al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden‚ the one who planned the attacks. We discovered his location in Afghanistan only months later‚ and the thought of an invasion was on everyone’s minds. The United States led multiple offensives against al-Qaeda and the Taliban‚ who were discovered to be holding bin Laden to protect him from the Armed Forces of the United States. How they got to be holding him was only due to one reason. The September 9th‚ 2001 assassination of Ahmad Shah
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southeast corner and via highway A75 leads from the capital city to the Spin Boldak-Chaman border with Pakistan which is commonly used as a smuggling road There are two major freeways in Kandahar named Kandahar-herat and Kabul-kandahar highway which Taliban have been continuously tormenting travelers. Kandahar is also part of the larger network within Afghanistan named the Ring Road or Highway 1 More than 80% of the area is flat land and almost 10% is somewhat mountainous Over ¾ of the countries roads
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In March 2001‚ the Taliban destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan which Finbarr Barry Flood said would define Islamic iconoclasm for many decades to follow. The author argues that the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas does not represent Islam’s attitude towards figuration‚ but rather a response at a particular moment in time. This point is still true today considering Islam’s view on images has never been the reason for iconoclasm‚ but what defines iconoclasm has certainly changed in recent years with
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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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would be special. She always excelled in school and was at the very top of her class. She was passionate about school and was always studying. One December day on 2008‚ the Taliban banned girls from going to school. They even threatened to publicly execute anyone who disobeys their orders. Regardless of what the Taliban said‚ Malala continued to go to school. No matter how dangerous it was‚ she wanted to
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Sohrab and Farid. The first character that has been affected by Afghanistan’s world issues is Amir; throughout the novel he has been faced with forced relocation caused by the Afghan-Soviet War and intense emotional and physical trauma caused by the Taliban. During the Russian Invasion‚ Amir and his father are forced to relocate to America due to the intense warfare that is threatening the peace of Kabul‚ Afghanistan. In America‚ Amir is able to assimilate into western culture with ease. His life in
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student. Her father—who established and administered the school she attended‚ Khushal Girls High School and College in the city of Mingora—encouraged her to follow in his path. In 2007 the Swat Valley‚ once a vacation destination‚ was invaded by the Taliban. Led by Maulana Fazlullah‚ the Pakistani
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neighbors who have dedicated their lives to serve our country. Although Osama Bin Laden is dead threats still exist from the Taliban and the remaining al Qaeda forces; however‚ many Americans feel it is time to leave Afghanistan because the majority of the objectives of the war are complete. The Afghanistan government took a hands-off stance to preventing Taliban occupation. The Taliban and al Qaeda recruited young Muslim men and women to join their cause. Osama Bin Laden‚ head of al Qaeda‚ who “symbolized
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Two days after Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by militants from the Pakistani Taliban‚ Her shooting went not only against the teachings of Islam‚ but also against Pashtun traditions‚ in which you would never think of hurting a woman — let alone a 14-year-old girl on her way home from school. As a father‚ naturally I pictured one of my own children lying in that hospital. What happened to her was against all human emotion. But now Malala has become a symbol of Pakistan. She is a role model
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instance‚ during the war on Al Qaeda we sent over 806 billion dollars and have had troops deployed for 12 years. We didn’t plan on being in Iraq and Afghanistan for that many years but the Taliban weren’t easy to take down. ISIS has proven to be even more organized‚ powerful‚ and more secretive than the Taliban and Al Qaeda. They have taken over large parts of Iraq and Syria in a matter of months and have spread into other countries. It will be a large expense to put ground troops into both countries
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