide : nature : of conflict reference to specific enemy region	name	afghanistan al qaeda only : taliban
country	near	afghanistan
bush administration	because of iraq : neglect	because of iraq : afghanistan
afghan : leader	note	_
_	nurture : as possible moderate	afghan exile : group : as possible moderate
afghanistan : for more training after	obtain	visa
afghanistan	offer	full : range : of instruction
attack : in afghanistan	offer : in afghanistan against bomb-happy u.s	little : benefit lots : of blowback against bomb-happy u.s
afghanistan : countryside	once again : offer : to al qaeda successor	refuge : to al qaeda successor
afghan : radical	offer : to iranian in region	danger : in region counterbalance
_	order : into frontier along afghan border,where bin ladin	pakistani : army province : of northwest pakistan along afghan border,where bin ladin
_	overwhelmingly : orient : in afghanistan toward military	u.s. : presence : in afghanistan
some : of afghanistan	elsewhere : participate : in terrorist united states early 1990s operation al qaeda action	_
afghanistan	plan	_
bin ladin : move : to afghanistan in 1996 month	also : play	role
afghanistan camps central : to 11 september	june 20, 2003 : plot	_
afghanistan camp : central : to 11 september	plot	_
ksm	plunge into	anti-soviet : afghan
direct : value : of afghan sanctuary to al qaeda in operation indirect	prepare	9/11 : attack
saudi : authority afghanistan	prohibit	_
chief	propose : into northern afghanistan in august 2000	team : into northern afghanistan
afghanistan	provide : before move to afghanistan	training weapon fund
country vast unpoliced : region	also : provide : for operation against coalition - force in afghanistan	base : for operation against coalition force in afghanistan
washington	provide : for talk among leader of exile afghan group in late 1999	some : support : for talk among leader of exile afghan group
_	provide : to mujahi- deen in afghanistan deceased jamal al badawi yemeni	logistical : support : to mujahi- deen in afghanistan deceased jamal al badawi yemeni
moscow	out of afghanistan : pull : within next nine months	moscow out of afghanistan : military force : within next nine months
military	put	afghanistan
government	radio : to arab	afghanistan iran broadcasting world
pakistani : visa : in old passport	raise : to presumably - afghanistan	suspicion possible : travel : to afghanistan
_	rate : at out of mission 15 trial cia.ten of predator over afghanistan	charles allen : at out of mission 15 trial cia.ten of predator over afghanistan
_	reach	afghanistan
little : attention	rebuild : after	afghanistan
commission	receive : to year about four	access : to four year of article from related bin ladin pdb al qaeda taliban key such as afghanistan country pakistan including all saudi arabia commission
al khifa	recruit : to fight in afghanistan	american muslims : to fight in afghanistan
cia : report khaled	actively : recruit : to travel afghanistan outside united states	people : to travel afghanistan
afghanistan	refine : since 1998	option
demand	reflect : about welfare of foreign aid worker in several afghanistan	u.s. government : concern : about welfare of several foreign aid worker in afghanistan
official : in clinton bush administration	regard	full u.s. : invasion : of afghanistan
bin ladin : circumstance : in afghanistan	remain : than iraqi alternative	more : favorable : than iraqi alternative
afghanistan	renew : with bin ladin - colleague	contact : with bin ladin colleague
afghan : tribals	report	_
cia : asset : in afghanistan	report on : around kan- dahar over course of five day	bin ladin : location
musharraf : government	represent : for stability in pakistan afghanistan	best : hope : for stability in pakistan afghanistan
fighter	apparently : resort to : for other reason than afghan boldness in on bus	afghan : on bus
official	restrict	afghan
bin ladin	return to	afghanistan
hamburg cell member received each : $5,000	return to : from according to ksm afghanistan	ger- many : from afghanistan
abu bara	briefly : return to	afghanistan
cousin	return to : by late 2000	afghanistan
hambali	eventually : return to : after 18 months in afghanistan	malaysia : after 18 months in afghanistan
hamlan	even : return to	afghanistan
hamlan	return to	afghanistan
khalid al zahrani	not thereafter : return to	afghanistan
khallad	return to	afghanistan
nami	next day : return to	afghanistan
recruit	return to : for more training after	afghanistan : for more training after
senior	return to	afghanistan
ubl : upon leader	return to	afghanistan
_	return to : about month	afghanistan
_	return to : as occasion	afghanistan : as occasion
_	according to binalshibh : return to	afghanistan muscle : hijacker
bin ladin : of chief station	see : to afghanistan as stroke of luck	bin ladin : move : to afghanistan as stroke of luck
president : bush	see : as priority	afghanistan : as priority
_	see : on cia draft document for draft afghanistan counterterrorism finding dci ubl mon mar 27, 2001	cia : memo talking point : for dci on draft afghanistan counterterrorism finding draft ubl mon mar 27, 2001
_	see : on financial relation	cia analytic : report ariana afghan airlines:assets activity
_	see : for more details from soviet invasion to september 10, 2001 2004 penguin	steve coll ghost wars:the secret history : of afghanistan cia bin laden
_	seek : from afghanistan	approval training : from afghanistan
afghanistan	select	muscle : hijacker
abu hoshar	send : to afghanistan for training	recruit : to afghanistan for training
coconspirator : in afghanistan pakistan	shortly : send	new : colleague
_	send : into afghanistan	cia officer : into afghanistan
bin ladin	ship : to afghanistan	group : of container to afghanistan
greater : consideration : of political dimension congressional : support : for substantial package of assistance	signal : to afghanistan future	long-term longer : commitment : to afghanistan future
_	spend : with taliban	afghanistan
anti-taliban : afghan : of all major ethnic group	stalemate : in civil war under mine	taliban : in civil war
us : missile	strike : on bin ladin in 1998 afghanistan	base : in afghanistan
u.s.	strike : for embassy attacks support initial philadelphia inquirer by gingrich lott	sudan sites retaliating : for embassy attacks philadelphia inquirer afghan
henry cia : in 20012002 afghanistan	study : in intelligence	classified version : vol
saudi : arabia united states	supply : to rebel group in afghanistan	billion : of dollar assistance secret worth to rebel group in afghanistan
policy : option : on afghanistan of	support	_
taliban	take over	afghanistan
bin ladin : associate	also : talk about : to afghanistan before east africa bombing	movement : of container to afghanistan before east africa bombing
ressam	tear	afghanistan : entry
current afghan : foreign minister	tell	_
kattouf	tell	afghan
one afghan regional : official	plaintively : tell	_
rice hadley nsc : staff member : for afghanistan zalmay khalilzad	tell	_
regime	tip : in afghanistan	balance : in afghanistan ongoing : civil war
afghanistan	train : in camp	afghanistan
instruction : in bin ladinsup- ported afghanistan camp	train	fighter
most : of	train : in afghanistan bin ladinoperated continue berger	camp : in afghanistan berger
afghanistan : in 1997 first half of 1998 pakistan	frequently : travel	afghanistan : in 1997 first half of 1998 visit cultivate : with lieutenant bin ladin atef sayf al adl by
yemen nashiri afghanistan	travel	afghanistan
bin ladin	travel to : in southern event afghanistan	kandahar : region : in southern afghanistan
binalshibh	travel to	afghanistan
iraqi : delegation	travel to : in , july	afghanistan
many : extremist	travel to : for training jihad	afghanistan : for training jihad
group	travel to : instead binal- shibh according to	afghanistan
saudi	travel to	afghanistan
student	travel to	afghanistan
_	travel to	afghanistan
_	shortly : travel to : before 9/11 attack	afghanistan
_	illegally : travel to : after	afghanistan
_	travel to : in , march 2000	afghanistan : in march 2000
mike	trust : from afghan network	information : from afghan network
fighter	from 1996 through 9/11 : undergo : in bin ladinsup- ported afghanistan camp at addition 10,000 to 20,000.78 to	instruction : in bin ladinsup- ported afghanistan camp
_	july 9, 2004 online : update : at www.nato.int/issues/afghanistan	afghanistan
al qaeda	also : use : to courier money into afghanistan	afghan state-owned : ariana airlines : to courier money into afghanistan
pakistan	use : as base from nation	afghanistan : as base
plan : for	use : in afghanistan	special operations forces : in afghanistan
new : plan : for	use	afghan : tribals
post-9/11 afghanistan : precedent : of	use : for covert clandestine operation	joint cia-military : team : for covert clandestine operation
_	use : as sanctuary for afghanistan operation	afghanistan : as sanctuary for operation
delegation	visit : in afghanistan	bin ladin : in afghanistan
binalshibh : distance	visit	afghanistan
hazmi	visit : on several occasion by time	afghanistan : on several occasions
mushar- raf	early in may : visit	afghanistan
cia	work : with cia in southern - meantime afghanistan	tribal : asset : in southern afghanistan
133 steve coll cia afghanistan bin laden 10 2001 2004	_	_
5 489 afghanistan	_	_
afghanistan	_	_
april 1988 afghan	_	_
arab afghanistan taliban	_	_
canadian afghanistan khalid al mihdhar nawaf al hazmi ksm	_	_
cia afghanistan feb 19, 1999	_	_
cia clarke nsc afghanistan dec 29, 2000	_	_
islamabad 06863 afghanistan taliban sept 14, 1998	_	_
state department pakistan afghanistan sept 14, 2001	_	_
state department pakistan afghanistan sept 14, 2001 president bush	_	_
suspect osama bin laden dec 22, 1998 afghanistan	_	_