Compare And Contrast Afghan And Vietnam War

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The Afghan and Vietnam War may be compared because they are both wars involving the United States and other countries. This war between these countries is different. In the first place, in the war of Vietnam, American troops were sent into the country to fight without the plans of to build the nation but the Afghan war made a provision to build the nation’s democracy even after the war ended.
Also, the war in Afghanistan was launched because the United States was attacked by Al-Qaeda and the war was against Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan but the Vietnamese never attacked the United States.
Furthermore, there were no suicide bombers in the Vietnam like in the Afghan where Jihadists convinced some group of people to commit suicide based on their religious

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