Taliban
Events (363)
- 1993-1994: Future Pakistani President Promotes Taliban and Kashmiri Militant Groups
- 1994-1997: US Supports Taliban Rise to Power
- Mid-1996-October 2001: Ariana Airlines Becomes Transport Arm of Al-Qaeda and Taliban
- Late 1996: Bin Laden Becomes Active in Opium Trade
- 1998: CIA Discovers Links between Arms Dealer Victor Bout, Al-Qaeda, and Taliban
- Summer 2001: Pakistani Intelligence Protects Al-Qaeda Leader from Arrest
- 2002: US Refuses to Exchange Information with Iran about Islamist Militants
- 2002-2006: US Does Not Strongly Press Pakistan about Taliban Leaders Hiding There
- 2002-2005: US Fails to Monitor Taliban Strongholds in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- 2004-2007: Suicide Bombings Dramatically Increase in Afghanistan
- 2006: Taliban and Al-Qaeda Increase Control over Pakistan’s Tribal Region, Killing Over 120 Local Opponents
- 1984-1994: CIA Funds Militant Textbooks for Afghanistan
- 1986: Bin Laden Works Indirectly with CIA
- 1995-2001: Persian Gulf Elite Go Hunting with Bin Laden and Mullah Omar in Afghanistan
- 1997: CIA Re-opens Afghanistan Operations
- 1998 and After: CIA Instigates Co-operation with Uzbekistan against Taliban and Al-Qaeda
- 1999: CIA Builds Network of Informants throughout Afghanistan, Central Asia
- (1999): Award-Winning Playwright Writes a Play in Which an Afghan Woman Warns of the Taliban ‘Coming to New York’
- After September 1996: Journalist Sees US and Taliban Combating Russia over Central Asian Pipeline Issue
- Autumn 2002: Taliban and Al-Qaeda Regrouping in Afghanistan
- Autumn 2004: US Misses Chance to Learn Secrets from Taliban’s Top Drug Kingpin
- Autumn 2006: Pakistan Releases 2,500 Suspected Islamist Militants
- Autumn 1998: US Intelligence Aware of ‘Unholy Alliance’ between ISI, Taliban, and Al-Qaeda
- Early 2001: Taliban Disinformation Project Is Cancelled
- Early 2002: Troops and Equipment Redirected from Afghanistan to Iraq
- Early May 2002: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Suggests Warlords Should Share Power with Afghan Government
- Early 2004: CIA Lacks Resources to Monitor Al-Qaeda Haven in Pakistan, Due to Iraq War
- Early 2006: Architect of Iraq War Expresses Pride in Decision to Ignore Geneva Conventions in Interrogating Detainees
- February 2009: Secret Afghan Talks Backed by the British Continue with Taliban and Hekmatyar Sons-in-Law; Immunity and Political Role Discussed
- Late Fall-Early Winter 2001: Iranians Offer Assistance to US in War with Taliban
- Late 2001: Taliban’s Top Drug Kingpin Arrested by US Then Let Go
- Late 2001: US Opposes Peacekeeping and Counter-narcotics in Afghanistan
- Late 2004-Early 2005: Classified US Documents Suggest Pakistan Is Supporting Taliban
- Late July 2001: Taliban Intelligence Chief Wants Secret Contact with US to ‘Save Afghanistan’
- Late September 2001: CIA Learns ISI Is Secretly Advising Taliban to Resist US Invasion
- Late October 2009: Passport of Al-Qaeda Hamburg Cell Member Bahaji Found in Pakistan’s Tribal Region
- Late November 2001: CIA Advises Bush and Cheney That Allies Won’t Help Trap Bin Laden, but No Action Is Taken
- Late 2002-Late 2003: Al-Qaeda, Protected in Pakistan’s Tribal Region, Launches Border Attacks on US Forces in Afghanistan
- October 1994: CIA and ISI Allegedly Give Help and Secret Cache of Weapons to Taliban
- Late 1996: ISI Returns Afghanistan Training Camps to Bin Laden and Subsidizes Their Costs
- Late 1998: Taliban Stall Pipeline Negotiations to Keep Western Powers at Bay
- Mid-September 1998: Taliban Supposedly Rejects Secret Deal to Hand Bin Laden to Saudis
- Mid-November 2001-Mid-December 2001: US-Allied Afghan Warlords Help Bin Laden Escape Tora Bora
- Mid-December 2007: Pakistani Militant Leaders Unify, Command about 40,000 Fighters
- Mid-2007: Indian Intelligence Allegedly Warns US that Bin Laden Is Likely Hiding in Northwest Pakistan
- Spring 2000: CIA Paramilitary Teams Begin Working with Anti-Taliban Forces
- Spring 2004: Conditions In Afghanistan Deteriorate
- Spring 2006: US Leadership Surprised about Strong Taliban Offensive, Despite Warnings
- Spring 2003: Aid to Afghanistan Falls Short of Promises
- Spring-Autumn 1994: Taliban Arise in Afghanistan; Quickly Co-opted by ISI