REMARKS BY LARRY SAMPLER‚ ASSISTANT TO THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN‚ AT THE NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION Monday‚ February 10‚ 2014 Afghanistan Development Goals 2014 and Beyond [As Delivered] Good afternoon and thank you for allowing me to speak today here at the New America Foundation. I would again like to thank Anne-Marie Slaughter and Peter Bergen for having us here today. I am thrilled that Ambassador Samad was chosen to moderate what I hope will be an interesting and lively
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F/Name: Mohammad Salam ID number: 40814 Class: BBA‚ E2‚ Morning January 2012 Introduction Education as overall has direct impact on promoting the socio-economic development of any country. The Modern Systems of Higher Education came in Afghanistan since Taliban regime collapsed in 1380. It is for one decade that we are experiencing the modern systems of higher education commonly used in private educational sectors. Obviously using of modern and up to date systems or methods of education
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the after party of the wedding‚ Soraya wears a green dress‚ “we were seated around table‚ Soraya and I dressed in green-the color of Islam‚ but also the color of spring and new beginnings”(Hosseini 179). A green dress would show loyalty towards Afghanistan. North Americans believe it is bad luck to let the bride and groom see each other the night and day before until the wedding. The groom and bride in Afghan traditions are not to be left alone at all before the wedding‚ “Soraya and I never went
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Critically Analyze the Factors that have Destabilized Afghanistan since the mid Twentieth Century. Afghanistan‚ the “Land of the Afghans”‚ which is officially known as the “Islamic Republic of Afghanistan” is located at a very important geo-strategic location on Central Asia just between the Middle East and South Asia. It has been a focal point of the ancient Silk Route and human migration. Afghanistan has been led by great warriors like Alexander the Great‚ Genghis Khan‚ Chandragupta Maurya
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Fielder 18 November 2010 Soviet Intervention on Afghanistan When someone intervenes in your life‚ it’s usually to project their beliefs onto you and force you to stop a destructive behavior. During the Cold War‚ the Soviet Union intervened in Afghanistan‚ not to stop a destructive behavior‚ but to project their own wants and needs (for the oil and other resources) onto Afghan culture. Forcing them to submit to foreign rule‚ the people of Afghanistan fought back to protect their land‚ as a result
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Afghanistan: Who Is To Blame? The turmoil in Afghanistan is getting worse with each passing day. Terrorists control many parts of the country. As a result‚ the Afghani people live in constant fear. In efforts to assist this struggling nation‚ the US and NATO have tried to strengthen the Afghani national forces. Unfortunately‚ very little real progress has been made toward securing a solid Afghani government. This paper analyzes two editorials that discuss the current situation in Afghanistan
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Afghanistan is a country of approximately 23 million which‚ after three years of severe drought‚ 23 years of war and devastation and five years under the Taliban authorities‚ has been left as one of the poorest countries in the world” Afghanistan is populated mostly by a Muslim community with the economic‚ social‚ political‚ standard of living of men and women are very different in structure. In most of the families men are the sole bread winners and women do the house work and child rearing.
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The History of Afghanistan during the Time of The Kite Runner The Kite Runner deals with the country of Afghanistan from the 1970s to the year 2002. Like all places‚ Afghanistan has a long and complicated history‚ but it came to international attention only after the coup of 1973. In order to orient ourselves‚ let us look at Afghanistan’s geography. The nation is located in Central Asia and is made up of thirty-four provinces. The country’s capital is Kabul‚ which is also the capital of the northeast
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threatened by jihadists AFTER 11 years spent waging war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq‚ almost $1.5 trillion in direct costs and hundreds of thousands of lives lost‚ the Western public feels it has learned a hard lesson. It is more convinced than ever that even the best-intentioned foreign intervention is bound to bog its armies down in endless warsfighting invisible enemies to help ungrateful locals. Echoes of Afghanistan rang loud earlier this month when French forces swooped on advancing
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soldiers have served in Afghanistan. 78 Canadian Forces (CF) casualties have occurred‚ including one diplomat. The role of the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan is often debated. Many disagree with the mission and want the CF to leave Afghanistan now. Doing this however would only be failing the Canadian commitment to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and NATO. Canada should keep its commitment and remain in Afghanistan until the mission is complete. Afghanistan is in state that is almost
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