INDIAN ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN AND ITS IMPACT ON PAKISTAN INTRO 1. Afghanistan continues to be a proxy ‘playing ground’ for diverse outside powers with Russia in near vicinity and US in West. The decade old US meddling after the failure of Russian invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 has yielded more familiar results i.e. ethnic and cultural tensions‚ warlordism‚ drug-trafficking and rampant corruption. It is not that these traits did not exist in the Afghan society before US invaded Afghanistan but US
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the Afghan Government to actively pursue peace negotiations with the Taliban because total victory is neither plausible nor affordable. U.S. and NATO have battled the Taliban for sixteen years. Some defense analysts estimate the Afghan war cost the U.S. between $4 to $6 trillion dollars. Furthermore‚ thousands of Americans sacrificed their lives and limbs in pursuit of victory against the Taliban. Yet‚ the Taliban insurgency remains resilient today. The U.S. military strategy is unsuccessful
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fiercely reignited during the civil war and by the Taliban in the 1990s. Understanding that history is critical to policy-making. Not only are Hazaras dying on boats‚ but also in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Australia must respond to this over-all crisis with humanity rather than punitive measures. I support the recommendations made in the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s submission and the Open Letter. As Afghanistan moves towards a possible Taliban alliance or faces growing lawlessness‚ and as Hazaras
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Taliban In the past couple of years there has been a tremendous amounts of terrorist attacks on the United States Of America from the Taliban. Many people everyday most likely are wondering just why would another countries people want to attack us? The origin of the Taliban dates back to 1979 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Back in 1973‚ ((The Soviet Union brought their soldiers into Afghanistan claiming to rebuild the crushing economy. However‚ the Soviet was resented by the Mujahidin
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the insurgency by September prompting the necessity of the Second Battle of Fallujah in November‚ which successfully occupied the city. On March 31‚ 2004 ‚ Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah ambushed
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Terrorism in Pakistan; Causes‚ Effects‚ Solutions Once a convicted "terrorist"‚ Nelson Mandela‚ wrote in his autobiography: "the hard facts were that 50 years of non-violence had brought (my) people nothing but more repressive legislation‚ and fewer rights". If the world leaders do not believe that global fairness‚ peace and human dignity is in the best interest of the global community‚ then our fate may indeed be akin to the vision of Shelley’s And each dweller‚ panic-stricken‚ Felt his
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Pakistan Foreign Policy: Form 1947 to 2012 Shahnawaz Mohammad Khan PhD Candidate Department
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References: 15. Alex Rodriguez and Laura King “Pakistan left out of Afghan-Taliban talks‚ official says”‚ Los Angeles Times‚ 21 Oct‚ 2010‚ . 16. Syed Abdul Quddus‚ “Why Pakhtoonistan”‚ Afghanistan and Pakistan: A Geopolitical Study‚ (Lahore: Ferozsons Ltd.‚1982)‚ p.136. 19. Rob Johnson‚ Afghanistan: The Soviet Occupation‚ 1979-89
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currently at war with Afghanistan. Located south of Asia and east of Iran‚ Afghanistan is home to many people of the Pashtun and Sunni Muslim culture. “The current campaign in Afghanistan has lasted for over nine years and the Taliban has grown into a formidable insurgency”‚ (Cultural awareness and counterinsurgency in Afghanistan Charles R. Lister‚ Mar 11 2011). This essay will discuss Afghanistan culture and the Air Defense Artillery role in Operation Enduring Freedom. Culture is a way of
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There has been much debate in recent years among politicians‚ military officials‚ and civilians on whether or not the U.S. should be fully withdrawn from Afghanistan‚ regardless of the country’s economic and military capabilities. There has also been a proposed timetable‚ which President Obama says is in effect and currently being executed‚ to have up to ninety percent of our military personnel out of the country by no later than 2014. It is imperative that we extract our forces out of Afghanistan
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