country till the dawn of the 21st century when the situation took a new turn in the history of the area. After 9/11‚ Pakistani policies created strong resentment among the people of the area which ultimately led to the rise of militancy. The ongoing insurgency has so far taken lives of over 50‚000 people in Pakistan besides costing a loss of more than $ 100 billion since 2001. * The author is a Ph. D. scholar and also works as Research Associate at the Department of Politics & International Relations
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National Peace award in Pakistan for all her efforts. In 2009—at only the age of 11—she fought Taliban insurgency that tried to take over her village of Swat. She wanted to set up her own political party which would campaign the right of young Pakistani girls to education. This girl—this heroine—was shot by a member of the Taliban‚ in the head and the neck‚ and is now in critical condition. The Taliban called her work “obscenity”. I call it heroism. They tried to silence this girl forever—they
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anti-Soviet groups ruling Afghanistan‚ and promptly lost interest. A giant civil war proceeded to rage among the anti-Soviet factions‚ of which there were literally thousands. In 1994‚ a devout and dedicated religious movement calling itself the Taliban (which means student) began a rapid rise to power. The group comes from the Pashtun ethnic group‚ which lives in a broad swathe from southern Afghanistan across the
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The Runaway General - An Analytical Essay There are many lessons that could be learned from the story of General Stanley McChrystal‚ Commander‚ International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and his advocacy for Counter Insurgency (COIN). He led the concerted effort of the Allied Forces on the war on terrorism with Afghanistan as the theatre of war and known as Al Qaeda territory. However‚ this war for all indications is a losing war if the withdrawal of troops from the allied forces such
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bombing attempt. And if the crisis is either confined to‚ or largely emanates from‚ FATA‚ it takes no great effort to link it to events in Afghanistan following the U.S.-led intervention there in 2001‚ and the solution appears to be classic counter-insurgency. Unsurprisingly‚ therefore‚ there has been significant international backing to the Pakistani military’s innumerable operations – quickly followed by peace deals with militant groups – in FATA‚ which have provoked massive internal displacement‚
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of terrorism I wanted to write a paper on‚ it occurred to me that I didn’t really know much about the Taliban group. Which is one of the major terrorist groups in today’s society. So I am going to try and explain this group the best that I can. In couple different aspects‚ one is what their rules are‚ two how they treat women‚ and three what types of terrorist acts they have committed. The Taliban group is a group of men who formed in 1994 in the country of Kandahar by Islamic students who took a
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to the Central Asian country in order to protect the U.S. after Osama Bin Laden declared war on the United States. Within a year of entering into the country‚ the U.S. shifted its focus from Afghanistan to Iraq‚ which led to the resurgence of the Taliban. Currently‚ the U.S.‚ under the Obama administration‚ has developed a new strategic plan in which troops are “to disrupt‚ dismantle and defeat al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan‚ and to prevent their return to either country in the
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INDIAN ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN AND ITS IMPACT ON PAKISTAN INTRO 1. Afghanistan continues to be a proxy ‘playing ground’ for diverse outside powers with Russia in near vicinity and US in West. The decade old US meddling after the failure of Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 has yielded more familiar results i.e. ethnic and cultural tensions‚ warlordism‚ drug-trafficking and rampant corruption. It is not that these traits did not exist in the Afghan society before US invaded Afghanistan but US
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fiercely reignited during the civil war and by the Taliban in the 1990s. Understanding that history is critical to policy-making. Not only are Hazaras dying on boats‚ but also in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Australia must respond to this over-all crisis with humanity rather than punitive measures. I support the recommendations made in the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s submission and the Open Letter. As Afghanistan moves towards a possible Taliban alliance or faces growing lawlessness‚ and as Hazaras
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the Afghan Government to actively pursue peace negotiations with the Taliban because total victory is neither plausible nor affordable. U.S. and NATO have battled the Taliban for sixteen years. Some defense analysts estimate the Afghan war cost the U.S. between $4 to $6 trillion dollars. Furthermore‚ thousands of Americans sacrificed their lives and limbs in pursuit of victory against the Taliban. Yet‚ the Taliban insurgency remains resilient today. The U.S. military strategy is unsuccessful
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