Studies 31.1 (2011). Academic OneFile. Web. 31 Mar. 2015.) This lengthy war seems to have no end in it’s future with 30‚000 troops who have been sent with no exit strategy. With no organized strategy from the U.S‚ the Taliban have grown stronger and better with this being said the Taliban have gotten more control. This war has cost billions of dollars‚ according the department of defense the war has cost over $500 billion dollars. Money is not the only thing that has been at stake here so are the lives
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(AGG) The book Under The Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples is a great book to show how one can be affected by loss‚ and how loss shapes someone for better or for worse. (BS-1) When Baba-Jan and Nur were kidnapped by the Taliban‚ Najmah became much more responsible‚ mature‚ and helpful around the house. (BS-2) When Najmah became a boy in the form of Shaheed‚ she learned to adapt to her surroundings and use what she had. (BS-3) After Najmah finally reunited with Nur‚ she became very determined
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8th grader. Operation Anaconda started on my birthday March 1st‚ 2002. Between March 1 and March 16‚ 2002 1‚700 airlifted U.S. troops and 1‚000 pro-government Afghan militia battled between 300 to 1‚000 al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters to obtain control of the valley. The Taliban and al-Qaeda forces fired mortars and heavy machine guns from entrenched
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Another example‚ the september 11‚ 2001 (attack on world trade center) changed the life of Malala. All these things influenced Malala and she decided‚ in 2009‚ to start a vlog for the BBC under a pseudonym. She was writting facts and events about the talibans trying to take over schools in Pakistan. Her identity had been release in the New York Times when Swat population were prohibited from all (school‚ shopping‚ television‚ music‚ etc.). For all
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there was only a one in four chance of making it to their first birthday. How can it have been justified that even the first breaths that an Afghan baby girl took reflected the discrimination and injustice of the society she was going to live in? The Taliban set up traps for women that made their only remaining purpose a living
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Thesis: Malala Yousafazi took a stand for women’s education in her hometown of Mingora‚ Pakistan. Her story shows taking a stand at any age or even in your own city can spark a worldwide awakening for the importance of women’s education in third world or war torn countries. Through her story the public sees the odds and battles she overcame for women’s education. Even at a young age the importance of education was instilled in Malala by her father; Ziauddin Yousafzai‚ who ran public schools. Back
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that females were banned from getting an education. The beginning of her fighting for female education began when she attended a school that was founded by her father. The girls from the school were attacked by the Taliban which led to Malala making a speech called “How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education” (biography.com. Due to her fighting for female education‚ a gunman shot Malala while coming home from school on October 9‚ 2012. Even though the
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This show not only gave a new opportunity at democracy but also let the voices of the Afghan people be heard by casting votes on their choice of singer. Afghanistan has rich culture: music‚ religion‚ art‚ films – however‚ with the control of the Taliban‚ it resulted the country to go backwards and prevented higher level of education and art. It was a crime to dance‚ listen to music or watch television. Afghanistan has made tremendous strides as a country since then and the show‚ Afghan Star was one
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defenseless against the infamous Taliban regime. The several different factions of Afghanistan found the power to unite against the Russians‚ overthrowing the Marxist Government in the early 1990’s but failed to establish a strong and united government due to cultural and religious differences. The Taliban took advantage of the Civil War raging in Afghanistan and took control of the country‚ ruling with brutality and force. With the constant threat of the Taliban and the ongoing history of war within
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support for anti-terrorism cooperation Pakistan has tried to remain mindful about domestic and regional repercussions. In the pre-9/11 period‚ Pakistan was suffering from a negative image problem due to various factors‚ such as: its support to the Taliban since 1994; corruption of the political elites; bad economic conditions; nuclear explosions in 1998; alleged support to the Kashmiri freedom struggle; the Kargil conflict and a military coup against a democratically-elected regime in 1999‚ and so
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