Mujahedeen

He also challenges president-elect Obama, saying the U.S. won't be able to sustain its fight against what he calls the mujahedeen much longer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"I know what the word mujahedeen means," Nahhas said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Veterans of that struggle, known as mujahedeen, occupy the top rungs of power in President Hamid Karzai's administration—and many of these once-respected fighters have come under withering criticism for enriching themselves while on government service. ❋ Dion Nissenbaum (2011)

While focusing on Pakistan's nuclear program, the Reagan administration's turning a blind eye to it, and General Zia's blood-thirsty military rule while recruiting and funding the Afghani Freedom Fighters (better known as the mujahedeen, a.k.a. Al Qaeda), Deception references the unlawful proliferation of nuclear technology by the United States to Iran under the Shah. ❋ Unknown (2008)

From those same camps, the Afghan rebels, known as mujahedeen, or holy warriors, kept up a decade long siege on the Soviet-supported garrison town of Khost. ❋ Unknown (2001)

The so-called mujahedeen, led by Osama Bin Laden, now accused of being the chief suspect responsible for the destruction of the World Trade Centre (WTC) and the attack on the Pentagon, it transpires, has been an ally of the United States Intelligence community for well nigh two decades. ❋ Unknown (2001)

As security deteriorated in Kunduz Province, the governor and intelligence chief enlisted the help of former resistance fighters like Ludin, called mujahedeen, who had fought against Soviet invaders and the Taliban in the past. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They are no longer referred to as the mujahedeen and "freedom fighters." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Afghan tribesmen, known as the mujahedeen, referred to by the United States as "freedom fighters," engaged the Soviet army in a bloody conflict in order to free their country. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the 1980s, the Americans used the city as rear base for the so-called "mujahedeen" backed by Washington to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. ❋ Unknown (2008)

South Africa in Angola and Sierra Leone and equally bothered by reports of 'mujahedeen' fighters from Afghanistan and Middle ❋ Unknown (1997)

And "mujahedeen" who had fought in Afghanistan and then Bosnia were also preparing to fight alongside Hezbollah in south Lebanon, it added in the report which followed Israel's offensive to halt the guerrillas carrying out cross-border rocket attacks. ❋ Unknown (1996)

The new parliament - the country's second since the Taliban regime fell in 2001 - like the first assembly contains a gallery of former "mujahedeen" warlords and guerrilla commanders who've been held responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians. ❋ Unknown (2011)