references
trans. Julia and Robin Whitby (London, 1992); Oleg Yermakov,
Afghan Tales: Stories from Russia’s Vietnam, trans. Marc Romano
(New York, 1993).
53 Brian G. Williams, The Last Warlord: The Life and Legend of Dostum, the
Afghan Warrior who Led the u.s. Special Forces to Topple the Taliban Regime
(Chicago, il, 2013).
54 From text of the decree in the author’s personal archive.
55 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, The Opium Economy in
Afghanistan: An International Problem (New York, 2003).
14 Between the Dragon and his Wrath, 1994–2017The title of this chapter comes from Lear’s warning to Kent, ‘Come not
between the dragon and his wrath’, in William Shakespeare, King Lear,
Act i, scene i.
1 Not to be confused with ‘Abd al-Haq Arsala.
2 For example, Maria Golovnina and Sheree Sardar, ‘Pakistani “Father of
Taliban” keeps watch over loyal disciples’, 15 September 2013, http://www.reuters.
com.
3 Human Rights Watch, Afghanistan: The Massacre in Mazar-i Sharif, vol. x,
no. 7 (C), November 1998, http://www.hrw.org.
4 The Osama bin Laden File, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing
Book 343, http://nsarchive.gwu.edu.
5 ‘Albright Lambasts Taliban over Treatment of Women’, Chicago Tribune,
19 November 1997.
6 ‘Deputy Secretary Armitage-Mahmoud phone call’, 18 September 2001,
National Security Archives, New Documents Detail America’s Strategic
Response to 9/11 (henceforth nsa, New Documents, 9/11), no. 9, http://
nsarchive.gwu.edu.
7 ‘Embassy in Islamabad to Secretary of State’, 23 September 2001, nsa,
New Documents, 9/11, no. 8, http://nsarchive.gwu.edu.
8 ‘Embassy in Islamabad to Secretary of State; Musharraf, we are with you in
your action plan in Afghanistan’, 13 September 2001, nsa, New Documents,
9/11, no. 4, http://nsarchive.gwu.edu.
9 ‘Armstrong to Chamberlain, Message to Taliban’, 7 October 2001, nsa,
New Documents, 9/11, no. 16, http://nsarchive.gwu.edu.
10 ‘Rumsfeld to Feith, u.s. Strategy in Afghanistan’, 16 October 2001, nsa,
New Documents, 9/11, no. 18, http://nsarchive.gwu.edu.
11 For the list of u.s. demands see ‘Deputy Secretary Armitage’s Meeting
with General Mahmoud: actions and support expected in the fight against
Terrorism’, 14 September 2001, nsa, New Documents, 9/11, no. 5,
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu.
12 Physicians for Social Responsibly, Body Count, Casualty Figures after 10
Years of the ‘War on Terror’, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Washington, dc,
Berlin and Ottawa, March 2015); Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Drone
Warfare, The Bush Years: Pakistan Strikes, 2004–2009,
http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com.