For a time during the 1970’s it seemed that the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union had finally begun to thaw. President Nixon and Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev had agreed to SALT I or the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; an agreement to limit the number of nuclear weapons that each nation kept in their arsenal. Along with the SALT I agreement came “the adoption of a new policy method‚ détente‚ which would dominate U.S. and Soviet policy for the next decade” [1] an agreement
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US relations with India‚ Pakistan‚ China‚ Afghanistan; India with China & Afghanistan; The dynamic Analysis of US foreign Policy in SA Sino-US Sino-American or China-United States relations refers to international relations between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the United States of America (USA). Most analysts have characterized present Sino-American relations as complex and multi-faceted‚ with the United States and the People’s Republic of China being neither allies nor enemies
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Running Head: AMERICA: U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN AFGHANISTAN America: U.S. Military Presence in Afghanistan XXX XXXXXX ENGL 1100: From Word Fundamentals to Quality Writing Instructor XXXXX May 18‚ 2011 America: U.S. Military Presence in Afghanistan The Afghanistan War is far from America’s bloodiest war. Many men and women are our loved ones‚ friends‚ and neighbors who have dedicated their lives to serve our country. Although Osama Bin Laden is dead threats still exist from the Taliban
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Women’s Rights in Afghanistan Afghanistan is one of the worst countries to be a woman. Girls’ schools are frequently attacked‚ high-profile women’s rights advocates have been targeted and killed‚ and violence against girls and women continues to be a major problem (“Women in Afghanistan”). More females die during pregnancies and childbirth than almost anywhere else in the world. Life is hard for women fighting for their rights in Afghanistan. The Taliban‚ an extremist militia‚ seized control
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Kent Luong The Social Differences of the Afghanistan People In Afghanistan‚ there are many ethnic groups among whom segregation exists. Imagine being a part of one that’s really looked down upon. The life of that person would be so cruel that nobody would be able to even imagine the misery and the pain that they have to endure. Afghanistan is a country with immense diversity due to the different ethnic groups that it has had for a very long time. Despite living in the same country for hundreds
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Dancing Boys of Afghanistan Introduction and Summary Dancing Boys of Afghanistan is a documentary about men from Afghanistan using bacha bazi as a sexual act against boys. The bacha bazi was a practice used to entertain wealthy merchants‚ warlords and military commanders that leads them to have sex with boys who dance in public or privately. There is a rise in number for “Bacha Bazi” dance against little boys. Grown Afghanistan men pick up poor boys on the street in order to train them in the sexually
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Technology innovations in Afghanistan Afghanistan is one of the developing countries situated in Asia‚ the people of this country have faced wars and revolutions many times due to which they were not able to progress rapidly but after year 2000 onwards‚ UN has helped a lot the people of Afghanistan in every sphere specially in the cases of progress and prosperity which also includes the introduction of different kinds of technology innovations. We have many examples just like 3G technology
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ASSESSING STATE FRAGILITY: AFGHANISTAN State Fragility Report INB355 Prepared for: Dr. Abdur Rob Khan Prepared by: Hasin Sadeque ( Niaz Mahmood (1030594530 Table of Content Content | Page No. | Introduction and Historical Background | 3 | Executive Summary | 4 | Research Summary | 5-6 | Primary Drivers (Governance‚ Human Development‚ Security and Crime | 7-9 | Secondary Drivers | 10-11 | Possible Future Scenarios
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Afghanistan (/ʌfˈɡʌnɪstɑːn/; Listeni/æfˈɡænɨstæn/; Persian: افغانستان; Pashto: Afġānistān)‚ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan‚ is a landlocked sovereign state forming part of South Asia‚[8] Central Asia‚[9] and to some extent Western Asia. It has a population of around 30 million inhabiting an area of approximately 647‚500 km2 (250‚001 sq mi)‚ making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and the east‚ Iran in the west
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place 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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