War in North-West Pakistan

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    Reflection Of I Am Malala

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    new perspectives. The book is very insightful in presenting information on historical events, girls’ education, and religion through Malala’s story. I learned about the historical events in Pakistan because I saw how the events unfolded from the perspective of Malala who was directly affected by living in Pakistan. Additionally, the book expanded my knowledge on girls’ education being oppressed and how religion was used by the Taliban. I was also able to learn from the class structure while reading

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    The Bangladesh Liberation War was a major event that left a huge, lasting effect on our world. Starting on March 21, 1971 and lasting one month long, the war became a fight over power and authority. The war affected Pakistan and India greatly. It was first triggered when East and West Pakistan had issues. India became involved in the war when they decided to help East Pakistan. The war affected a great number of people. Just like any war, The Bangladesh Liberation War had many devastating tragedies

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    government in Pakistan. The population of Pakistan is 195,685,058 as of March 27th, 2017, based on the latest United Nations estimates. This is equivalent to 2.62% of the total world population, ranking at number 6 in the list of countries and colonies by population. In 1955, just a few years after Pakistan became an independent country in 1947, the population was at 40,427,072. This is a rise of approximately 150,000,000 in 62 years. o The colonial era and the influence of European rulers on Pakistan and

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    in a matter of seconds, this fairly new and evolving breed of warfare is continuously becoming a bigger threat to society due to the fact that; the government can turn to nuclear power if opposing countries do not comply with their needs. The Cold War was essentially defined by nuclear weapons and the nuclear arm race between United States and the Soviet Union. A high degree of anxiety existed between the two superpowers and millions of citizens around the world were put to risk by nuclear arm race

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    strategies. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea regime will be the case example of a communist state, Pakistan regime will serve as an example of a military state, and lastly India will be embodying a restrictive democracy. North Korea The particular strategies used by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea regime heavily consist of leadership aptitudes and societal manipulations. North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Il-Sung, was allegedly born on the day the Titanic sank. The Titanic sinking

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    On 26 March, 1971 the independence of Bangladesh was declared and the Liberation War began. The people of then-East Pakistan took part in this war to liberate Bangladesh from the oppression of military leaders of Pakistan. Independence for Bangladesh was gained through a nine-month civil war against the Pakistani Army, which resulted in the loss of about 3 million lives.[2] The Mukti Bahini (Bengali "freedom fighters"), with military support from India, defeated the Pakistani Army on 16 December

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    (USSR) during the Cold War. China and the USSR were seen as the two largest communist states in the world during the 1960’s. The Chinese and Soviet national interests, and the governments' different interpretations of Marxism–Leninism was a resulting of the doctrinal separation. In the 1950s and the 1960s, there was an ideological debate between the communist parties of the USSR and China, this led to a concern in the possibility of peaceful coexistence with the capitalist West. However, to the Chinese

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    Pakistan is a complex country, both because of harsh physical terrain and because of a historical unpredictable government. Pakistan is constantly in the news, and a topic of discussion in The United States. Many of the fighters the American forces are fighting in Afghanistan come from Pakistan, or at least find a safe haven in the mountains of western Pakistan. In addition, Pakistan is a nuclear-armed country that has a shaky government at best. I find it fascinating that a country that has

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    Since the establishment of individual territories, India and Pakistan have been discreet rivals. This was made known to the rest of the world in the year of 1998, when each country conducted nuclear tests in an effort to deter the other. In May of 1998, India conducted 5 underground nuclear tests near the border of Pakistan. Pakistan retaliated with six tests of their own in response. These actions were highly criticized by the international community as fears of a nuclear confrontation grew. In

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    but perhaps India and Pakistan were destined to see each other with bloodied eyes. The militaristic, political confrontation between these two countries saw the biggest triumph for India, humiliating and unbearable defeat for Pakistan and the creation of a new nation Bangladesh who went through their most horrible days, from the erstwhile East Pakistan. The liberation of Bangladesh from the cruel clutches of Pakistan was the main reason for conflict between India and Pakistan. India being a sandwich

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