Soviet war in Afghanistan

In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Afghanistan is turned into a desolate war zone. The book reveals Afghanistan’s true darkness and how it is not the country it used to be. It also shows how the setting affects the plot and how it changes the story. Lastly, it shows how the setting affected the characters and how it completely changed their lives. Afghanistan’s true darkness is revealed throughout the book once the country turns into a desolate war zone when it is overrun. As the story…

Cullather’s “Damming Afghanistan: Modernization in a Buffer State” discusses and analyzes the attempt of modernization of Afghanistan by the United States. During the beginning of the Cold War, “the United States made southern Afghanistan a showcase of nation building.” However, as time passed the attempt to keep the showcase eventually failed. After the overview of the American policies, such as the Helmand project, in Afghanistan, Cullather informs the readers of the history of Afghanistan. …

In the 1980's, America was at war but not traditionally. America was not committing troops but was investing supplies and money to help defeat the soviets from invading Afghanistan. Many wondered what and how Americans were involved, but most of us knew that communism had to be stopped. Charlie Wilson's War movie portrayed the events during the 1980's and how a Texas congressman succeeded to defeat the soviets. Charlie Wilson's War, otherwise known as Operation Cyclone, is a movie telling the…

The Cold War and the War on Terrorism are easily compared and contrasted with just as many similarities as differences. Some historians would even say that terrorism is a result of the Cold War. The Cold War was a result of international terrorism. The War on Terrorism is a defense system to prevent international and domestic terroristic attacks. The Cold War affected and influenced all countries. Client states of the United States and the Soviet Union divided world power. The distinction…

Terrorism did not stop in Paris. Russia was the next place where Soviet Union played a big role in transforming terrorism. In 1960s and 70s, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was established in Russia. Cold war basically meant the war between Soviet Union and United States. Soviet Union was the root of terrorism. In order to control over the power, terrorism was used as a weapon. The Soviet Union and its allies supported terrorism and applied political violence against the West Europe…

between them. A perfect example of these perceptions can be found in the people of Afghanistan, which has a long history of interaction with the United States on many levels, including some with a rather derogatory connotation. These perceptions are even available to the American public, in the form of a popular novel, The Kite Runner, which subtly introduces these perceptions throughout the history of Afghanistan. Despite this, the perceptions of Islamic peoples on the United States go…

Germany had been divided into two, the Berlin Wall was built to stop the flow of East Germans who went to East Berlin and the opposite way. The wall was made of steel and lots of traps and explosives. Churchill called The wall the Iron Curtain. The Soviet sector became East Berlin the capital of East Germany and West Germany Bonn. In 1967 students demanding reforms in education and politics of West Germany demonstrated. Over West Germany regained some economic stability. East Berlin was an…

Are the Taliban good? Or are they bad? There are several views on this “Islamic fundamentalist political movement,” in Afghanistan. In the western world we have developed an image about how wrong and dangerous the Taliban are which is why we may find it difficult to conceptualise any good of their intentions, myself included. This negative perspective from us outsiders may be due to our knowledge on their abhorrent enforcements of laws. Furthermore, this view could shield us from the intentions…

On Christmas Eve 1979, a combined air and land invasion of Afghanistan commenced. The Red Army quickly seized many urban areas, roads and communication lines. Afghan president (during the cold war) Hafizullah Amin, was himself captured and executed to be replaced by the more moderate Babrak Karmal by the Soviets. Disputes swiftly erupted internationally on whether this was an intervention or an invasion. The West and many Muslim countries decided on the latter. The tribal warlords were repulsed…

May of 2007. Currently, A Thousand Splendid Suns is published in 60 countries. Khaled Hosseini has a strong relationship with his home country, Afghanistan. Hosseini has been working to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan through The Khaled Hosseini Foundation. The concept for The Khaled Hosseini Foundation was inspired by a trip to Afghanistan he made in 2007 with the UNHCR. Despite his love for his home country Hosseini lives in northern California with his wife and…