Environmental Issues In Afghanistan

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The region of conflict:

When the Pashtun tribes were united in 1747, Afghanistan was founded. Afghanistan served as a buffer between the British and Russian Empires until it won independence from the British in 1919. The democracy ended in 1973 when the government was overthrown in a coup and again in 1978 by a communist inspired group. This government was supported by the Soviet Union who invaded in 1979 to support the communist regime. Russia withdrew in 1989 under pressure from internationally supported anti-communist forces. Then a series of subsequent civil wars saw Kabul finally fall in 1996 to the Taliban, a hardline Pakistani-sponsored movement that emerged in 1994 to end the country 's civil war and
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100,000 people have also been injured since 200 1. The rest of the country is impacted by war against the afghan Taliban and the ISAF (U.s Army) fighting against the Taliban. The economy of Afghanistan has improved significantly since 2002 due to the infusion of billions of dollars in international assistance and investments. According to. 2016. Environmental issues in Afghanistan. [Accessed 13May 2016] environmental issues in Afghanistan predate the political turmoil of the past few decades. Forests and wetlands have been depleted by centuries of grazing and farming, practices which only increased with modern population growth. The UK, United States, and Canada have major roles is in fighting against the Taliban to help rebuild and restore peace in Afghanistan which proves hard at the time because of the Taliban’s …show more content…
troops out of Afghanistan and let the Taliban rule Afghanistan and let the Taliban rule Afghanistan into the ground, and the Taliban would realise that they need to stop and let someone else rule or become the president of Afghanistan and to change everything to make the conflict go away making a brighter future for the Afghanistan nation. The United States dough that the Afghanistan would ever come to a resolution to end the Afghanistan war.

References:
Wikipedia. 2016. Environmental issues in Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Afghanistan. [Accessed 13 May 2016].
Background Information. 2016. Background Information. [ONLINE] Available at:https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~macne20a/classweb/worldpolitics/finalpage2.html. [Accessed 13 May 2016]. www.counterpunch.org. 2016. The War on Afghanistan’s Environment. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.counterpunch.org/2010/01/07/the-war-on-afghaistan-s-environment/. [Accessed 16 May 2016].
Wikipedia. 2016. Economy of Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Afghanistan. [Accessed 16 May

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