“The day that Kabul [Afghanistan] fell [November 13, 2001], a radio intercept caught the Taliban’s leader, Mullah [Mohammad] Omar, broadcasting a message from Kandahar exhorting what was left of his troops to stand and fight, telling them, ‘I order you to obey your commanders completely and not to go hither and thither. Any person who goes hither and thither is like a slaughtered chicken which falls and dies. Regroup yourselves. Resist and fight… This fight is for Islam.’ ”
– Matthew M. Aid, The Secret Sentry, Page 224