1. Economic sanctions were imposed by the U.S. against which nation in 1993 because of government-sponsored terrorism?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Saudi Arabia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Syria.

2. Who was the new Department of State special envoy to the Afghan resistance that served from 1989-1992?
(a) Peter Tomsen.
(b) Peter Timmons.
(c) Thomas Peterson.
(d) Peter Thompson.

3. Gary Schroen, a CIA agent, met with Ahmed Shah Massoud, who was what?
(a) Former Afghan defense minister.
(b) Current Afghan defense minister.
(c) Former Afghan president.
(d) Current Afghan president.

4. The ISI began to supply the Taliban in 1995, which soon controlled what region?
(a) Southern Pakistan.
(b) Northern Iraq.
(c) Northern Yemen.
(d) Southern Afghanistan.

5. Yousef received jihad bomb training and participated in the attack where?
(a) U.S. Marine barracks, Beirut.
(b) U.S. embassy, Tehran.
(c) Afghan capitol building, Kabul.
(d) World Trade Center, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. The new National Security Decision Directive in 1985 made it harder to keep CIA involvement secret and there was concern the Soviets would retaliate against what nations?

2. In Chapter 10, whose views in the Department of State ran counter to those of the CIA at Langley?

3. When was there a meeting in Moscow in which the Soviets decided to pull out of Afghanistan within a year or two?

4. Many of the Kandahar Durranis were living where in exile in 1994?

5. The Taliban was initiated with which individual as its leader?

(see the answer key)

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