Mustafa Hamid and Leah Farrall, The Arabs at War in Afghanistan (C. Hurst & Co, 2015)   In the decades since the United States and Saudi Arabia began funding the Pakistani-run jihad against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, the loosely knit groups of Arab volunteers who joined the Afghan mujahideen have mutated – both in … Continue reading From “Freedom-Fighters” to the Islamic State: The Mutation of Jihad