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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MY LIFE WITH THE TALIBAN ABDUL SALAM ZAEEF My Life with the Taliban Edited by Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester‚ West Sussex Copyright © Abdul Salam Zaeef 2010 Editors’ introduction and translation Copyright © Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn‚ 2010 Foreword Copyright © Barnett R. Rubin‚ 2010 All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Za’if‚ ‘Abd al-Salam‚ 1967 or 8– My
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PAKISTAN’S GEO-STRETAGIC IMPORTANCE Geo strategic:- Geo strategic means the importance of a country or a region as by virtue of its geographical location. Geo political is defined as‚ stressing the influence of geographic factors on the state power‚ international conduct and advantages it derives from its location. Stephen Cohn describes this importance “While history has been unkind to Pakistan‚ its geography has been its greatest benefit. It has resource rich area in the north-west‚ people
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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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reading lists. The novel is set in Afghanistan from the late 1970s to 1981 and the start of the Soviet occupation‚ then in the Afghan community in Fremont‚ California from the 1980s to the early 2000s‚ and finally in contemporary Afghanistan during the Taliban regime. The Kite Runner is the story of strained family relationships between a father and a son‚ and between two brothers‚ how they deal with guilt and forgiveness‚ and how they weather the political and social transformations of Afghanistan from
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the Americans bombed it‚ “I run then toward home‚ but I recognize nothing. A few timbers stand where our house was just moments before” (Staples 66). Najmah’s family and house were destroyed by a bombing that the Americans carried out to take out Taliban members‚ she now has no home and no safe place to stay. Even if she wanted to stay at her farm‚ she would have a very hard time surviving. (CS) These characters went through physical changes that will stay with them for a long time‚ all because a
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P English September 19‚ 2014 3rd period The Bravest Girl in the World Malala Yousafzai was just 15 years old when she was shot in the head by the Taliban. The article "The Bravest Girl in the World" by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb was presented in the December 9‚ 2013 issue of the upfront magazine. The article explained that the Taliban imposed harsh laws in the Pakistan region-including the banning of schooling for girls. Malala Yousafzai and her father defied those laws and spoke out
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Thousand and One Nights or “that dangerous cradle of terrorists one must never near.” However‚ through the eyes of two women‚ Hosseini pulls back the burqa and shows us the real Afghanistan—the political instability‚ the religious fanaticism of the Taliban‚ the sexism‚ and most importantly‚ how innocent citizens struggle to cope‚ taking us deep into the culture. A Thousand Splendid Suns tells of love‚ friendship‚ difficulty‚ and endurance in Afghanistan in dark times. The book begins with two separate
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an important subject‚ because it helps us understand three big questions; "why are we here"‚ "what do we do"‚ and "how do we treat each other". These are important questions to answer because without them we may end up in a situation much like the Taliban is in right now. Complete chaos created from confusion about those three big questions. These questions are left in a general sense because there are many different ways to look at them. After all we have many different people with many different
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