Afghanistan has been in war with the U.S. mainly because‚ The Taliban refuses to follow through with the commands that the U.S. gave them‚ as well as ‘The Three Phases’‚ Also the planned attack in 2001‚ but mainly because the U.S. wants the mineral resources that are found in Afghanistan. The Taliban refused to undertake 3 simple tasks: shutting down the terrorist training camps‚ giving up the Al-Qaeda leaders and returning all American and Foreign citizens‚ which is part of the reason that we went
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Jason Friedkin Period 8 War has changed greatly from World War 2 to the Modern War in Afghanistan. One reason is because of the weapons today are much better and more modified. Also‚ soldiers today have more technology and they are trained better for what they do. One big difference is the reason why the two wars were fought. World War 2 and the War in Afghanistan were fought in very different ways. The weapons have changed greatly from both wars. First today‚ weapons are a lot faster and more
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The War in Afghanistan (2001–present) refers to the intervention by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and allied forces in the ongoing Afghan civil war. The war followed the September 11 attacks‚ and its public aims were to dismantle al-Qaeda and eliminate its safe haven by removing the Taliban from power. U.S. President George W. Bush demanded that the Taliban hand over Osama bin Laden and expel al-Qaeda. The Taliban requested that bin Laden leave the country‚ but declined to extradite
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Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan By Seth G. Jones RAND Corporation‚ 2008‚ 144 pages Reviewed by: Mariely Norris‚ Student Overview Taking a look at this monograph we can find a close examination of the counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan followed by the appearance of the Taliban regime in 2001. It is based on repeated trips to Afghanistan‚ Pakistan‚ and India from (2004-2008). The author focused on the early stages of the insurgency (2002-2008) and examines how and why it began. The
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people and their environment? Where is the Afghan War located? It is situated below the Brandt line (running through the middle of the earth) in south central Asia. It is bordered by Iran on the west‚ by Pakistan on the east and south‚ and by Turkmenistan‚ Uzbekistan‚ and Tajikistan on the north. The war is fought in Kandahar and also in the south. How has the environment / physical geography of Afghanistan affected the conflict? In Afghanistan‚ the environment has affected the conflict for both
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whole world. The war itself is naturally long lasting and hurting. The war in Afghanistan to reach politic goals cannot go along with just military means lonely. The situation in Afghanistan is more complicated when America could not defeat Taliban thoroughly. However‚ the decision making of American leaders in relation between military using and political purpose has achieved several certain effectiveness. Applying the rational decision-making model to the situation in Afghanistan surge will analyze
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History The grey war The beginning of the Soviet war in Afghanistan in 1979 marked a new phase in the Cold War‚ the effects of which would continue to cast a shadow over modern politics into the next millennium. The Soviet-Afghan war was driven by the persistent personalities of US National Security Advisor‚ Zbigniew Brzezinski‚ his puppet president‚ Jimmy Carter‚ and Soviet leader‚ Leonid Brezhnev. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan flipped Cold War politics on its head. The war was a clash of
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al Qaeda. That was the start of the "end" of the war on terrorism. How could this be‚ with still 99‚000 U.S. troops still in Afghanistan? What are they doing over there in the desserts of the Middle East‚ having a party? No‚ they are dying for the war on terrorism‚ but the real world does not want to accept that fact‚ because they are too stubborn to realize that the war on terrorism is not over‚ will not be over‚ and cannot be over. For if this war would be over‚ nothing would be able to function
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I am against the US troops in Afghanistan. First of all‚ it made many American soldiers and families feeling of agony. For example‚ after more than 10 years of war in Afghanistan‚ the U.S. reached a milestone on Wednesday when the 2‚000th American died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom‚ CNN reports. Marine Cpl. Taylor J. Baune of Andover‚ was killed in Helmand province‚ Afghanistan‚ according to The Star-Tribune. Baune had married his wife just three months prior to his deployment. So‚ there
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For a time during the 1970’s it seemed that the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union had finally begun to thaw. President Nixon and Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev had agreed to SALT I or the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; an agreement to limit the number of nuclear weapons that each nation kept in their arsenal. Along with the SALT I agreement came “the adoption of a new policy method‚ détente‚ which would dominate U.S. and Soviet policy for the next decade” [1] an agreement
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