Mullah Akhundzada

“’Afghanistan is the land of Pashtuns. It always has been, always will be. We are the true Afghans, the pure Afghans, not this Flat-Nose here. His people pollute our homeland, our wantan. They dirty our blood….

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

In Khaled Hosseini’s book The Kite Runner, one of the most surprising motifs is of ethnic division and violence in Afghanistan. The groups that commit such acts , though brutally primitive, have deep set reasons and justifications for their actions. In totality, ethnic violence is an enduring problem for humanity that is due to differences that exist between people of various cultures and ancestry as well as foreign intervention from world powers.

It seems that War has found a home in Afghanistan. The people of Afghanistan have

To them the miracle victory over the Soviets was all the work of Allah — not the billions of dollars that America and Saudi Arabia poured into the battle, not then ten-year commitment of the CIA that turned an army of primitive tribesmen into techno-holy warriors. In other words, as they attributed their improbable, U.S.-backed victory against the Soviets to greater religious forces, the present-day insurgents carry a sense of invincibility fighting the current American soldiers in Afghanistan. Their resilience the past nine years backs up this point. (casnocha

The quotation implies that the relationship between Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban, are similar they act the same and treat people the same. It is explored in this quote " And when you think the 'people of Afghanistan' think the Jews in the concentration camps'." Osama Bin Laden made afghan people feel like they were in concentration camps like they were trapped in the Jewish horror story that was the Holocaust. As the same as the Taliban, they had an agenda that the Afghani people had to follow with a set of punishments included . They were killed for doing the wrong thing, many were killed and the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden held no remorse no regret just like the Nazi. They were both power hunger and used religion as an excuse to end

Fazlullah was the leader of the Taliban and the first thing he did to gain power over the people was get them to like him and believe in him. He told people that he was an Islamic reformer and an interpreter of Quran. He created a radio station for the people to listen to. On this radio station he would cry about his love for the country and would talk about the “good habits” he wanted the people to adopt. He would also use the radio station to persuade the people to abandon their practices because he claimed they were bad for the country. A man named Shah Douran would also come on to the station and tell the people to stop listening to music, watching movies and dancing because those things were all “sinful acts” and those acts are what caused

“Afghanistan is the land of Pashtuns. It always has been, always will be. We are the true Afghans, the pure Afghans, not this Flat-Nose here. His people pollute our homeland, our watan. They dirty our blood.”

In Afghanistan, there is a divide between the Pashtuns and the Hazaras; the Pashtuns are upper class citizens who are treated with respect while the Hazaras are lower class, minority citizens who are treated poorly. Because of the contrasting history of the two groups, their responses to the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul were complete opposites. The Pashtuns “danced on [the] street,” (Hosseini 200) while the Hazaras cried “God help the Hazaras now” (Hosseini 213). The conflict between the Pashtuns and Hazaras in “The Kite Runner” directly reflects the real life issues in Afghanistan starting in the late 70’s and continuing on past 2001.

When general find Amir had been talking to his daughter, not only her throw Amir’s story in the trash can, but also he tells Amir to remember that he is among other Afghans. “He signed and waved a hand ‘—even decent boy need reminding sometimes. So it’s my duty to remind you that you are among peers in this flea market’” (Hosseini 161). General rejects Amir because he doesn’t want a tragic happen again, the tragic that his daughter went away with a man.

The taliban’s concept was that their personal religious beliefs were correct and the beliefs of others were wrong. Moreover, he called Amir a traitor as he lleft his country at such grave times and fled. The second reason was that Amir was friends with a hazara and went through severe lengths for just a young hazara boy. Which according to Aseef was an incorrect way for one to honor one’s country. Hence this depicts that how racial and religious differences from a person’s early life can lead to whole new future for them.

This paper will be explaining the similarities, and differences, between the Vietnam War and the War in Afghanistan. There are many topics that bring these two wars together. However, I am only going to be talking about public support, policy objectives, military strategy, weapons, fighting spirit, links to home, and death totals. These topics have a lot of information about them, but there is too much to write about every little detail, so I will cover the broad overview of them. Each paragraph will be about one of the topics. There will also be a discussion about insurgencies and counter insurgency operations. These are two big topics in Vietnam and Afghanistan since almost all of the enemy in both wars were, and are, comprised of insurgents and different types of militia groups.

A few days ago, the American drone attack along the Durand Line targeted Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansur and martyred him. After the attack [President] Obama said: "We targeted the Taliban leader; This is a big step; We provided opportunity for peace in Afghanistan; The Taliban should accept the Kabul government; Otherwise more attacks would be carried out against them."

Military strategists believe the most formidable foe is one that evolves on the battlefield. While pundits have pronounced the Taliban dead many times since the 2001 US invasion, the latter continue to defy logic by ratcheting up anti-state attacks every year. Indeed, for a movement supposedly on its last legs and beset with factional infighting, the Taliban display remarkable vitality and purpose.