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...Midway through a question about whether they are actively planning for a new jihad, a third man rushes in and says something that causes Esmatullah and Sayfullah to quickly head for the door. The police are said to be on the way. Seconds later, the group that was in front of the tea shop has vanished. Across the street, Esmatullah and Sayfullah are visible, striding quickly away into the dusty shadows...
Early this month Hekmatyar declared jihad against Karzai's U.S. allies. Afghan intelligence officials say he has been spotted in Helmand province--the Taliban-friendly region that produced Rahman, who joined Sherzai's guard about two weeks before trying to assassinate Karzai. After the shooting, police and military officers in Kandahar detained 17 Rahman associates for questioning, according to Khalid Pashtoon, a spokesman for Sherzai. "Once the interrogations and investigations are completed," says Pashtoon, "Hekmatyar's name will be mentioned." Some Afghan leaders believe that Hekmatyar's re-emergence has been facilitated by outsiders eager to destabilize the Western-friendly...
...both young men began to yearn for jihad. Siddique's cousin Zahid Islam says that while studying at Gujrat Technical College, Siddique would increasingly express concern about the plight of Kashmiris. Mahmood's brother Tahir says he began to hate his job at a clinic, eventually quitting to join Islamic groups. One day, Mahmood asked his family for permission to go to Kashmir. "My father's initial reaction," relates Tahir, a onetime fighter himself, "was neutral?not bad, not good. But later he reckoned (Mahmood) had done the right thing...
...escape. It's not clear if their families know yet, and what their reaction will be. But even before his cousin's death, Zahid had made up his mind to join him: "I need to know what to do to go to Kashmir. I want to go on jihad...
Yasin said that jihad is a broad struggle for control. “On a global scale, [jihad] is a struggle...for control of the big decisions—not only who controls what piece of land, but more importantly who gets medicine...