Can one group really affect the life of millions in a quick snap? Well, the Taliban did just that. The Taliban has affected the life of millions across Afghanistan throughout their reign from 1997 to 2001. The Taliban is a terrorist group established in Afghanistan. During their time of control, they had advanced slowly into taking over Afghanistan, with violence. The Taliban continued to grow and spread and began to take over countries like Pakistan. The Taliban overtime has become more advanced in technology and weaponry tactics, like using guns and bombs to prevent new development and limit the amount of people who could receive an education. The Taliban declared war on two major groups; Women and Education. And as their war on education
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In Afghanistan, boys are favored more than girls as they provided workers and soldiers. Since it is believed the Taliban (a terrorist group) are unjust in committing such evil deeds that affect a whole country and the innocent, are they naturally automatically evil? In his ted talk Philip Zimbardo-- How Ordinary People Become Monsters...Or Heroes, Philip Zimbardo reveals that bad apples are originally good, that people turn to bad, not because they are naturally “bad apples”, but because of the situation,environment or system that they are in which creates that situation. According to Zimbardo, a person is not determined as a good or evil based on their deeds, but what caused them to do it. The Taliban caused much harm while they rose to rule Afghanistan, but in the words of Philip Zimbardo, the people of the Taliban were at first good, but what caused them to change into evil is what they believed in.The Taliban is considered as a symbol of Islamic resistance against American imperialism, while the rest of the world sees them as wild-eyed, bearded, turbaned woman-haters terrorist. The Taliban states their goal is to enforce the sharia law and Islamic government in Afghanistan, to remove foreign forces from our country.This was shown in the National article What do the Taliban really want? By Hamida Ghafour. In this article it demonstrates the evil that occurred, revealing that the Taliban to win control of the country, they blow up girls ' schools and bridges, plant mines, and explosives, and hit government buildings and aid organizations with suicide bombers. This revealed that the Taliban will do whatever to obtain power, which affected many things in Afghanistan like Education,health, and the
In Afghanistan, boys are favored more than girls as they provided workers and soldiers. Since it is believed the Taliban (a terrorist group) are unjust in committing such evil deeds that affect a whole country and the innocent, are they naturally automatically evil? In his ted talk Philip Zimbardo-- How Ordinary People Become Monsters...Or Heroes, Philip Zimbardo reveals that bad apples are originally good, that people turn to bad, not because they are naturally “bad apples”, but because of the situation,environment or system that they are in which creates that situation. According to Zimbardo, a person is not determined as a good or evil based on their deeds, but what caused them to do it. The Taliban caused much harm while they rose to rule Afghanistan, but in the words of Philip Zimbardo, the people of the Taliban were at first good, but what caused them to change into evil is what they believed in.The Taliban is considered as a symbol of Islamic resistance against American imperialism, while the rest of the world sees them as wild-eyed, bearded, turbaned woman-haters terrorist. The Taliban states their goal is to enforce the sharia law and Islamic government in Afghanistan, to remove foreign forces from our country.This was shown in the National article What do the Taliban really want? By Hamida Ghafour. In this article it demonstrates the evil that occurred, revealing that the Taliban to win control of the country, they blow up girls ' schools and bridges, plant mines, and explosives, and hit government buildings and aid organizations with suicide bombers. This revealed that the Taliban will do whatever to obtain power, which affected many things in Afghanistan like Education,health, and the