Middle East‚ surrounded by Pakistan in the south and east‚ Iran in the west‚ Turkmenistan‚ Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north‚ and the People ’s Republic of China in the far northeast. Afghanistan’s name is derived from the early Persian name‚ Afghan‚ for the earliest settlers of the land‚ the Pashtun Tribes. The Pashtun tribes to this day make up the largest ethnic group in the country. The earliest inhabitants of the land were nomadic tribes who used Afghanistan’s geographic location as
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National Geographic Cover Features Afghan Girl: In December 1984‚ Afghanistan was five years into a bloody civil war between the Soviet Union‚ which sought to maintain a Marxist government there‚ and anti-government Islamic rebels called mujahedeen. Millions of refugees were pouring over the borders into Pakistan to escape the fighting. National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry was in the region for a story on the refugee crisis. While touring a refugee camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan
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Al Qaeda is arguably the most well-known and most dangerous Islamic terrorist organization in the world. It was established around 1990 by a Saudi millionaire‚ Osama Bin Laden‚ to bring together Arabs who fought in Afghanistan against the Soviet invasion. The goal of the organization is to reestablish the Muslim state throughout the world. Al Qaeda works with allied Islamic extremist groups to overthrow regimes it deems "non-Islamic" and remove Westerners from Muslin countries. Groups affiliated
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approximately 85% of the population depends on agriculture and agribusiness as a source of livelihood‚ poppy cultivation and opium trade continue to play a significant role in the agricultural economy. This committee has to deal delicately with the afghan economy‚ terrorism‚ and international politics‚ it promises to be a compelling experience for all delegates. Although your study guide is extremely informative‚ I sincerely urge you to research further and widen your perspective on the issue‚ and
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References: Dammer‚Harry R. & Fairrchild‚ Erika. (2001). Comparative Criminal Justice Systems. (2nd Ed.) Wadsworth/Thomson. Lau‚ Martin. (2008). Islamic Law and the Afghan legal System. Retrieved on December 12‚ 2008 From: http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/APCITY/UNPAN018244.pdf Reiber‚ Ney. (2008). Islamic Law‚ Shariah. Retrieved on December 12‚ 2008 from: http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-kills-islamic-law-shariah
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change” operations have‚ in the end‚ weakened rather than strengthened American security.” Through three specific instances of American-sponsored “regime change” operations‚ including the Iranian Coup of 1953‚ the Guatemalan Coup of 1954‚ and the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980’s‚ it is evident that US foreign intervention caused more harm than good. First‚ the Iranian Coup of 1953 is an example of an American-sponsored “regime change” operation that weakened national
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Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border in Northwest Pakistan. These strikes are mostly carried out by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operated remotely from Creech Air Force Base and have
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the late 1960s the changes was both support and opposed by the Afghan people. Many young people cam to Kabul to take advantage of expanded education‚ however others opposed the changes and fought for a return to Islamic values. the tension increase with the socialist and Islamist parties growing in strength. In 1873 his cousin and former minister Daoud suddenly overthrew Zahir Shah. Daoud tried to reduce the dependence on the Soviet Union and strengthen the link with the West and Iran. Daoud was
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Russia View America? Post Cold War became a more moderated approach to the Soviet-United States relations during and following the Reagan years. Ronald Regan with his aggressive tone towards his Soviet counter-part Mikhail Gorbachev set the stage for a global democratic movement even in states who viewed the Unite States foreign policies as unfair and cruel. Ronald Reagan crushed communism with the help of Russia invasion of Afghanistan and Russia’s strained economy. Russia was unable to recover
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Crisis by Hiram Ruiz ‚ Margaret Emery | published September 24‚ 2001 Over the last two weeks‚ an estimated 15‚000 Afghan refugees have fled to Pakistan‚ and hundreds of thousands more are reportedly on the move within Afghanistan. This latest flight of Afghans from their homes deepens a humanitarian crisis that has troubled the region for more than 20 years. Already‚ some 2 million Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan and more than 1.4 million in Iran‚ with an estimated 30‚000 in India‚ Tajikistan
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