History of Pakistan

other states influence and political interest in a state where terrorism is present, affects the future in defeating it. Realists suggest that because there will always be an imbalance of power, terrorist organizations will always be initiated. The history of colonial intervention in Middle Eastern states has created resilience towards the “West”, thus terrorism continues to prosper. The United States’ has attempted to influence and democratize states like Afghanistan to help destroy terrorism.…

more area than they have ever before" During the mid 1990s, the Taliban took control of the Pakistan and Afghanistan governments. They were removed from power in 2001 after the United States carried out a set of missile and drone attacks. The influence of the Taliban cannot be escaped today. I Am Malala, the book I read for the blog post, details the horrors of living in the Swat Valley, an area in Pakistan where the Taliban held hostage. The Taliban did everything from civil rights violations,…

Throughout recent history, Afghanistan has been a country in total turmoil. Famine, drought, civil war and Taliban have all had a drastic impact on the Afghan people. This has taken a very negative toll on all Afghan people, but none have been more negatively impacted than the women of Afghanistan. Child exploitation, Poverty, War and Low access to Health/Social services have been main contributions to their turmoil and what I will be discussing today. In Afghanistan Child exploitation is a…

Changing Afghanistan Politics and its Role in The Kite Runner The landlocked country of Afghanistan, rich with power stricken history and brutality, is enduring a continuous shift of power. The Kite Runner, a novel written by Khaled Hosseini in 2003, portrays the Afghanistan lifestyle as it experiences constant political turmoil and the force of power and politics molding the Afghanistan lifestyle. The novel is told from Amir’s point of view as he experiences a guilt ridden life filled with his…

The Journey Of Becoming Educated In Pakistan, women are not allowed to go to school. A young girl in Pakistan named Malala Yousafzai attempts to pursue her right to education. She is punished by being shot in the head. Many people around the world have been held back from their desire to learn, but have fought back against the obstacles. The desire to learn changed all of their lives. This also occurs with the slaves in both writings, The Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass and The…

The biggest and most common theme in I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai is education. Females were denied an education all throughout Pakistani history. In the recent century, females were granted the right to go to school but they were still persecuted for going to school. Then the Taliban took over and slowly prevented girls from attending school. Many girls, like Malala, were enraged because they were not allowed to better themselves through schooling. Unlike the other girls, Malala made it her…

characteristics make up our foundation for cultural awareness. The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan is a country in south Asia that was founded in 1747 (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, 2010). Afghanistan is located north and west of Pakistan…

I as Sri Aurobindo Ghose was very honoured to have sat in the Honourable Assembly with great figures and political figures. However, there was a lot that we as members of the Honourable Assembly disagreed on and personally I found that it had a lot to do with the cast issue and its superiority, religious oppressions and traditional and cultural beliefs. With this being mentioned I believe that the partition was caused by lack of the appreciation of our culture and tradition followed by…

Thesis: Afghanistan’s cultural history dates back over two millennia and its strategic location in the Hindu Kush mountain range aided in the connection of the Middle East and Asia. Afghanistan has seen many military conflicts through the ages, notably by Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the United States of America. This has led to an infusion of different ethnic groups, languages, and religions. 1. Geography of Afghanistan A. Land, Location, and Climate…

Religious difference was the core of two nation theory.Muslims needed a state where they can practice their religion without other forces trying to create problems for them . Two nation theory origin started when first muslim came in subcontinent .Muslims follow islam and Hindus follow Hinduism. These two religions are not different side of same coin instead they are different coins . The religion of Muslims (Islam) follows tauheed means they believe in One God (Allah) while hindus believe in…