History of Pakistan

As an Iranian-American, I have had two very different worlds growing up, both of which have shaped me into the person I am today. One is my home in the Bay Area, the other is my native Iran. I went to Iran for the first time when I was three years old and fell in love with it. I remember the novel feeling of having an uncle who would take me out to get fries late at night, and being surrounded by people who loved and cared about me. In Iran, I felt that I had endless love and support. In the…

23rd in the world for having the uttermost respect of men and share the same equal rights as most of the men in the country. On top of that list is Iceland, there the women are looked upon almost just as equally as men. At the bottom of the list is Pakistan and Afghanistan. Thus, Americans feel compelled to help them because they already have equal rights to men and feel as though women all around the world should too. In addition, the only question is to help with or without war. In the…

southeastern and northern parts of the country. It spreads across 251,827 sq. miles, making it just smaller than the state of Texas which comes in at 268,820 sq. miles. The country is located between Southern Asia and Central Asia. It is bordered by Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, China, and India. This location centering between central and southern Asia makes Afghanistan both landlocked and a land bridge within Asia. The country of Afghanistan has been seen on the news…

Often, authors use literature as a way to explain a concept or subject that one may not have witnessed themselves. In the novel, "Under The Persimmon Tree", Suzanne Fisher Staples writes a historical fiction story about two main characters, Najmah and Nusrat. During the novel, Staples gives countless examples of what life would feel like to be under the control of the Taliban, an Islamic terrorist group. Najmah is a young girl who lives in the Kunduz Province, Northern Afghanistan. Najmah faces…

Afghanistan is a leading country for male dominance and injustice on behalf of females due to cultural beliefs, actions taken place against women in the Afghan society are pronounced acceptable by law. Laila, being the strong female character and Mariam, the leading character, both endure the same repercussion of the Taliban’s rules. The Taliban greatly limit females boundaries and women are not able to express themselves in any manner. In the novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Mariam and Laila…

that led Pakistani leaders to take military assistance from US army. Since the inception of Pakistan, the economic and political ties observed between the two countries. Also in 1950, instead Liaqat Ali Khan would visit Moscow is turned down and choose to visit the United States. Since then Pakistan has played the role of a close ally of the US. The military assistance of about $508 million given to Pakistan by the US. Pakistani military at this time was lucky to maintain stable strategic…

Afghanistan Paper WHAT I KNOW? Americans have been fighting in Afghanistan for a while. I Believe that the reason we went over there was because of 9/11. I may be absolutely wrong on that though. From what I have heard previously on the news, thousands of Afghanistan citizens were killed in this war. My research is all about the Combat Outpost. I know absolutely nothing about it. I have no idea what it is, or who it is, when it happened or how it occurred. WHAT I WANT TO KNOW? Since I know…

because the people on the armed conflict territories risk their lives so it is unfair to them. Additionally, more developed countries have more choice of weapons, which may be also much more advanced than the weapons available, for example in Pakistan. Pakistan is poorer country than the U.S. so their means to defend themselves are weaker comparing to the means of the attackers with hundreds of drones loaded with the newest technology and sensors available all around the world. It is also…

Parvana isn’t your usual eleven year old, she is surrounded by violence, oppression and poverty. She lives in Afghanistan, where the Taliban are under control. The Taliban banned women from coming out of houses and the only time they could come out was when they had a note from a male or when they were accompanied by one. At one point a Taliban soldier asked why Parvana was with her and he responded as follows “I need this girl to help me walk," her father would tell any Talib who asked,…

Just like the schools in the India of Darkness, the village hospitals in rural India are also mute witnesses to the rampant corruption that overwhelms the whole society. The hospital does not have a doctor despite the eagerness of doctors to get posted in villages. To secure a village posting, the doctors must first bribe the Great Socialist and then bribe the hospital superintendent with a third of their salary if they do not wish to appear there for work. Thus, they can profitably work in…