Afghanistan

On March 5, 1943 America and Afghanistan completed their first diplomatic link. Abdul Hussain Khan Aziz served as the first Afghan Minster to Washington. This was the beginning of a relationship that both sides viewed as useful for one another. Though Afghanistan was a new territory to America, the United States felt it could bring great contributions while the Afghans could use the help of America. Both countries will benefit from trade, but the America will benefit more as it starts to impose…

(MIP-2)The Taliban rule that women cannot go outside without a male creates conflict for Najmah and Nusrat, but both find a way to bend those rules to their advantages. (SIP-A) As Najmah travels to the Pakistani border, she disguises herself as a boy to hide her real identity as a girl because of these Taliban laws. (STEWE-1) Khalida, another women traveling with Najmah, tells her that “'It isn't safe for a woman or girl in a strange city,'...shifting her chin toward where the Pashtun talib had…

throughout human history and exists today in many forms despite more progressive feminist movements in western pop culture. There are other places in the world where revolutions against patriarchy are less well-known, including the bacha posh in Afghanistan. The bacha posh tradition is an obvious practice for families without a son since it gives girls in the Afghan culture an opportunity to have more freedom as they also provide more stability for their families; however, there are negative…

Badour is a young girl who fled from Afghanistan, seeking refuge in Australia, at the age of 14. She fled from the poor treatment of Afghan women, the constant fear of warfare and the strict ways of the Taliban, in search of the freedom she knows she deserves. Rashida was born in Australia but before she had even her first birthday her parents took her back to Afghanistan to care for her sick grandparents. Unable to get back to Australia, Rashida grew up in Afghanistan only knowing what her…

he would tell her stories about Afghanistan. He said that stories are not the same as experience, the stories are just facts, and explaining feelings. An experience is feeling what happens, a story can never replace an experience. Sometimes, when Saira and her father were in the kitchen, they tried to make their own meaningful experiences and plan trips to Afghanistan. Her father says that the stories that he tells her are her community. She wants to go to Afghanistan, her father doesn’t want…

This barrier contributes to Baba 's inability to find a job that is equal to the one that he had held in Afghanistan. Amir observes that "Baba [had] found a job … as an assistant at a gas station" (Hosseini,137). Prior to living in America, Baba had been an extremely well-respected business owner and member of Afghan society. He is unable to regain the same…

disabled individuals because of their biological organisms. The vast majority of my research will be based in the Middle East, Afghanistan to be precise, where there currently resides the first female governor, Dr. Habiba Sarabi. The purpose of my MDG report is to shine light on a country that has little to no support from male figures for the liberation of women. Life as an Afghanistan woman is…

When United States military troops were first deployed in Afghanistan in 2001, under George W. Bush, until the end of Bush’s presidency, we lost 630 soldiers. Since Barack Obama has come into power in 2009, over 1,600 American troops have been killed (West). This startling increase is not due to the enemy acquiring superior fighting tactics or enhanced strategies. Instead, the rising death tolls are directly related to the Obama administration cracking down on the military ROEs, or rules of…

“Ignoring Sexual Abuse in Afghanistan” The New York Times The Editorial Board September 22, 2015 “Bacha bazi,” or boy play, is the practice of sexual child abuse of children in Afghanistan. It is especially pronounced in the armed forces who control “rural regions and have sway over the population there” (Blow). Often times boys can be heard screaming through the night as they are being attacked by Afghan police officers: usually three or…

Was the Afghanistan War an Intelligence Failure? Osama bin Laden and many of his key leaders relocated to Afghanistan from Sudan in 1996. They soon established headquarters and training camps in the country and began orchestrating operations from there Following the terrorist attacks of September 2001, the United States found itself at war with al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden’s international terrorist organization. In response to the terrorist attacks, and because al Qaeda utilized it as a base…