Demography of Afghanistan

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for human rights activists across the world fighting for education, justice and equality. After having blogged for the BBC since 2009 about her experiences during the Taliban's growing influence in the region she faced an assassination attempt from Taliban, which at that time banned girls from attending school. She survived, but underwent several operations in the UK, where she lives today. In addition to her schooling, she continues her work for the…

Afghanistan is currently in a very rough situation. The Taliban ruled over Afghanistan amongst other countries in the Middle East, but recently the US kicked them out of power and they hid. Afghanistan is now being ruled by a president, but the government is very corrupt. The GDP per capita of Afghanistan is the highest out of all countries and remains a third world country. The people living in Afghanistan live in extreme poverty and are in fear of being bombed, shot, or murdered on a daily…

are the similarities and differences between the Taliban of Afghanistan/Pakistan today and the Mahdists of Sudan 130 years ago? The Taliban and the Mahdi purposes are to establish fundamental religious foundations for Sudan or the Islamic state. The Taliban emerged in the early 1990s in northern Pakistan following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. The Taliban's promise in Pashtun areas surrounding Pakistan and Afghanistan was to restore peace and security and enforce their own…

of the citizens of Pakistan, including those in the Swat valley. Around 2007, the same time the army kicked up their efforts against the Taliban, one figure Maulana Fazlullah began to stand out. Fazlullah, living through the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, was always more prone to becoming a radical. Yet it wasn’t until he fell in love with the daughter of another Taliban member that he started down his…

(Pakistan is a country in South Asia, near Afghanistan and Iran.) She was privileged enough to have access to clean water, shelter, food, and most importantly to her, education. When she was hit by the fact that a man named Fazlullah (A radio “mullah”, or radio star against females’ education) was…

This essay seeks to analyze the relationship between the production of opium in Afghanistan and the sustainability of the Taliban. Rather than continue the failing anti-narcotics campaign in Afghanistan, the United States should undermine the power of the Taliban by pushing for development of the Afghan Economy through the utilization of the country's comparative advantage in opium production. The failure of extermination, the lack of profitable substitution crops, the important role that…

Malala Yousafzai, currently in Birmingham England, had recently a bullet shot to the head, and has just spoken to the United Nations. Ever since the Taliban, the strict Islamic militia, shot Malala in the head, she’s been a huge sensation and has truly shook the world, giving speeches to support educational rights. She has even said, “Education is the power terrorists fear most.” Ms.Yousafzai had been protesting through her speeches about females and males education and is also known in several…

Amir and Hassan have a close-knit, but opaque, relationship in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Within the first chapters of this novel, a reader can’t deny the presence of a special bond tying Amir and Hassan together. Although Amir portrays harsh feelings about Hassan, Hassan’s great significance in Amir’s childhood sometimes defies those feelings. In the beginning Amir behaved like a friend to Hassan, maybe even more, because they lived and grew up together since birth, establishing a…

How would you describe the reigns of Babur, Akbar the Great, Shah Jahan, and Aurangzeb? Babur is known for establishing Mughal dynasty in the India and he was the very first Mughal emperor. He found inspiration from the Persian culture and used its influence in his own actions and it continued to influence his successors, he was able to remarkably expand the Persianate ethos within the India. Akbar helped to develop a strong and stable economy, this un turn lead to commercial expansion and a…

Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted to fight for something you thought was right in this world? Well, this had been the situation where Malala had been in right now. Malala has been fighting for what she thinks is right for this world and should be done. What she is fighting for is for all women who don't have education to have education right now. There are more than 130 million girls without education and this is what she is trying to change. She wants all women to be equal and…