President of Pakistan

Much like America, it consists of three branches, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. In 2004, Hamid Karzai, was elected president. He served two terms as president until 2014. The current president is Ashraf Ghani winning by 56.44% of the popular electorate. Afghanistan is blatantly one of the most corrupt governments in the world. Both of the presidential elections were rife with controversy and election rigging…

S. Foreign Policy Background Throughout history the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has faced numerous invasions, a series of civil wars and enormous bloodshed. In 1978 the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan seized power in a coup against President Mohamed Daoud in what is known as the Saur Revolution . This revolution is said to be the catalyst for upheaval and armed resistance that would follow for the next 20 years. Opposition of the communist regime resulted in the rise of guerilla…

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…

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…

The film moreover portrayed the Taliban as more of an unorganized group. This was very obvious during the operation that the Taliban led against the Americans when Quraishi was present. The Taliban lacked the required technology that would allow them to detect oncoming Americans. Instead, they had to depend on the human eye. Most of their bombs did not go off as well. When this happened it was easy for the members to turn on one another, blaming each other for what had happened. This indicated a…

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;…

Throughout history, nations have struggled with equality between men and women. Such nations like the United States, didn’t gain voting rights for women until the 1920’s and are still struggling with equal pay today. Afghanistan, in particular, has developed a culture that practices inequality towards women. As of current times, many girls go without education and rights. Overall, many liberties and justices are not being given to women in general. Living in the 20th century, this should not be…

Education is the most critical area of empowerment for women. Giving them their right to basic education is the only way of providing them power and creating a better tomorrow for all of us. ‘I am Malala’ by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb is the fearless memoir of Malala Yousafzai who stood up for the education of the girls and was shot by the Taliban on October 9, 2012. She says, “I come from a country which was created at midnight and when I almost died it was just after midday.” Her…

When the Pakistan came into being, it had to face several problems where one of the most difficult task to make the constitution in the newly born state. It took more than eight years to frame a new constitution. This was because of the political instability in the country; around seven governments were changed between the period of 1947-1956 which was the main reason of late formation of the constitution. As we know Quaid-e-Azam was very keen to solve the problems of Pakistan. So, he took this…

bitter civil war that divided the country of Pakistan into two nations. The violence of this war is rated as one of the top 5 genocides in the twentieth century by The Guinness Book of Records. Mass murder committed by the Pakistani Army against millions of Bengalis led to East Pakistan seceding from the West and the beginning of Bangladesh in December 1971. When the countries of Pakistan and India were first formed, there was an East and West Pakistan drawn on either side of India.…