Final offensive?

By Ahmed Rashid

LAHORE, Pakistan, August 5, 1999 — Since the failed peace talks, the Taliban have been massing their forces along a wide east-west arc 20 ki

Excerpts from this story referencing "Burhanuddin Rabbani":

"… untains close to the Chinese border, the Alliance leader, former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, knows what’s coming. “We are preparing to defend ourselves against a …"

Afghanistan: Heart of darkness

By Ahmed Rashid

LAHORE, Pakistan, August 5, 1999 — As the Taliban launch a new offensive against opposition forces, the threat which this Islamic regime pos

Excerpts from this story referencing "Burhanuddin Rabbani":

"… re helping the IMU. But a senior political aide to former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, leader of the Northern Alliance, says the Taliban gave Yoldasev a house i …"

Africa's 'merchant of death' sold arms to the Taliban

By Phillip van Niekerk and André Verlöy

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2002 — Victor Bout, the Russian arms trafficker whose clandestine sales of weapons of war to some of the bloodiest r

Excerpts from this story referencing "Sierra Leone":

"… cused Bout of shipping contraband weapons to rebel movements in Angola and Sierra Leone and to the rogue regime of Charles Taylor in Liberia. Bout and his associa …"

"… ongo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Congo-Brazzaville, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland and Uganda, according to reports by the Un …"

"… tions against Bout.“The murder and mayhem of UNITA in Angola, the RUF in Sierra Leone and groups in the Congo would not have been as terrible without Bout’s o …"

"… d Nations of violating sanctions against the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone, UNITA in Angola and Charles Taylor’s regime in Liberia.Although intelli …"

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The merchant of death

By André Verlöy

With 300 employees and a large fleet of cargo planes, Victor Bout's actions were near impossible to track

Excerpts from this story referencing "Burhanuddin Rabbani":

"… 1995, when the radical Islamist movement was trying to overthrow President Burhanuddin Rabbani's government in Kabul. One of Bout's planes flying from Albania via Sharja …"

FACT CHECK: The state of Obama’s facts

By FactCheck.Org

The president’s facts and figures were often accurate — but not the whole story

Excerpts from this story referencing "Burhanuddin Rabbani":

"… inues, and the outcome is not certain.On Sept. 20, an assassin killed Burhanuddin Rabbani, a former Afghan president and chief government negotiator with the Taliba …"