Faqir

Lt.Gen. Moin Faqir, who oversees the Afghan army's operations as central corps commander, said his forces first started seeing bombs with computer components six months ago in Kunar province.

07/28/2005 2005

The Faqir was a Muslim religious leader who waged a guerrilla war against the British in Pakistan's tribal regions during the 1930s and 1940s from his base in North Waziristan.

Forgotten, but notgone Peter Bergen 2011

A Wazir of North Waziristan, Mirza Ali Khan, known as the Faqir of Ipi, was a harder case.

The Economist: Correspondent's diary 2010

Bruce was making his pitch for the counterinsurgency approach in response to a 1936 uprising in North Waziristan by the Osama bin Laden of his day, a fiery mullah named Mirza Ali Khan, known as the Faqir of Ipi.

Fore, right! 2009

Faqir (male) or faqirah (female) can mean that you are downtrodden or impoverished.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

For those of us hoping that chapter can someday be closed, one name should be sobering: the Faqir of Ipi.

Forgotten, but notgone Peter Bergen 2011

Faqir Muhammed Ghnuw, wasn't shy about telling them.

General sees proof Afghanistan can work 2011

Faqir (male) or faqirah (female) can mean that you are downtrodden or impoverished.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

Senior Taliban official Maulvi Faqir Mohammad has named himself acting head of the Pakistani Taliban, a close relative of Mohammad and local Taliban spokesmen in Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas told CNN Wednesday.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: August 20, 2009 2009

The council members are: Arsala Rahmani, the Taliban's former deputy minister of higher education; Habibullah Fawzi, who once served as the Taliban's ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Faqir Mohammad Khan, a former Taliban deputy minister; and Sar Andaz Qalamuddin, a former top official in the Taliban's hardline religious police — known as the vice and virtue unit.

Afghan Taliban talks appear to be gaining traction 2011