Mujahideen

Division to the Zagros Mountains of Iran, which would take at least a week with reinforcements arriving much later. This was not acceptable to the Carter Administration, which decided on another course of action - to actively support the anti-Soviet Mujahideen “freedom - fighters” in Afghanistan and help protect the Middle Eastern oil fields. This American involvement in the Soviet Afghan war has

2. Background Information 2.1. Childhood Osama bin Laden was born in 1957 in Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh. He was one of around 50 children fathered by Mohammad bin Laden, a Yemeni immigrant who owned the largest construction company in Saudi Arabia. (Johnson & Rowen, n.d.) His mother, Hamida al-Attas, married Mohammad bin Laden when she was twenty-two and according to many sources she was his eleventh wife. (Zalman, n.d.) His father died in a helicopter accident in 1969 when Osama bin Laden

suppressing enemy positions. The purpose of raiding by the Mujahideen was to capture capture enemy weapons and ammunitions while also lowering enemy morale and creating political rifts. Raiding did not require as many supplies to takas as a strong point as there was no need to hold it for a duration of time. The Mujahideen often took advantage of the Soviet and DRA forces reluctancy of moving from their garrisons at night which gave the Mujahideen the initiative. The majority of raids were initiated during

same time as his death) by the violent hands of the Mujahideen. After his death, Laila then ends up living under the authority of a dangerous and brutal male, Rasheed, who represents the new Mujahideen government that took control. Rasheed had very conservative views, as seen when he warned the girls to obey his every word, not leave the house without him, and always wear a Burqa. All the things he asked them to do were the policies the new Mujahideen government set into place, restricting women 's rights

The fighting was between groups that developed within the state called mujahideens. One of the most popular mujahideen groups to emerge during this time period is called the Taliban, which had developed into the dominant political and military force. It formed in the early 1990s and consisted of men and students who didn't like like Soviets in

Fall of the Taliban 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

3. Mujahideen Regime Apparently the best-known Mujahideen outside the Islamic world, different approximately adjusted Afghan restriction aggregates at first opposed the legislature of the Soviet Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) during the late 1970s. At the DRA's ask for, the Soviet Union conveyed powers into the nation to help the administration from 1979. The Mujahideen battled against Soviet and DRA troops amid the Soviet War in Afghanistan (1979–1989) Afghanistan's resistance development

of Persian as a common language among almost all the groups and the acceptance of Islam by 99 percent of the population provided preconditions for a sense of nationality.” (Newell, 2005). In addition, they found that the cultural support for the Mujahideen by the natives hindered the engagement techniques introduced by the Red Army by allowing the guerrilla fighters to blend in with local peoples to avoid confrontation. Their cultural marriage extended from social means rather than ethnic considerations

Introduction Conflicts exist in all sizes. There are conflicts between neighbors about trees, there are conflicts between children about toys, there are conflicts between politicians about opinions, and there are conflicts between nations. A conflict, in essence, is a disagreement. Conflicts vary. Some are like the China/Norway conflict after a Chinese “criminal” got the Nobel Peace Prize thanks to his fight for democracy. China boycotts Norway in trading, while Norway doesn’t see the problem as

SUMMER ASSIGNMENT #1 Terms for “All Quiet on the Western Front” 1. Three causes of World War 1, are as follows. a. The assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist is probably the most immediate cause of World War 1. When Ferdinand was assassinated, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, who had an alliance with Russia. When Russia began to mobilize its troops to protect Serbia from Austria-Hungary, Germany, (who was allied with Austria-Hungary) declared