The Islamic Republic Of Afghanistan And The United States Of America

Due to past events, the Afghan government is now struggling to keep up with their citizens’ problems with living there. Bombing, wars, harassment, feminism, and abuse have been some of the main topics of bad events in the last few years in Afghanistan. Dystopia is a society that can be characterized with extreme hunger, poverty, misery, and the imbalance among the people; the Taliban taking over was the cause of how Afghanistan is still dystopian today. When one analyzes Ashraf Ghani’s choice to allow the Taliban to form, and the impacts the Taliban are still having on the people, one can realize how important genres of literature can be to educate the world about this dystopian

Originally Afghanistan was led by the Shah Monarchy elitism and the economy was stable. Until the Soviets took over although not all the contributions to Afghanistan were bad most did not help the circumstances. The instability of the political system and society in general was caused by the medaling of the Russians and other countries. When the Russians invaded and eliminated the people in power it caused rebel groups to form. One of the rebel groups were the Taliban. Many people that were in the government were assassinated by different groups. When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan they took the elite out of power and put themselves in that role becoming the governing power. Problems that happen with instabilities within a government is that it is possible for radical groups

There are, however, aspects that disqualify the realism theory in examining the War in Afghanistan. For example, realism explicitly applies to relations between nations and consequently, war between countries. This was not the case, since the war did and still does not involve conflict between America and Afghanistan. Rather the war was between America and the Taliban government that supported the infamous terror group, al Qaeda. For this reason, realist theory does not explain this highly controversial war. Another aspect that contravenes realism as an appropriate theoretical approach to understanding the War in Afghanistan is that fact that, America toppled the Taliban government within its first few months of the invasion. Realism cannot, as a result, explain why American troops and those of allied forces have not yet been pulled out of Afghanistan more than a decade after war started (Bird and Marshall 37).

The War on Terror required utilizing pre-emptive war, regime change, and unilateralism. An example of all three foreign policy tools is Afghanistan. Bush took a hard line approach with the Taliban government of Afghanistan, who had a semi-friendly working relationship with Osama bin Laden’s terrorist group, al Qaeda, by declaring that if the Taliban government did not hand over bin Laden, the U.S. would invade Afghanistan. The War on Terror created a renewed moralism that had effectively disappeared in the 1990s and was reminiscent of the moralism of the Truman years, as mentioned previously. This new moralism framed the war in terms of good versus evil as a mobilization tactic for the public to support ("After Sept. 11, 2001: A Transformed US Foreign Policy."). Bush’s famous words about “axis of evil” were reminiscent of both World War II, with the axis powers, and the Cold War, with the evils of communism (“After Sept. 11, 2001”). This rekindling of American’s moralism of international liberalism is a characteristic of an all in president because the issue is no longer only a factual and risk debate, but an ethical one as well.

Presidents have sent troops to different places all over the world for various reasons. They’ve been doing it for years. Some missions have been called back and others have stayed to fight. It all has depended on what congress has decided. On October 7th, 2001, The War on Terrorism in Afghanistan began.

Soldiers are often considered robots, meaning they have no real concern about the battle they are fighting. This is not true, especially in the case of the war on terrorism. If one were to ask a soldier what he thought of the war in Afghanistan, he would immediately tell you that it is a necessary war to keep the United States safe from the terrorists. Unfortunately, Americans do not think the same way soldiers or the families of soldiers do. Most Americans believe the war is a waste of time, money, and American resources. This thought process is not only wrong, but completely unfair to the troops serving. The Afghan war cannot be won by fighting or blood loss, but the war can and will be won by American occupation in Afghanistan.

Prior to the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the United States was involved in Afghanistan the early 1980's. To truly understand the how our government is in this mess Afghanistan war, we must look back at the Soviet Union involvement into Afghanistan as well. In 1979, the USSR entered neighboring Afghanistan as an attempt to boost the newly established pro Soviet regime in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul. The takeover of the country was fast: nearly 100,000 soviet soldiers took over major cities and highways in order to complete military and political control. This began a brutal, decade long invasion by the Soviet Union to subdue the Afghan civil war and maintain a friendly and socialist government on their southern border.

The three Countries I chose to talk about are, Afghanistan , China, And United States. I chose these places because they are in different regions of the world, with different development levels and population. Taking a look at the PRB I’ve noticed some great differences between these countries. Afghanistan has a high and stable birth rates, but its still low in population compared to the other countries, this is due to a high mortality rate of infants along with, 45% of its population under the age of 15 and 2% of the age of 65. I believe this to be a result of lack of resources and medicines of this low developed country, putting it in the second stage of demographic transition.

The land that comprises today’s Afghanistan was the frontier zone of competing empires, namely, Moghuls and Saffavids from the sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. Persia and the subcontinent enjoyed two centuries of stability and prosperity, but their frontier zone (Afghanistan) was a bone of contention. With the downfall of the Moghul and Saffavid Empires, Afghanistan became a torn political entity between Sikh Empire, Persia and the Emirate of Bukhara in the early nineteenth century. Afghanistan, then became the buffer zone between Tsarist Russia and British India with the fall of the Sikh Empire in 1845. Tsarist Russia constantly intervened in Afghanistan while British India continually meddled in Afghanistan to keep it under its orbit.

The applicant requests an upgrade of his under other than honorable conditions discharge to honorable. The applicant seeks, relief contending, in effect, that he was a good Solider prior to his return stateside from his deployment to Afghanistan, he felt as if he does not belong and had no place to turn. The applicant contends that he began drinking heavily and slipping into depression from his experiences in Afghanistan and life in general. The applicant further contends that at this point in time he began to go to behavioral health to seek assistance on how to better himself. After several months, Doctor O. recommended him for a psychiatric separation from the Army, which was denied twice by his commander, CPT. C. The applicant also contends that while he was awaiting for CPT C. decision, he underwent PRK surgery to correct his vision and he was prescribed oxycodone for pain relief. The applicant contends that he began to develop an addiction as the drinking and depression began to take its toll on him, being highly discouraged by his leadership not to return to behavioral health, his appointment became infrequent, and he continued to take oxycodone. The applicant states that he tested positive during a urinalysis and upon knowing that he would test positive, he immediately enrolled into ASAP, only to have one meeting because his command had already “signed off” on his separation packet. The applicant contends that he managed to beat his addiction, only failing one urinalysis test, and answer for his

The Taliban started in the 1990’s as a resistance to the soviets rule of Afghanistan. The movement promised to stabilize Afghanistan and introduce a new era of law that would end conflict. This attracted many people to the movement, causing it to expand exponentially. In September, 1996, the Taliban took control of Kabul and started the official rule of Afghanistan. “The Taliban regime controlled some 90 percent of the country before its 2001 overthrow, analysts say” from Council on Foreign Relations. The Taliban ruled most of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. Their rule included ideas such as restoring peace, disarming the population, and defending the Islamic character. They wanted to create the world's most pure Islamic regime possible. This

Known as the cross road and graveyard of empires, in the last three millennia Afghanistan has been invaded many times. Some of these invaders include Alexander the Great, Indians, Genghis Khan, Timur, Mughal Empire, Persian Empires, British Empire and the Soviet Union. These invaders have paid a significant price of fighting in Afghanistan. In the 19th century during the first Afghan-Anglo war in a massacre majority of around 16000 Indian and British military and civilians were captured and killed by Afghan warriors and the only couple of them survived. The former USSR invasion of Afghanistan resulted in the defeat and collapse of the entire Soviet Union. During these warfares, Afghans have gained immense experience at tactical, operational and strategic level.

Afghanistan’s government is in a state of chaos and it is America’s fault. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, America quickly reacted and fought the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden; taking then out of power. The problem with that, is the Taliban were the ones keeping Afghanistan stable. America has tried to stabilize the Afghan government but has failed due to: the constant violence and acts of terrorism, the many ethnic groups and their conflicts, and the rough, mountainous geography of the country.

I know that this conflict between America and Afghanistan has been going on since 2001 after the September 11 attacks on the U.S. Pentagon and the New York Twin Towers. It was shortly after this that then President George W. Bush requested the Taliban to turn in Osama bin Laden for his role in orchestrating the attack. As expected the Taliban would not cooperate and hand him over the United States officials. President George W Bush then called in air strikes around October of 2001. The United States eventually won the war by overthrowing the Taliban and al-Qaeda. They were also successful in setting up military bases in or close proximity to the cities of Afghanistan. This war has led to a lot of freedom for those that lived in Afghanistan as well as a lot of deaths of innocent individuals that live in the country. However the United States were unsuccessful in capturing Osama bin Laden until 2011. By that time our country was under the leadership of President Barack Obama. In 2011 the U.S. Navy SEALS set up a raid in Pakistan in attempt to locate and capture Osama bin Laden. I have not saw it or read exactly how they knew he was hiding out in Abbottabad, Pakistan but the leader of the SEALS Team Six ordered the attack. The United States honored the tradition of Islamic culture by giving his body the proper burial at sea. The war was supported by many but criticized by others. People wanted to know that it was really bin Laden that was killed. Al-Qaeda responded

When reading this quote, there was nothing really intriguing or special about it. However, I think the author is trying to connect with the Afghan citizens. Even though the war is still raging on, the citizens are “immune” to it. They have gotten used to the idea of death and terror. Are the people scared of death or their own