War in Afghanistan

2009 the United States (US) had been in a war in Afghanistan for eight years. Afghan President Hamid Karzai had just been accused of forgery in a recent re-election by tribe leaders. Karzai became president in 2001 after US forces had dissolved of the Taliban regime. In the US the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen had suggested the need for more US troops in Afghanistan to congress but did not formally request more troops Afghanistan. Months earlier the Taliban leader in

Some Background to the Afghanistan War is that during 1970’s Afghanistan became pro-soviet and a communist nation. However the fundamentalist Islamic group known as the Mujaheddin strongly opposed the government. The Soviets wanted to help their ally resist this threat but did not particularly want to send soldiers. However in 1979 when Hafizullah Amin came to power in Afghanistan he started to look towards the West, in particular America to help deal with this threat. But the USSR could not allow

The War in Afghanistan has been an all consuming conflict for the US government since we started to launch air strikes on October 7, 2001. This is a conflict that’s been brewing since before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. This war has the continuation of past conflicts in it, conflicts that can be connected a good deal to the interference of other large powers, such as the USSR. From keeping an eye on the oil reserves, pressuring Iran, and keeping Pakistan stable, our interests and

article, titled, “From the Boers to the Taliban: How Canadians Attitudes towards War Have Changed”. This article reviews Canada’s history within the wars and also Canadian’s thoughts on war. The Afghan war began in 2001 and is still ongoing today. The war began due to the terrorist attacks that took place in the United States on September 11th, 2001, also known as 9/11. The purpose of this war was to invade Afghanistan and to disassemble an organization, known as the al-Qaeda terrorist organization

The War in Afghanistan has been ongoing for 14 years, and is now the longest war in American history. In the past President Obama had promised that by the end 2015 he would bring home the majority of U.S. troops, only leaving a small force of about 1,000 remaining, but on October 15, 2015 Obama announced that he was changing his policy; the new policy will have 9,800 troops stay until the end of 2015 and then drop to 5,500 by the end of his presidency, leaving the next president to decide whether

The method that I propose to end the conflict currently occurring in Afghanistan is essentially a continuation of what has been going on in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban and the creation of the current Afghani government. The current approach is an attempt by NATO forces in conjuncture with the Afghani army to force the Taliban to come to the negotiations table to discuss peace. While this is occurring an effort is made to aid the Afghani government with progressing and becoming a successful

War has been ongoing for many years, but how does the government keep getting us to agree on these ongoing wars? What makes us partake in these long-waged wars, costing taxpayers trillions of dollars overall? The government has learned how to play on our emotions, our psyche, to gain our support for these wars as well as getting us to help fund them. The Afghanistan war has been the most profitable war to date, costing almost 4 trillion dollars and has been one of the longest wars. It has gone on

The War on Afghanistan September 11, 2001 is a day that will remain in the hearts and history books of Americans for centuries. Americans turned on televisions, radios, and any other media as they awaited the devastating news that the infamous World Trade Center was attacked by two hijacked airplanes. Soon after, they found that the culprits also attempted to attack the Pentagon. Many say that this event is what brought Americans together and created change in the American society. The most traumatic

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

Like many countries throughout the world, the America’s involvement in Afghanistan began during the Cold War. Communists in 1978 seized power under the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan, the PDPA, led by Nur Muhammad Taraki. The PDPA attempted to impose secular reforms and land redistribution, resulting in serious opposition. This opposition proved particularly forceful amongst the country’s religious leaders, who also represented a new wave Islamic revivalism within the Muslim world. By