Word: jihadis
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Omar still keeps a tight grip on his Kandahar through his loyal corps commander, Akhtar Usmani. A native of Helmand, Usmani's a pragmatist, not a die-hard jihadi, and if the tide turns seriously against the Taliban in the southern provinces, he might step forward and negotiate Kandahar's surrender. He's held in check, to some extent by the 25-year old police chief, Hafez Majid (Mullah Omar owes the kid his life for pulling him out the wreckage after a truck bomb destroyed his house in Kandahar several years back.) Majid is fanatically devoted to Mullah Omar...
...Pakistan's Musharraf has a much tougher job. So far, the general has made encouraging noises about a dialogue with India, but his government still gives active support to more than a dozen mujahedin groups fighting in Kashmir. The Jihadis, as these zealots are known, are backed by the Pakistani army and the country's religious right. These groups, which have a good deal of leverage over Musharraf, threaten not only a possible Kashmir peace but Pakistan's own stability. "The Pakistani government is in a stituation where it supports jihadi groups," says a Western diplomat in Islamabad. "They have...