A Day Inside Afghanistan

The Afghanistan War was the longest war in history fought by the United States. The war took place over 13 years and 59 countries participated in the war. The US led the war in response to the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, after the Taliban refused to give America Osama bin Laden and expel al-Qaeda. As a result of this on the 7th October 2001 the US and the UK launched Operation Enduring Freedom. They were then joined by other forces including the Northern Alliance, which had been fighting the taliban since 1996 when they came into power. The main goal for the Afghanistan war was to destroy al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Assef a local radical provides a chilling insight into the radicalism exhibited in some individuals in Afghanistan and how they have distorted views of the

For over 2 centuries, Afghanistan has known virtually no time without war. Beginning around 326 B.C. with the conquests of Alexander the Great, to the Persians, British, Russians and most recently, America and our NATO allies, Afghanistan has been cultivated into the country that it is today through a trial by fire. Regardless of this relentless onslaught of foreign military power, the Afghan people have tirelessly defended their homeland with no outside power ever being able to subdue them completely. Following the withdrawal of the Soviet Union in 1989, the country fell into civil war, torn even further apart by fiercely dedicated tribal warlords. This power vacuum led to the rise of a group called the Taliban. Led by a one eyed man

Problems that the Taliban have caused, in real life, have impacted the way that many innocent people in various Arab countries used to live--long ago, life was delectable to many. People lived in a state of tranquility, and could live accompanied by one word: freedom. However, later on, and not long ago, the Taliban created a set of strict, over-the top rules that have not only completely

In 1978, a communist government gained control of Afghanistan. The Soviet Union supported the new government, but the unrest of Afghan citizens with this regime was so great it prompted a “Jihad” or holy war(Jacobson, 31).

“We lost the war in southern Afghanistan and it broke my heart.” This statement used by Graeme Smith in the introduction to his book, The Dogs are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan, sets the tone for the rest of the book. Although foreign forces had, arguably, the best of intentions going into the war, the Taliban always regrouped and reappeared, often larger and harder to defeat than before, no matter how tremendous their losses were in previous battles. International forces did what they thought was essential for rebuilding of Afghanistan, including the elimination of the Taliban through air strikes and poppy eradication, even though they did not truly understand the needs and priorities of Afghan citizens and were constantly perceived negatively by the Afghan civilians. In an accessible method, Smith provides general knowledge about how the intervention on the behalf of the international community impacted the country and its people. This book also leaves me with reflections on the dynamic between insurgents and villagers and how the international forces could have helped to prevent a power vacuum from occurring during the years where most foreign forces pulled out of Afghanistan.

The Taliban, also known as The Afghan Taliban, is a terrorist organization that occupies large areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Taliban rose to power after the Soviet Union withdrew in 1989. By 1996, an extremist group by the name The Taliban had established themselves, enforcing a rather strict and brutal for of Sharia law. This was the beginning of what would seem to be a lifetime of horror for much of Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as the United States and the United Nations.

Rajiv Chandrasekaran, is a Washington Post reporter and editor. He has spent three years in Afghanistan and reported extensively about the operations conducted by the ISAF and NATO forces in the post troop’s surge period. He is also the author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City: inside Iraq’s Green Zone, one of the New York Times’s 10 best books of year 2007. Interestingly the author was a guest speaker at the USAWC and presented his thoughts to the students of class of AY 14. His talk at the USAWC and relevance of situation in Afghanistan to Pakistan prompted me to select his book “Little America” for writing the critical book report.

The United States has been fighting the war in Afghanistan for the past fourteen years, yet the Taliban insurgents are not defeated and the insurgency is rising. This paper examines the major reasons why the United States has not been able to defeat the Taliban insurgent group in Afghanistan since 9/11.The main players in war against the Taliban are the governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States. The Afghan Taliban insurgent group, installed and backed up by Pakistan’s government officially ruled over Afghanistan from 1996-2001. In the meantime, the Taliban endorsed and allowed Osama Bin Laden, the founder and leader of Al-Qaeda global terrorist organization to set up terrorist training camps in eastern and southern

The Taliban has been fighting the righteous fight to reclaim Afghanistan since the American 's unlawful invasion of 2001. Opposition to the United States and the current Afghan Ghani

Afghanistan has been in the spotlight since the 9/11 attacks, which was followed by the war in Afghanistan until 2014. The aftermaths of the war continue to be felt here as this nation is still developing and the Taliban groups continue to hold loads of power over this country such as practicing violent attacks in aims to push all foreigners out of Afghanistan. Additionally, Afghanistan is extremely vulnerable to natural disasters as there was an earthquake just three day ago with a magnitude of 4.4 in Ashkasham, and a flood during April of this year that killed 50 people. Moreover, these natural disasters have an enormous impact on this country as they already lack employment opportunities thus their economy is deteriorating. Hence voluntary

To the western perspective, the Taliban is a name which generates an immediate image of militant Islamic politics, explicit support of terror-oriented tactics on a global scale and a localized social hierarchy in which women are treated with gross inequality. Indeed, while the first two characteristics noted here would draw the attention and military action of the United States in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attacks, it is this latter feature which may ultimately be the most persistent, troubling and lasting of characteristics. Today, more than a decade since al Qaeda masterminded the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and more than a decade since the U.S responded by invading Afghanistan in pursuit of both al Qaeda personnel and the Taliban regime which gave them safe harbor, Afghani women continue to be the subject of much international concern. As the discussion here will demonstrate, the human rights violations visited upon the women of Afghanistan during the Taliban's rule would be grotesque and widespread. Moreover, the discussion will illustrate that though the War in Afghanistan would improve the fortunes of women there in the years following 9/11, these fortunes like the fortunes of Afghanistan itself are impacted by uncertainty, instability and violence. While advances in the treatment of women have been forced by the attention and presence of the

The Taliban took over the country in terms of the composition of society, such as education, mosques, religions, and shrines (Spindlove & Simonsen, 2013). This group transformed Afghanistan and made it function how they wanted it to. The Taliban began to take over during Afghanistan’s civil war (Spindlove & Simonsen, 2013). This group eventually became involved in the drug trade in order to generate revenue to support itself (Spindlove & Simonsen, 2013). They provided training sanctions where propaganda also took place for soldiers who were not from Afghanistan (Spindlove & Simonsen, 2013). The Taliban was in charge of the military operations throughout Afghanistan and conducting terrorist attacks (Spindlove & Simonsen, 2013). It is known that

A country’s government should seek to afford rights that provide protection and resolve conflicts for its people. Identifying necessary fundamental rights, and more so incorporating those rights, have proven to be a difficult task for the Afghanistan Parliament, as they continually struggle to resolve conflict in the region. Attempts to establish an Afghanistan parliament have subsequently failed to resolve the reoccurring conflicts that have plagued the region for ages. Taliban and Al Qaeda forces have proven relentless in their efforts to spread hatred over the years. Nonetheless, Taliban and al-Qaeda forces are no match for the highly skilled forces of America and its allies, who have played a vital role in the dismantling of, and essentially the fall of the Taliban government over several wars.

Upon the Taliban’s seizing of power, they institute a severe interpretation of Sharia Law, cracking down on “un-Islamic” aspects of society that most heavily targeted the rights, freedoms and opportunities of Afghan