wish for in life. We are given the opportunity to live our lives in a free society‚ with limited restrictions on how we conduct of lives. However‚ this is not the case for all the people outside of our country. The Women of Afghanistan were stripped of their basic human rights when the Taliban seized control of their country. (“Revocation of Rights”). A practice of gender apartheid was instituted against the women of Afghanistan whereby the life of women had basically no value and they were forced
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28 March 2013 Afghanistan Drug Trade The sound of gunshots fills the empty space right outside the door. People are screaming and loved ones are holding each other‚ fearing for their lives. This chaos is a direct result of the Afghanistan Drug Trade. Afghanistan is a small country in the Middle East. It is located North of the Arabian Sea‚ and it borders many countries including Pakistan‚ Uzbekistan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Iran‚ Tajikistan and India. All of the drug trade in Afghanistan‚ was the trading
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Almut Wieland-Karimi(*) has thought about some scenarios – interestingly one which features a negotiated settlement with all post-2001 achievements preserved is not part of her list. [Destroyed Chehelsutun Palace in Kabul‚ result of the last civil war secenario -- photo by Thomas Ruttig‚ 2005] The International Community and the Afghan Government have a date to say good-bye to each other: 2014. By then‚ responsibility for the security of the country should be transferred to the Afghan National
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Border Disputes between Pakistan and Afghanistan: Historical‚ political and Strategic Perspective Introduction: Pakistan came in to being on Islamic ideology revolving around the concept of Muslim Ummah and destined to be a symbol of universal Islamic solidarity across the globe. According to the first Prime Minister of Pakistan‚ Liaqat Ali Khan‚ ‘A cardinal feature of this ideology (of Pakistan) is to make Muslim brotherhood a living reality. It is therefore‚ part of the mission which Pakistan has
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Talibanning Women’s Rights: The Eternal Struggle Before the Taliban‚ a militant group that governed according to a strict sharia law‚ ruled Afghanistan in 1996‚ women were gaining rights and access to things they had never before hoped or imagined for. Once the Taliban came to power‚ all of the progress that they had made in the years past spiraled backwards and women had no rights throughout the entire country. The Taliban stood by a strict form of the Sharia‚ or Islamic‚ law. The Taliban
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families‚ as they were all excited to watch their family member participate in the legendary Olympic Games. But those who supported the Olympics had other priorities in mind. They felt that if the boycott would support the end of Soviet control in Afghanistan‚ then they would be behind the boycott completely. They understood the hardships the Afghan people were going through‚ and wanted
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Afghanistan has long been a land where conquering armies have the most difficult operations. The terrain and the weather are unforgivable‚ with snowcapped mountain ranges as high as 24‚000 feet‚ and an indigenous population who have been fighting for hundreds if not thousands of years. Afghanistan’s location is definitely not an ideal operational theater for a democratic republic like the United States‚ with rouge‚ failed‚ and transitioning states surrounding the landlocked country. These conditions
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Republic of Afghanistan: Selected Issues This Selected Issues paper for Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on January 30‚ 2008. The views expressed in this document are those of the staff team and do not necessarily reflect the views of the government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan or the
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General James Mattis once said‚ “You go into Afghanistan‚ you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn’t wear a veil. You know‚ guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyway.” In 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to protect the communist regime. The United States and other nations responded by organizing an armed revolt. The United States‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and Pakistan gave money and trained the Mujahideen‚ the leading anti-communist faction. When Soviet forces withdrew
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AFGHANISTAN-TALIBAN AND THEIR DOWNFALL 5. Geo-Strategic Importance of Afghanistan. Afghanistan is Central Asia’s land locked country‚ spread over an area of 253‚ 861 miles. Bordered on the North by the Republics of Tajikistan‚ Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan‚ North-East by the Chinese province of Sinkiang‚ on the South-East by Pakistan‚ and on the West by Iran. Afghanistan’s geopolitical importance has been that of a buffer state first between the Tsarist Russian and the British Indian Empires and
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