country till the dawn of the 21st century when the situation took a new turn in the history of the area. After 9/11‚ Pakistani policies created strong resentment among the people of the area which ultimately led to the rise of militancy. The ongoing insurgency has so far taken lives of over 50‚000 people in Pakistan besides costing a loss of more than $ 100 billion since 2001. * The author is a Ph. D. scholar and also works as Research Associate at the Department of Politics & International Relations
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minimize the risk and offered the best possible option in the given circumstances. Geo-strategic location of Pakistan and links with Taliban administration absolved Pakistan to remain unaffected immediately after the attack. Moreover Pakistan was among the three countries‚ which recognized the Taliban government. Any effort of US and World coalition against Taliban could not have been succeeded without active cooperation of Pakistan. After declaring Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden as a prime suspect
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National Peace award in Pakistan for all her efforts. In 2009—at only the age of 11—she fought Taliban insurgency that tried to take over her village of Swat. She wanted to set up her own political party which would campaign the right of young Pakistani girls to education. This girl—this heroine—was shot by a member of the Taliban‚ in the head and the neck‚ and is now in critical condition. The Taliban called her work “obscenity”. I call it heroism. They tried to silence this girl forever—they
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was the question that was last asked before she was shot on the fateful day of October 9th‚ 2012. I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban is an autobiography written by Malala Yousafzai‚ with the help of Christina Lamb‚ that depicts her life under the rule of the Taliban‚ an Islamic armed insurgency‚ during which she fought for women’s right to education and other basic human rights. Women’s rights are widely ignored in Islamic countries such as Pakistan‚ Afghanistan
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of terrorism I wanted to write a paper on‚ it occurred to me that I didn’t really know much about the Taliban group. Which is one of the major terrorist groups in today’s society. So I am going to try and explain this group the best that I can. In couple different aspects‚ one is what their rules are‚ two how they treat women‚ and three what types of terrorist acts they have committed. The Taliban group is a group of men who formed in 1994 in the country of Kandahar by Islamic students who took a
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anti-Soviet groups ruling Afghanistan‚ and promptly lost interest. A giant civil war proceeded to rage among the anti-Soviet factions‚ of which there were literally thousands. In 1994‚ a devout and dedicated religious movement calling itself the Taliban (which means student) began a rapid rise to power. The group comes from the Pashtun ethnic group‚ which lives in a broad swathe from southern Afghanistan across the
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The Runaway General - An Analytical Essay There are many lessons that could be learned from the story of General Stanley McChrystal‚ Commander‚ International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan and his advocacy for Counter Insurgency (COIN). He led the concerted effort of the Allied Forces on the war on terrorism with Afghanistan as the theatre of war and known as Al Qaeda territory. However‚ this war for all indications is a losing war if the withdrawal of troops from the allied forces such
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called the Mujahideens. These groups along with dissenters from the citizens were the reasons that triggered the Soviets to invade Afghanistan. Therefore‚ on December 1979‚ the Soviets with 30‚000 troops attacked Afghanistan and “ tried to crush the insurgency by various tactics‚ but the guerrillas generally eluded their attacks” (“Soviet Invasion”). Even though they were powerless‚ their hopes for a better future and their strong religious belief prevailed in this situation. The guerillas were an unstoppable
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bombing attempt. And if the crisis is either confined to‚ or largely emanates from‚ FATA‚ it takes no great effort to link it to events in Afghanistan following the U.S.-led intervention there in 2001‚ and the solution appears to be classic counter-insurgency. Unsurprisingly‚ therefore‚ there has been significant international backing to the Pakistani military’s innumerable operations – quickly followed by peace deals with militant groups – in FATA‚ which have provoked massive internal displacement‚
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to the Central Asian country in order to protect the U.S. after Osama Bin Laden declared war on the United States. Within a year of entering into the country‚ the U.S. shifted its focus from Afghanistan to Iraq‚ which led to the resurgence of the Taliban. Currently‚ the U.S.‚ under the Obama administration‚ has developed a new strategic plan in which troops are “to disrupt‚ dismantle and defeat al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan‚ and to prevent their return to either country in the
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