Human rights in Afghanistan The situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan is a topic of some controversy and conflict. While the Taliban were well known for numerous human rights abuses‚ several human rights violations continue to take place in the post-Taliban government era.[citation needed] Post Taliban The Bonn Agreement of 2001 established the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) as a national human rights institution to protect and promote human rights and to investigate human
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September 26‚ 2012 Interest Groups: Christian Coalition 1. The Christian Coalition’s website is: http://www.cc.org/. 2. The Christian Coalition’ primary concerns are as follows: a. The lack of representation for the pro-family point of view before local councils‚ school boards‚ state legislatures and Congress; b. The need to group Christians together and to speak out in the public and media; c. The lack of training and knowledge of pro-family Christians‚ and how to
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A Brief History of Afghanistan The story of Afghanistan is in so many ways a very tragic one. Afghanistan is one of the most impoverished nations of the world. It is one of the most war-torn‚ most ravaged‚ and most beleaguered of nations. It is a nation that has been beset by invasion‚ external pressure and internal upheaval since before the time of Alexander the Great. Its people are a people who have endured more than most of us can ever imagine. In fact‚ for many Afghanis‚ all that has changed
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not a conventional science book. Yes‚ it talked a lot about science but the paradigm shift that Kuhn wrote about got my interest. The ‘scientific revolutions’ were true and believable and somehow‚ I agree with them. Science‚ or normal science as Thomas Kuhn put it‚ is the process of gathering facts to build hypotheses that explain different phenomena in the world. It is a ‘research firmly based upon one or more past scientific achievements‚ achievements that some particular community acknowledges
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SHIFT OF US MARITIME PRIORITIES FROM ATLANTIC TO ASIA PACIFIC REGION 1. Introduction. This “Strategic Shift” essay predicts important changes in United States defence planning during 2012 and early 2013. Through a series of strategic and operational exercises made by United States Navy in the region that placed greater emphasis on the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions‚ the plan is to shift bulk of its naval assets to Asia within the next decade and increase the number of military exercises
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DISC Assignment Hitler’s Willing Executions Did the masses of “ordinary Germans” approve of the mass murder of Jews and act as willing participators in the Holocaust? Participate: to be involved/take part (if somebody doesn’t do anything to stop the action‚ he/she is still a participator) Source/Author | Evidence & Interpretation | A- Daniel Goldhagen B- R. J. Evans C- Christopher Browning D- D. Bankier E- I. Kershaw F- M. Housdon G- Joshua D. Franklin H- William
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Shift Happens I learned a lot of new information from the Shift Happens video. This video opened my eyes to many new things. I learned that the United States is not necessarily the best country to live in and it is not the best at everything‚ far from it actually. India has more honors kids than United States has kids. I personally think this is very shocking because there is a ton of kids that live in the U.S. and the fact that India has more honors kids than the U.S. even has kids is just insane
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to happen again. We continue to learn about the Holocaust because it was a tragedy that took the nation by surprise. While other Allied countries were trying to defeat Hitler they didn’t know how to since it never happened before. Now that so many people are aware of what happened we will be prepared for any different type of event. Overall‚ in my opinion this was the worst thing to ever happen to this world and everyone should know how tragic it really was. We need to continue the learning about
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Water Crisis in Afghanistan It makes up approximately 70 percent of the Earth that we inhabit. You may find yourself “up to the neck in it” at any given point‚ seeing as humans can be composed almost entirely of it. Water is all around us‚ and is essential to the ongoing cycle of life. Although water may seem abundant throughout the Earth and atmosphere; the amount of clean‚ useable water is an everyday crisis for some of the drought stricken‚ less fortunate countries. While the Oceans hold roughly
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to the Modern War in Afghanistan. One reason is because of the weapons today are much better and more modified. Also‚ soldiers today have more technology and they are trained better for what they do. One big difference is the reason why the two wars were fought. World War 2 and the War in Afghanistan were fought in very different ways. The weapons have changed greatly from both wars. First today‚ weapons are a lot faster and more powerful. They are also very mobile and much more reliable. In World
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