The Arabs at war in Afghanistan / Mustafa Hamid ; Leah Farrall.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-340) and index.

People.

Glossary.

Camps, Organisations and Publications.

Locations.

1. Introducing Mustafa Hamid - On how we met / From a rocky introduction. dialogue and, eventually, a book /

2. The Arab-Afghan jihad - A low-profile start / The first arab arrivals / Lack of training for arabs and afghans / Pakistan´s role /

3. Early training and Taliban origins - Mawlawi Nasrullah Mansur and the real beginnings of the Taliban movement / Arrival of the pakistani trainer Rashid Ahmad / Mawlawi Mansur and Rashid´s establishment of the Qais Camp / Rashid and Mawlawi Mansur´s contribution to the Afghan and Arab Jihad /

4. Two memos and an idea that spread: the real origins of Maktab al-Khadamat - The two memos: early suggestions for an Arab-led organisation / Azzam, Sayyaf and Bin Laden establish Maktab al-Khadamat / Early Arab training and combat efforts / The establishment of Sadda camp by Maktab al-Khadamat /

5. Jaji and the establishment of al-Masadah - How and why al-Masadah was established / Opposition to bin Laden´s establishment of al-Masadah / The Jaji Battle and its aftermath / Exclusion of the Afghans / On leadership and lessons: the dangers of the Jaji success /

6. Confused origins: al-Qaeda's post-Jaji emergence and the Arab Advisory Council - The how, whwn and why of al-Qaeda´s formation / More than a move: al-Qaeda´s relocation to Khost and its turn away from Afghanistan / Changing focus: Arab-Afghan efforts to gain bin Laden´s support and al-Qaeda´s resources / Al-Qaeda and the Arab-Afghan advisory council / The Arab-Afghan yard: disagreements, arguments and power plays training /

7. Jalalabad and the Arab-Afghan training storm - An inglorious defeat / Ikhwan Muslimin enters the fray / The rise of the current of preparation and the Jalalabad School /

8. The Afghan civil war and Arab-Afghan flight - Short on options; bin Laden´s journey from house arrest in Saudi Arabia to Pakistan / The fall of the Kabul regime, Afghanistan´s descent into civil war and Pakistan´s crackdown on Arab-Afghans / The forgotten men on the mountain: The Arab-Afghans who remained in Khost /

9. The Arab-Afghan return and the rise of the Taliban - An unhappy return to Afghanistan / From Tora Bora a declaration of jihad / The Taliban gain a controversial guest /

10. Strong horse, weak horse: Arab-Afghan politics and al-Qaeda's realpolitik - Bin Laden´s invitation to Khattab / Bin Laden´s outreach to the pakistanis / The politics among the arab-afghan groups about giving oaths to Mullah Omar / The politics between Abu Musab al-Suri and al-Qaeda / Al-Qaeda´s support for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as a counterweight to Abu Musab al-Suri / Khaldan closes operations in Jalalabad / Al-Qaeda´s training efforts in Kandahar and Kabul /

11. Arab-Afghan unity efforts and 9/11 - The Uzbek-al-Qaeda relatioship and Mullah Omar´s appointment of Uzbek military leader, Juma Bai, as amir of the foreign brigade in Kabul / The al-Qaeda-Tanzim al Jihad merger / Disagreement about al-Qaeda´s upcoming (9/11) attacks / Al-Qaeda´s pre-9/11 preparations for an american retaliation and an absence of warnings / The american invasion /

12. Reflections. Concluding reflections.

Epilogue. Notes / Index /

1. Introducción a Mustafa Hamid 2. La yihad árabe-afgana 3. La formación inicial y los orígenes de los talibanes 4. Dos memorandos y una idea que difundieron los orígenes reales de Maktab al-Khadamat 5. Jaji y el 6. Origen confuso: la emergencia de al-Qaeda después del Jaji y el Consejo Consultivo Árabe - 7. Jalalabad y la tormenta de entrenamiento Árabe-Afgana - 8. La guerra civil afgana y el vuelo árabe-afgano - - 9. El regreso árabe-afgano y el ascenso de los talibanes - 10. Caballo fuerte, caballo débil: política árabe-afgana y realpolitik de al-Qaeda - 11. Los esfuerzos de unidad árabe-afganos y 9/11 - 12. Reflexiones.

Una antigua figura muyahidin de alto rango y un exanalista antiterrorista cooperando para escribir un libro sobre la historia y el legado de los combatientes árabe-afganos en Afganistán es una empresa notable e improbable. Sin embargo, esto es lo que han logrado Mustafa Hamid, también conocido como Abu Walid al-Masri, y Leah Farrall. con la publicación de su innovador trabajo. El resultado de miles de horas de discusiones durante varios años, Los árabes en guerra en Afganistán ofrece nuevos e importantes conocimientos sobre la historia de muchos de los grupos y movimientos militantes salafistas de la actualidad. Al revelar los orígenes reales de los talibanes y al-Qaeda y los empujones entre los diversos grupos yihadistas, este relato no solo desafía la sabiduría convencional, sino que también plantea preguntas incómodas sobre cómo los eventos de este importante período han sido tan mal interpretados.