Discuss the Russian war in Afghanistan and the subsequent rise of the Taliban. Address the primary causes of the war‚ the key players involved‚ and the Taliban’s effect on the country’s cultural landscape. What did the United States do right and/or wrong? In 1979 there was a war between the Soviet’s and the Afghani’s in which the Soviet Union attacked Afghanistan in order to back up the people’s democratic party of Afghanistan (PDPA) because they wanted Afghanistan to be run by socialism instead
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Comparative Criminal Justice System Criminal Law has and will continue to be a fluid and ever-changing aspect of humanity‚ and yet the distinctive base of religious belief is still a foundation for a variety of laws today. While the separation of church and state is in effect‚ history states a wide range of laws have been established based on religious beliefs and ideals‚ the Bible for one‚ and currently the Qur’an‚ which is the basis for Islamic Law. It is the only true form of law in the present
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today is China. They are going away from this type of government‚ but they are still rooted in this type of government. The USSR was a command economy as well‚ but going away from its roots is what might have lead to the fall. The government of the Soviets made all of the decisions when it
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begun its path of fury 36 years ago with the Soviet invasion to Afghanistan. It is 1979 and the soviets have just ordered an operation code named "Storm-333". An operation that in which Soviet Special Forces toppled the Afghan government in just 43 minutes‚ but has started a war that will last a decade. Within this trajectory‚ the Soviet invasion of‚ and subsequent war with Afghanistan (1979-1989) stands out in particular as a lasting legacy of the Cold War. Globally‚ its outcome continues to plague
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The US and its NATO allies which were engaged in a bitter the Cold War with the then Soviet Union decided to use Pakistan as a frontline state against their enemy. Prof Munawar Sabir in his scholarly lecture delivered at the Superior University‚ Lahore‚ exclusively for the CSS students preparing for interview on ‘Geo-strategic importance of Pakistan’. He highlighted the geo-strategic importance of Pakistan by discussing Pakistan’s relations with its neighbouring countries and the major powers
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the "War on Terror" has magnified many folds the global threat of terrorism. Terrorism is the biggest threat to Pakistan’s progress. It roots can be traced back from 1979‚ when there was an effort to kick out Russia from Afghanistan. But the problem became severe after 9/11. And now in 2011‚ it’s become a menace for our motherland. Though‚ it is a global issue but Pakistan has to bear the brunt of it. Pakistan’s involvement in the War on Terror has further fuelled the fire. We are facing war like
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After the Afghan war ended in 1988 it had long term effects on today’s world. The war created a breeding ground for terrorism and the rise of Osama bin Laden. This was the result of the power vacuum created by both the Russians and the Americans leaving the region. The Taliban rose to power after this war and gave sanctuary to Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network. After the Soviets were defeated‚ the American Government presence faded away. The U.S. successfully conducted a proxy war using the Afghan
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economic prosperity. Owing to the anarchic nature of the international political system and the absence of a world government‚ states tend to feel a high degree of insecurity‚ as there is no guarantee of the security of a state in the system because war is the legitimate instrument of foreign policy of a state. Hence‚ each state knows that it has to depend on itself for its preservation and safety. Self-protection is the sole protection in an essentially anarchical system. The primary objective of
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finance Afghan forces fighting the Soviet Union ’s occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980 ’s. After the 1991 Gulf War‚ he was distressed that Saudi Arabia allowed U.S. forces to remain in the Arabian Peninsula. To advance his agenda of expelling the U.S. from the Islamic world‚ he worked with other anti-Western fundamentalists to organize a secretive‚ highly compartmentalized terrorist network‚ known as al-Qaida. It is through his upbringing‚ education‚ culture‚ and wars in Islamic countries‚ that Usama
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This started the war in Afghanistan. It’s been eight years since this incident‚ and the United States and President Obama still want to keep this war going. Next year they are going to send 30‚000 troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. There are three reasons why they shouldn’t send them: one for their safety; two Afghanistan should keep their business to themselves; and three it’s going to affect the economy big time. First of all President Obama is going to send 30‚000 troops to Afghanistan next year. My
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