The War in Afghanistan A basic overview of the war in Afghanistan After 9/11‚ President George W. Bush gave the rulers of Afghanistan an ultimatum: hand over the terrorists responsible for 9/11‚ or “share in their fate.” The Taliban—the Islamic fundamentalists who ruled the country—refused to surrender their ally‚ terrorist leader Osama bin-Laden. Air strikes began on 10/7/01‚ less than a month after 9/11. American‚ British and other soldiers fought together with Afghans opposed to the Taliban
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256 on the various planes (Members n.d.). Afghanistan gave safe-haven to al Qaeda while they were planning these attacks. Because of this‚ America declared war on Afghanistan on October 10th‚ 2011. The war has been going on for a decade and now the U.S. government is trying to decide whether to pull out of the war or continue fighting. America should stay in Afghanistan but we should change our goal. We should concentrate on helping the people of Afghanistan get back up on their feet‚ which will help
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Afghanistan has been in war with the U.S. mainly because‚ The Taliban refuses to follow through with the commands that the U.S. gave them‚ as well as ‘The Three Phases’‚ Also the planned attack in 2001‚ but mainly because the U.S. wants the mineral resources that are found in Afghanistan. The Taliban refused to undertake 3 simple tasks: shutting down the terrorist training camps‚ giving up the Al-Qaeda leaders and returning all American and Foreign citizens‚ which is part of the reason that we went
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TOPIC a. War on Terror - Afghanistan b. War ARTICLE TITLE a. War in 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
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I am against the US troops in Afghanistan. First of all‚ it made many American soldiers and families feeling of agony. For example‚ after more than 10 years of war in Afghanistan‚ the U.S. reached a milestone on Wednesday when the 2‚000th American died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom‚ CNN reports. Marine Cpl. Taylor J. Baune of Andover‚ was killed in Helmand province‚ Afghanistan‚ according to The Star-Tribune. Baune had married his wife just three months prior to his deployment. So‚ there
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Fighting is constant in Afghanistan and it affects women significantly. The men in their lives control women‚ and because of the oppressive government‚ they hold no power in society. A Thousand Splendid Suns‚ written by Khaled Hosseini is a story of two young women‚ Laila and Mariam‚ who face and overcome many hardships and live in a country destroyed by political oppression and war. Hosseini exposes the inner strength of Afghan women through the point of view of these two women; a strength that
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Afghan and American officials said that they hoped to sign the pact before the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan in December. Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai agreed last week to escalate the negotiations and their national security advisers will meet in Washington in September. Rangin Dadfar Spanta‚ Mr Karzai’s top security adviser‚ told The Daily Telegraph that “remarkable progress” had been made. US officials have said they would be disappointed if a deal could not be reached by December and that
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Jackie Hall Hall 1 Ms.gleeson P.4 May 1st 2014 We often think and wonder about the afghan culture and customs. Why they wear this why they do that. The afghan culture is very interesting and unique.Their clothing and jewelry alone opened up doors for question. In the afghan culture women typically wear a long dress that covers most of their body
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This started the war in Afghanistan. It’s been eight years since this incident‚ and the United States and President Obama still want to keep this war going. Next year they are going to send 30‚000 troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. There are three reasons why they shouldn’t send them: one for their safety; two Afghanistan should keep their business to themselves; and three it’s going to affect the economy big time. First of all President Obama is going to send 30‚000 troops to Afghanistan next year. My
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War in Afghanistan and Iraq The United States of American is the greatest country in the world and because of that‚ the attraction for terrorism is always a concern. On September 11‚ 2001‚ the concern became reality when the world trade centers were attacked by terrorists and as a result‚ thousands of Americans lost their lives. America reacted by launching anti-Taliban operations‚ the first starting in Iraq then in Afghanistan. The first mission was Operation Iraqi Freedom. The purpose of this
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