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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Should Canada Get out of Afghanistan? Afghanistan is a country in Central Asia and is often included as a part of the Middle East. It is bordered by Iran in the west‚ Pakistan in the south and east‚ Turkmenistan‚ Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north‚ and China in the easternmost part of the country. It is among the poorest countries in the world. I believe that Canada should remove itself and get out of Afghanistan. There is no need for us to be fighting along side the U.S anymore‚ diplomacy
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Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and attacked Taliban and al-Qaeda targets in Afghanistan. The war had the backing of most just war theorists those who believe that wars must meet certain criteria before they can be deemed just. This essay will discuss various aspects of the causes and conduct of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and how they fit into established ethics of war in Western traditions. First‚ this analysis will deal with the justifications to go to war (jus ad bellum). While second
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Iwaskiw Why we can not win the War in Afghanistan The most important international challenge facing the United States over the next ten years is dealing with the war in Afghanistan. The war has been going on for ten years and we have gotten very little progress. As days go by more and more American soldiers are being killed battling the unforeseeable enemy. In Afghanistan the United States is most likely fighting a losing battle. The War in Afghanistan can almost be compared to the Vietnam War
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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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Economic factors Tourism and service industries are two biggest sectors in Bora Bora‚ French Polynesia‚ about 40 percent of employees work in the Service sector. In 1997‚ almost eighty percent of the whole GDP in this country was from service sector. During the end of the last millennium‚ there has been a huge economic decline in the whole French Polynesia‚ mainly in Tahiti and Bora Bora. But with the economic help of France and clearing the rumors of nuclear experiences the country’s economy
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between the two major powers‚ leading to what some have called the Second Cold War a term originated from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on December 24th 1979. This war lasted through the Reagan administration. At the time few were able to realize the lasting geopolitical impacts of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It can be argued that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan changed the political and military landscape of not only the principals involved‚ but also created a dramatic shift in the Middle
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naturally long lasting and hurting. The war in Afghanistan to reach politic goals cannot go along with just military means lonely. The situation in Afghanistan is more complicated when America could not defeat Taliban thoroughly. However‚ the decision making of American leaders in relation between military using and political purpose has achieved several certain effectiveness. Applying the rational decision-making model to the situation in Afghanistan surge will analyze that military means are play
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Afghanistan is one of the poorest and most troubled countries in the world. The land that occupies Afghanistan has a long history of domination by foreign conquerors and strife among internally warring factions. At the gateway between Asia and Europe‚ this land was conquered by Darius I of Babylonia circa 500 B.C.‚ and Alexander the Great of Macedonia in 329 B.C.‚ among others. In recent years‚ war and lawlessness had destroyed much of the country; millions of people went into exile and brought
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Title Kevin Sieff the author of the article “Afghanistan: Where Women Have no Choice”‚ expresses Farimas thoughts “Life is to complicated”. Through Farima’s quote states‚ life imagination vs life’s realities are two different things‚ we can plan things in our life but destiny choses differentially. The Author’s attitude is revealed through disapproval of the force marriages and Fatima arranged marriage in story. In article writer believes that women should have right chose. Author’s attitude
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