Critically Analyze the Factors that have Destabilized Afghanistan since the mid Twentieth Century. Afghanistan‚ the “Land of the Afghans”‚ which is officially known as the “Islamic Republic of Afghanistan” is located at a very important geo-strategic location on Central Asia just between the Middle East and South Asia. It has been a focal point of the ancient Silk Route and human migration. Afghanistan has been led by great warriors like Alexander the Great‚ Genghis Khan‚ Chandragupta Maurya
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Afghanistan: Who Is To Blame? The turmoil in Afghanistan is getting worse with each passing day. Terrorists control many parts of the country. As a result‚ the Afghani people live in constant fear. In efforts to assist this struggling nation‚ the US and NATO have tried to strengthen the Afghani national forces. Unfortunately‚ very little real progress has been made toward securing a solid Afghani government. This paper analyzes two editorials that discuss the current situation in Afghanistan
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Fielder 18 November 2010 Soviet Intervention on Afghanistan When someone intervenes in your life‚ it’s usually to project their beliefs onto you and force you to stop a destructive behavior. During the Cold War‚ the Soviet Union intervened in Afghanistan‚ not to stop a destructive behavior‚ but to project their own wants and needs (for the oil and other resources) onto Afghan culture. Forcing them to submit to foreign rule‚ the people of Afghanistan fought back to protect their land‚ as a result
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Afghanistan is a country of approximately 23 million which‚ after three years of severe drought‚ 23 years of war and devastation and five years under the Taliban authorities‚ has been left as one of the poorest countries in the world” Afghanistan is populated mostly by a Muslim community with the economic‚ social‚ political‚ standard of living of men and women are very different in structure. In most of the families men are the sole bread winners and women do the house work and child rearing.
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The History of Afghanistan during the Time of The Kite Runner The Kite Runner deals with the country of Afghanistan from the 1970s to the year 2002. Like all places‚ Afghanistan has a long and complicated history‚ but it came to international attention only after the coup of 1973. In order to orient ourselves‚ let us look at Afghanistan’s geography. The nation is located in Central Asia and is made up of thirty-four provinces. The country’s capital is Kabul‚ which is also the capital of the northeast
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threatened by jihadists AFTER 11 years spent waging war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq‚ almost $1.5 trillion in direct costs and hundreds of thousands of lives lost‚ the Western public feels it has learned a hard lesson. It is more convinced than ever that even the best-intentioned foreign intervention is bound to bog its armies down in endless warsfighting invisible enemies to help ungrateful locals. Echoes of Afghanistan rang loud earlier this month when French forces swooped on advancing
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soldiers have served in Afghanistan. 78 Canadian Forces (CF) casualties have occurred‚ including one diplomat. The role of the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan is often debated. Many disagree with the mission and want the CF to leave Afghanistan now. Doing this however would only be failing the Canadian commitment to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and NATO. Canada should keep its commitment and remain in Afghanistan until the mission is complete. Afghanistan is in state that is almost
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naturally long lasting and hurting. The war in Afghanistan to reach politic goals cannot go along with just military means lonely. The situation in Afghanistan is more complicated when America could not defeat Taliban thoroughly. However‚ the decision making of American leaders in relation between military using and political purpose has achieved several certain effectiveness. Applying the rational decision-making model to the situation in Afghanistan surge will analyze that military means are play
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History The grey war The beginning of the Soviet war in Afghanistan in 1979 marked a new phase in the Cold War‚ the effects of which would continue to cast a shadow over modern politics into the next millennium. The Soviet-Afghan war was driven by the persistent personalities of US National Security Advisor‚ Zbigniew Brzezinski‚ his puppet president‚ Jimmy Carter‚ and Soviet leader‚ Leonid Brezhnev. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan flipped Cold War politics on its head. The war was a clash of
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senseless slaughter of our citizens." Said by Barack Obama on May 2nd‚ after the death of Osama Bin Laden‚ the former leader of al Qaeda. That was the start of the "end" of the war on terrorism. How could this be‚ with still 99‚000 U.S. troops still in Afghanistan? What are they doing over there in the desserts of the Middle East‚ having a party? No‚ they are dying for the war on terrorism‚ but the real world does not want to accept that fact‚ because they are too stubborn to realize that the war on terrorism
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