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    Causes For Terrorism in India The causes for the various insurgent/terrorist movements include: Political causes: This is seen essentially in Assam and Tripura. The political factors that led to insurgency-cum-terrorism included the failure of the government to control large-scale illegal immigration of Muslims from Bangladesh‚ to fulfil the demand of economic benefits for the sons and daughters of the soil‚ etc. Economic causes: Andhra Pradesh‚ Madhya Pradesh‚ Orissa and Bihar are prime examples

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    many lives and destruction of several properties in the US. In the mean time‚ there was another embarrassing experience in Afghanistan as terrorist groups majorly Taliban and other Islamist militias suppressed the Afghanistan government alongside breaching human rights in the country. During this time‚ Afghanistan was under the rule of Taliban that overthrew the government in 1996 (Bird & Marshall‚

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    July 12th‚ 1997. She grew up in the town that she was born in. She went to a school set up by her father‚ an anti-Taliban activist‚ so that men and women could study the same subjects. This meant that she was a supporter for Women’s rights/education. This was considered against the law and punishable by death. When she was coming back from school‚ on a school bus‚ a person from the Taliban came onto the bus. He announced to all of the passengers that he was looking for a girl by the name of Malala.

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    imposition of the Taliban. The novel depicted the Taliban as dangerous and strict‚ which is interchangeable for what the Taliban is like in reality. Staples used the Taliban conflict to deepen the reader’s understanding of the impact of conflict on people’s lives. In the novel Under the Persimmon Tree‚ the Taliban is accurately shown as destructive‚ forceful‚ and extremely strict. Najmah‚ along with many other Afghanistan and Pakistan inhabitants‚ are terrified of the Taliban because of‚ “how

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    Jews during the Holocaust. Today‚ the Taliban uses the same cruelty against the people in Kabul. The Taliban’s acts are limitless‚ especially towards the women of Kabul. From the public executions‚ mistreatment of women‚ and their strict laws‚ they show no remorse‚ which demonstrated true cruelty. In the novel Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra some truly experience cruelty more than others. Whether being the one treated cruel of treating others cruel‚ the Taliban‚ women‚ and Kabul in general experience

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    How Malala Inspires Me Malala Yousafzai is a girl who put up a fight against the Taliban at a very early age. I personally identify with this as a young person who has been given rights as a result of the American Civil Rights Movement. Although I was not alive during this powerful movement‚ I realize as an African American male‚ if the Civil Rights Movement had not occurred‚ I too would not have equal opportunity to education in America. I wonder if I presented the same circumstances as Malala would

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    get the education they so desperately want‚ as well as help educate the boys. Educated men are much more likely to support more choices for women. Educated husbands appreciate and are less threatened by their educated partners." Nonetheless‚ the Taliban still exists today and often heartbreaking stories of the Taliban’s acts of cruelty and violence make it to the headlines. Even though the extremist group does not rule Afghanistan anymore‚ it has resurged in recent years‚ stirring fear and civil

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    The rise of the Taliban traces back to the Reagan presidency when he did not fulfill his promises to Afghanistan after the Afghan-Soviet War. From there Islamic Fundamentalists formed an extremist’s party known as “mujahideen” or as we know it‚ The Taliban. The Taliban has continuously used questionable tactics to run their regions and are constantly under scrutiny from western nations such as the United States. One problem in particular is their treatment of women. The Taliban also resents western

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    series of attacks on targets in northwest Pakistan since 2004 using drones (unmanned aerial vehicles). Under the George W. Bush administration‚ these controversial attacks were called a part of the US’ "War on Terrorism" and sought to defeat the Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants who were thought to have found a safe haven in Pakistan. Most of these attacks are on targets in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border in Northwest Pakistan. These strikes are mostly carried out by

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    government installed by the Soviet Union after its 1979* invasion of Afghanistan. New Delhi supported successive governments in Kabul until the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s. But like most countries‚ India never recognized the Taliban’s assumption of power in 1996 (only Saudi Arabia‚ Pakistan‚ and the United Arab Emirates recognized the Taliban regime). Following the 9/11 attacks and the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan that resulted‚ ties between India and Afghanistan grew strong once again. India has

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