Nightmare of Afghanistan A geostrategic outlook does not depend on one single topic or attribute of a country. It encompasses concepts from geography‚ politics‚ demography‚ and topography to characterize a region. When we look into the country of Afghanistan we look into the concepts of Afghanistan being land-locked‚ their vast mountainous region‚ their relatively large population of extremists as well as the country being over all less developed than many other nations in the world. Afghanistan ’s overall
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Afghanistan is one of the poorest nations due to years of war and political instability and is largely dependent on foreign aid. Afghanistan’s debt as of 2004‚ was $8 million in bilateral debt‚ mostly to Russia‚ with $500 million in debt to Multilateral Development Banks. The gross domestic product‚ per capita is $1‚000‚ with a real growth rate of 7.5%. The composition per sector is agriculture (38%)‚ industry (24%)‚ and services (38%). The labor force is approx. 15 million‚ with an unemployment
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wish for in life. We are given the opportunity to live our lives in a free society‚ with limited restrictions on how we conduct of lives. However‚ this is not the case for all the people outside of our country. The Women of Afghanistan were stripped of their basic human rights when the Taliban seized control of their country. (“Revocation of Rights”). A practice of gender apartheid was instituted against the women of Afghanistan whereby the life of women had basically no value and they were forced
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Almut Wieland-Karimi(*) has thought about some scenarios – interestingly one which features a negotiated settlement with all post-2001 achievements preserved is not part of her list. [Destroyed Chehelsutun Palace in Kabul‚ result of the last civil war secenario -- photo by Thomas Ruttig‚ 2005] The International Community and the Afghan Government have a date to say good-bye to each other: 2014. By then‚ responsibility for the security of the country should be transferred to the Afghan National
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28 March 2013 Afghanistan Drug Trade The sound of gunshots fills the empty space right outside the door. People are screaming and loved ones are holding each other‚ fearing for their lives. This chaos is a direct result of the Afghanistan Drug Trade. Afghanistan is a small country in the Middle East. It is located North of the Arabian Sea‚ and it borders many countries including Pakistan‚ Uzbekistan‚ Turkmenistan‚ Iran‚ Tajikistan and India. All of the drug trade in Afghanistan‚ was the trading
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A Afghanistan War 2001-2014 The war was fought in three different phases. The first was taking down the Taliban. The second was fighting back against the Taliban army and rebuilding Afghanistan into being a better place. And the final third phase was when Obama decided to send more of our own troops to protect people from Taliban attacks. This war raged on for 13 years‚ and henceforth it became the longest war the US has ever taken part of. B Barry Goldwater He was the Republican nominee for
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Border Disputes between Pakistan and Afghanistan: Historical‚ political and Strategic Perspective Introduction: Pakistan came in to being on Islamic ideology revolving around the concept of Muslim Ummah and destined to be a symbol of universal Islamic solidarity across the globe. According to the first Prime Minister of Pakistan‚ Liaqat Ali Khan‚ ‘A cardinal feature of this ideology (of Pakistan) is to make Muslim brotherhood a living reality. It is therefore‚ part of the mission which Pakistan has
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Talibanning Women’s Rights: The Eternal Struggle Before the Taliban‚ a militant group that governed according to a strict sharia law‚ ruled Afghanistan in 1996‚ women were gaining rights and access to things they had never before hoped or imagined for. Once the Taliban came to power‚ all of the progress that they had made in the years past spiraled backwards and women had no rights throughout the entire country. The Taliban stood by a strict form of the Sharia‚ or Islamic‚ law. The Taliban
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families‚ as they were all excited to watch their family member participate in the legendary Olympic Games. But those who supported the Olympics had other priorities in mind. They felt that if the boycott would support the end of Soviet control in Afghanistan‚ then they would be behind the boycott completely. They understood the hardships the Afghan people were going through‚ and wanted
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Afghanistan has long been a land where conquering armies have the most difficult operations. The terrain and the weather are unforgivable‚ with snowcapped mountain ranges as high as 24‚000 feet‚ and an indigenous population who have been fighting for hundreds if not thousands of years. Afghanistan’s location is definitely not an ideal operational theater for a democratic republic like the United States‚ with rouge‚ failed‚ and transitioning states surrounding the landlocked country. These conditions
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