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    Growing up as a female in Afghanistan in the 1900’s was extremely and still was bad. Women are equivalent to slaves‚ they are denied education‚ and they are finically independent‚ were they can’t make money of their own. Amongst being raised during the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan‚ and the living in the poor treatment of women Juliaia Afghan serves as a gentle yet mighty defender for peace. Living with the trauma of being shot in the head at the age of14 Jumila knew that it was definitely a time

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    what women’s rights in Afghanistan have always been like. Before the conflict in the 1970s began‚ the future looked bright for Afghan women. They were given the right to vote in 1919‚ gender separation was abolished in the 1950s‚ and a new constitution promised more equality for women in the 1960s. Contrary to photographs the Western world sees of Afghan women dressed in burqas from head-to-toe‚ Horia Mosadiq‚ who was just a young girl when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979‚ recalls a very

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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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    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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    Derek Roch Mr. Wood Accelerated English 11 11 February 2013 “Sailing to Byzantium” You are only young once. William Butler Yeats made the most of his youth‚ belonging to influential groups and leading literature revival attempts. He believed that once you were older‚ you start to depart from the real world. He was a magnificent poet‚ and in one of his most famous poems‚ this was a leading theme. W. B. Yeats powerful poem “Sailing to Byzantium” is often considered one of his best works

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    Oooo. Mr. Prime minister‚ allow us to summarize what the President of our country Afghanistan was meant to say: our neighboring Islamic country Pakistan not only have been selling us for fraction of what we’re worth to other countries around the world for decades‚ but also have been killing us for centuries now. Hopefully it didn’t surprise any one‚ because this is nothing new to Afghans in Afghanistan‚ our neighboring Islamic and non Islamic countries in the region‚ United States of America‚ United

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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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    Parvana’s life in Afghanistan In “The Breadwinner” Parvana’s rights are being violated. She has the right to go to school and get an education. She has the right to go to court to defend people. She has the right to freedom and many other rights‚ but nearly all of her rights are being violated by the Taliban. I wonder how Parvana deals with it? This essay will be about some of the rights that are violated in Afghanistan‚ the right for an education‚ the right to go to court and the right for freedom

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    partnership after the deadline. Many analysts also believe the American military would like to retain a presence close to Pakistan‚ Iran and China. Both 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

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    Male versus female value is a huge questionable issue in Afghanistan. Afghans for the most part concede to the hidden standards of sex value. There is an extensive variety of principles set for acknowledged female conduct‚ and in addition contrasts in male states of mind toward right treatment of females. In Afghanistan‚ numerous females are required to spend their whole lives "hidden" or "behind the drape". For example‚ the wearing of the burka‚ the piece of clothing covering the body from head

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