Brief synthesis Enclosed between the high mountains of the Hindu Kush in the central highlands of Afghanistan‚ the Bamiyan Valley opens out into a large basin bordered to the north by a long‚ high stretch of rocky cliffs. The Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley comprise a serial property consisting of eight separate sites within the Valley and its tributaries. Carved into the Bamiyan Cliffs are the two niches of the giant Buddha statues (55m and 38m high) destroyed
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Themes from Stones into Schools The institution of education in many regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan is virtually nonexistent. Many girls don’t have access to schools (Stones into Schools p.4) and those that do usually don’t graduate from high school. While Greg Mortenson’s Stones into Schools and the documentary The Miseducation of Pakistan deal with two different areas‚ they both show many similar themes. One major recurring theme that is evident in both Stones into Schools and The Miseducation
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FOR UNIT TEST – CHAPTERS 10-25 Assignment 4 Chapters 10-11 1. What is Karim’s job? He is a people smuggler. He gets people out of Afghanistan. 2. To what country do Amir and his father first seek for safety from Afghanistan? They head to Pakistan for safety. 3. What country has a presence in Afghanistan as Amir and his father leave? Russian soldiers are in Afghanistan during this time. 4. At the first checkpoint Amir’s father stands up and confronts the Russian soldiers‚ putting himself in danger
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In the world of Afghanistan‚ “ Women are made for homes or graves.”‚ some would say. Women are treated with unjustness and undergo hardship til this day. Statistics says that living as typical women in the course of Afghanistan is the most grueling place to be within. Living in the country includes being uneducated and illiterate‚ women’s lives are between life and death and escaping disciplinary. Besides that‚ showing the true identity of those behind hijabs‚ burkas‚ and niqabs doesn’t seem like
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Physical geography has a major influence to the story. The themes of geography that mainly pertain to the story are Place‚ Human/ Environmental Interactions‚ and Movement. Place can have physical and human characteristics. The physical geography of Afghanistan changed after the wars and the Taliban attacks. For example‚ before in the “old days the wind swept through the irrigated plains around Jalalabad where farmers grew sugar cane and the sweetness impregnated the air.” Now there were narrow road and
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multinational operations in Afghanistan after 2014. Discussion. After 2014‚ will NATO continue in AFG or is it more likely to shift to a ‘Coalition of the willing’ and why? The North Atlantic Treaty Organization‚ or NATO‚ will have a continued presence in Afghanistan after 2014. Their presence will continue to cultivate the development of democratization and human rights‚ allay the fears of the Afghanistan people‚ and send a message to armed oppositions that Afghanistan will not be abandoned.
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News‚ Jethro Mullen reports of a woman in Afghanistan sentenced to death by stoning after an accusation adultery. The article‚ “Woman stoned to death in Afghanistan over accusation of adultery”‚ reports of a 19-year-old woman named Rokhshana who was in a forced marriage‚ and as a result‚ fled away with another man. They were caught by Taliban leader of the village and he ordered Rokhshana to be stoned to death. Joyenda‚ one of two female governors in Afghanistan said she asked President Ashraf Ghani
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Pul-e-Charkhi Prison‚ Kabul‚ Afghanistan Afghanistan a landlocked mountainous country with plains in the north and southwest. The Pul-e-Charkhi Prison also known as Pul-i-Charkhi or Afghan National Detention Facility‚ is the largest prison in Afghanistan to the east of Kabul. 1970s was followed by a series of civil wars that devastated much of Afghanistan which began when the country became a socialist state under the influence of the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War. Construction of the
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was set up by Iran‚ Pakistan‚ and Turkey in 1985. Its purpose was to provide and promote economic‚ cultural‚ and technical cooperation throughout Member States. During 1992‚ the organization had been expanded to also include Islamic Republic of Afghanistan‚ Republic of Azerbaijan‚ Republic of Kazakhstan‚ Kyrgyz Republic‚ Republic of Tajikistan‚ Turkmenistan and Republic of Uzbekistan. The organization is funded by member donations and has been involved in several priority projects including trade
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drug control problem and how they are not very well equipped to deal with this issue. This video addresses policy issues. These countries do not have the means to control their drug problem. One major factor is heroin coming from Afghanistan. Countries surrounding Afghanistan have a very high rate of heroin abuse. These abusers could be a productive part of society‚ but instead are doing drugs. The video talks about an agency that works in these countries to try to control the drug problem. They have
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