Afghanistan – Lunch with the Taliban ARTICLE SOURCE a. The Economist. ARTICLE SUMMARY a. This article talks about the state of affairs in Afghanistan. The Taliban is still very much around even though they are not in control of the government. The government is led by President Hamid Karzai‚ who is said to be very corrupt. There are also the forces of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)‚ and the US forces led by Commanding General David Petraeus. The Taliban is on one side‚ and on the
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Women in Afghanistan: Afghan Women’s Rights‚ written by PBS‚ have many similarities in how women were treated. They tell how before the Taliban arrived‚ they were a normal country‚ with equal rights for men and women‚ and how the women dominated most work forces‚ such as teaching‚ medical‚ and others. They even played a part in the government. However‚ when the Taliban arrived everything the women had known about life in Afghanistan was changed for the worse. The both discuss‚ in detail‚ the overwhelming
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South Asian Women. She is the girl who defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls be allowed to receive an education. She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012‚ but survived. Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12‚ 1997‚ in Mingora‚ Pakistan‚ located in the country’s Swat Valley. For couple years‚ her hometown remained a popular tourist’s spot that was known for its summer festivals. However‚ the area began to change as the Taliban tried to take control. As a child she wanted to
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a beautiful place full of mountains‚ waterfalls‚ crystal lakes and was surrounded by tourists before Maulana Fazlullah‚ leader of Taliban army‚ twenty eight year old‚ brought chaos to Swat Valley. The Taliban army made a huge impact in Swat Valley geographically and with women’s rights because they introduced feared in this community‚ but mainly to women. The Taliban prohibited music‚ TV‚ Radio‚ and later would go house by house to check
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There has been much debate in recent years among politicians‚ military officials‚ and civilians on whether or not the U.S. should be fully withdrawn from Afghanistan‚ regardless of the country’s economic and military capabilities. There has also been a proposed timetable‚ which President Obama says is in effect and currently being executed‚ to have up to ninety percent of our military personnel out of the country by no later than 2014. It is imperative that we extract our forces out of Afghanistan
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This is an historical novel about the pre-Russian invasion and pre-Taliban rule of Afghanistan‚ as well life in Afghanistan under Taliban rule and life in a post-Taliban Afghanistan. Although the story is fictitious‚ the information about the political‚ social‚ and cultural systems of this Middle Eastern country provides a contrast to the contemporary headlines about Afghanistan primarily being home to terrorist cells. The Kite Runner paints a realistic portrait of a country about which most readers
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I am Malala is the memoir of a fourteen-year old girl’s campaign for women’s right to education. In 2011‚ Malala was shot by the Taliban in a bus on her way home from school. Two Taliban men boarded the bus and asked‚ “who is Malala‚” soon after‚ firing shots into Malala’s head (Yousafzai 9). The Taliban‚ a radical Islamic group‚ wishes to instill a conservative version of Islamic law called Sharia. Malala grew up in a society in which women were treated as inferior beings‚ housekeepers‚ and had
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year girl named Parvana who has spent most of her life witnessing and suffering from the turmoil in her country. At the beginning of the story‚ she appears to be a naive and ordinary girl in the sixth grade who innocently believes that‚ when the Taliban close down the girls’ schools‚ she is getting a short holiday from school. Throughout the novel Ellis attempts to concentrate on Parvana’s personality rather than physical appearance by refusing to describe Parvana’s physical features. This gives
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In the book‚ “Breadwinner”‚ a character said this on page 23‚ “The Taliban encourage neighbor to spy on neighbor. It is safer to keep to ourselves.” It was a citizen of Afghanistan who said this‚ and if the people know that any of their neighbors could be spying on them‚ and just waiting for them to do something wrong so that they can tell the Taliban‚ the why would they trust them. And so
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she was shot by the Taliban and her life after she recovered. Malala Yousafzai‚ named after ‘Malalai of Maiwand’ a famous ‘warrior woman’ from Afghanistan‚ was born in Mingora‚ Pakistan‚ on July 12th‚ 1997. She grew up with her mother and father (Toor Pekai Yousafzai and Ziauddin Yousafzai) and her two younger brothers‚ (Khushal Yousafzai and Atal Yousafzai). Malala had a peaceful life for a while‚ however‚ after a few years‚ the Taliban began to take control. When the Taliban troops took over‚ they
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