War in North-West Pakistan

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    environments, each packed with its own challenge of understanding the unique people and culture present in the area. Pakistan is one of these theatres of operation, strategically located within the continent of

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    Afghanistan and Pakistan brought to the forefront deep-rooted issues that continue to plague relations between the two neighboring countries. Pakistan and Afghanistan are two neighboring Islamic states in South Asia with sharing borders. Conflicts between the 2 started because Afghanistan never recognized the Durand line, which divides the 2 neighboring countries. Pakistan always wanted to keep Afghanistan under their control, but if Afghanistan opposes it would dispute its boundaries with Pakistan. The differences

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    Indi A Cultural Analysis

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    Many of these conflicts, and one that has been resolved recently, have involved the country of Pakistan over a northern Indian territory in the name of Kashmir. India turned into an atomic state in 1998 by effectively leading underground atomic tests. This was trailed by worldwide military endorses that were step by step pulled back after September

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    originally viewed by the United States & Thailand as underpinning the inherently with Geneva agreement which recognized the communist-ruled North Vietnam. CENTO also began as a regional security grouping at the behest of Iraq and Britain, but the participation of those northern states of Asia sharing frontiers with the Soviet Union such as Iran, Turkey, Pakistan and the reinsurance, as it were, provided by the United Sates, made CENTO no less than SEATO, a US weapon against her Global adversary, Soviet

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    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

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    other states out of the region. It situated with the South East Asia, the Middle East and Central Asia. These territories are measured quite insightful and purposefully significant regions of the world. China, Central Asia and Russia are all at the north of South Asia. On its south western surface it provides entrée to the Persian Gulf while on south eastern part there is an entrance to the Malaccan passage. Indian Ocean at its south has remained advantageously

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    Threat of Nuclear War Since the Cold War I partly agree and disagree with the above statement. Nuclear war was at the height of taking place in the cold war and whilst it has subsided a little since the end it has not yet completely gone. Nuclear threat is different now then it was in the Twentieth Century, to prove my views I will talk about the cold war with reference to nuclear threat and what that means today. At the end of the Second World War, the world was in

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    no chance of sharing political power with the Hindus; they must either surrender their individuality or cut themselves adrift front the Hindus. The Congress ultimatum was thus the signal for parting of the ways which, by inevitable stages, led to Pakistan.” This is what ultimately led to the partition after India gained independence. It took nearly three decades of nationalist struggle for India to finally break free from the British and gain their independence. The novel, “The Partition of India”

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    Afghanistan Pros And Cons

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    government and the country soon fell into a civil war that lasted through the 1990s. Post the Soviet War, civil administration in Afghanistan descended into chaos and lawlessness because government departments, the police system, justice systems and education systems did not have time to reform. This led to areas being controlled by different armed factions, who in turn were supported amply by governments and groups in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan and the US. It was in these conditions during the

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    colonialism and now are the representative countries of a long tradition of tolerance and stability: United Kingdom and France. In the past 200 years, between XIXth and XXth centuries, these two nations were colonizing the world, from North to South and from East to West. Known as rapacious conquerors, their actions were followed by arising hate that is now the reason of the emerging of violent Islamic militants, whose actions are threatening France and UK. In mid XXth century, the enslaved counties

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