is known for her education and women’s rights activism in the Swat Valley‚ where the Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Irene : Oh yeah I remember now. In early 2009‚ at the age of 11–12‚ Yousafzai wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC detailing her life under Taliban rule‚ their attempts to take control of the valley‚ and her views on promoting education
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how she felt‚ which brought her great success in the future. The stereotypes and expectations of Malala’s society instilled a fear in her that directly lead to her upbringing‚ resistance to the Taliban‚ and global recognition. First of all‚ the stereotypes of Malala’s society instilled
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In the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini‚ the story is set in three distinct settings: 1970’s Afghanistan‚ in the city of Kabul‚ the USA and modern Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. Despite the different times and places‚ the social background of these remain the same‚ dominates by the rulers and norms of Afghan culture. Afghan society is very strict and conservative. There is a class order and Hazara are at the bottom as a servant or peasant class. In this novel‚ Hosseini used Amir’s
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How do you see the future of Durand line in the post with drawl scenario of U.S. led NATO forces from Afghanistan? A due consideration may be given to the nature of Pak- Afghan relations. The Durand line is referred to a 2‚640km long porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. It was established in 1893 after an agreement between Sir Mortimer Durand of British India and Afghan Amir Abdur Rehman Khan. The line with mild modification after the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 was inherited by Pakistan
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towards Hazaras‚ and the repetition of the abstract noun emphasises his seriousness even more‚ in “That’s my vision”. Assef also portrays his agreeing with the Taliban‚ shown in the short simple sentence “Too late for hitler‚ But not for us” This could also foreshadow what happens later in the book‚ as Assef actually becomes involved with the Taliban. The different afghan cultures are further portrayed in the social statuses of Amir and Hassan‚ and the description used to portray their households. Amir’s
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and how he influenced her to stand up to the Taliban to get an education. It also talks about how her
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result‚ thousands of Americans lost their lives. America reacted by launching anti-Taliban operations‚ the first starting in Iraq then in Afghanistan. The first mission was Operation Iraqi Freedom. The purpose of this mission was to remove Saddam Hussein from leadership and support the anti-Taliban operations. Next we launched another mission but it was in Afghanistan with the same objective to support the anti-Taliban operations especially since that ’s where
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holding them back. However‚ once the Invasion of 1979 began‚ the Taliban began to rise seizing control of the government. Changing laws and restricting women’s life in educational‚ social‚ and governmental aspects‚ life for women became an everyday challenge. Now‚ women are being to grab the reigns of their life and take back their freedoms‚ but seem to find challenges on their way to success. The harsh rule and laws from the Taliban has set freedoms in Afghanistan backwards‚ poorly affecting all
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aspects in Malala’s life in the book‚ I Am Malala. For example‚ in Pakistan all women are required to wear burquas in public. Malala was forced to obey this rule‚ despite her longing for all women to be treated equally. She saw them being hit by the Taliban for their disobedience of this particular regulation. Consequently‚ Malala felt sorry for these women because they were doing no harm to anyone & therefore‚ deserved no punishment. She‚ as well as other people nearby‚ were unwillingly watching the
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Afghanistan has been in war with the U.S. mainly because‚ The Taliban refuses to follow through with the commands that the U.S. gave them‚ as well as ‘The Three Phases’‚ Also the planned attack in 2001‚ but mainly because the U.S. wants the mineral resources that are found in Afghanistan. The Taliban refused to undertake 3 simple tasks: shutting down the terrorist training camps‚ giving up the Al-Qaeda leaders and returning all American and Foreign citizens‚ which is part of the reason that we went
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