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    under a pseudonym. Finally, her name came out approximately a year later. That is when she began giving numerous speeches to communities nationwide. Obviously, worldwide attention was brought to Malala's cause when she was shot in the head by the Taliban. Following this attack, she has continuously strived to make changes in the education domain. For example, she created the Malala Fund. The Malala Fund is an organization that strives to give girls 12 years of safe and quality education. Malala…

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    describes how the Taliban’s shove Malalas way of life around and around,she has zero rights just because she is a girl. She is no longer able to go to school, everyday she risks her life blogging and talking about rights. She lives in Pakistan where the taliban are rapidly taking over her government and changing the rights in a horrifying way. Malala was able to surpass all of the horrifying things by attending an all girls school at risks high above a normal risk. On October 9th, 2012 Malala’s…

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    (Forster, 2007). The Soviet and Taliban soldier from the novel are alike not only because they are both marshal men, but because they both abuse their military position for their own satisfaction weather it is to feel powerful or for pleasure. Last of all, Zaman who was the orphanage caretaker in this film uses his authority for righteous reasons. One particular instance this is demonstrated is when he makes a decisive decision to sell a child in his orphanage to the Taliban to protect the rest…

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    Malala Yousfazai

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    Malala Yousfazai wrote a book called I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot By the Taliban. This book has continued to be a resource to my blog throughout its creation. As soon as I turned the last page, I wanted to know more about what Malala was doing to improve and create educational opportunities for girls across the world. On her sixteenth birthday, she addressed the United Nations General Counsel. In this emotional speech, she stated, “The terrorists thought that…

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    Valley, a group of people, the Taliban, had come and inserted fear into all the people. Throughout her journey, Malala explains how the women in her country were taken advantage of by utilizing dramatic pathos, descriptive imagery, and social realism. In Pakistan, there is an inadequate village surrounded by mountains that is called Swat Valley. In the small village, there is a group of people who enforced strict truism, they are called The Taliban. The Taliban had told all the females in…

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    and with the encouragement of her parents, Malala became a vocal advocate for the education of girls in Pakistan. The Taliban, a group of Muslim militants, angered by the education of girls, had begun to attack schools Malala’s hometown. Malala became an outspoken activist, asserting that girls should not be deprived of the right to have an education. Her position angered the Taliban who began to make threats against Malala.…

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    Kunduz Prompts a Difficult Choice This month the Taliban attacked and recaptured a majority of Kunduz, one of the most populated and largest cities in Afghanistan. In addition to reclaiming the city, many prisoners were freed from the prisons. This is a drastic turn of events from fourteen years ago at the start of the war in Afghanistan. On November 26, 2001 the United States, with the support of the Afghan forces, captured Kunduz from the Taliban. At the time, this was a major victory for…

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    Kamdesh Battle Analysis

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    The battle of Kamdesh occurred on October 3rd, 2009 when a large group of Taliban fighters launched an assault on combat outpost Keating in the Kamdesh province of Eastern Afghanistan. The coalition soldiers defending COP Keating consisted of Americans, members of the Afghanistan National Army, and a few combat advisers from Latvia. The outpost was placed in a natural bowl created by three surrounding mountains and was not easily defensible. This led to the establishment of OP Fritsche, which…

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    to the head. The taliban had taken away the privileges from every girl and women for an example: they banned dancing, watching television, and listening to music. Eventually they wouldn’t just shut down the school, they would either burn it down or destroy it completely. All the women were not allowed to have jobs or vote. Malala wanted to equal rights for women to have education. She stood up for education. She wanted all girls and females to have education. After the taliban took away the…

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    She believes that every girl has a right to twelve years of safe, quality education. Through her cause, she has transformed the way the world views educational equality and challenged the oppressive views of the Taliban. Because of Malala’s bravery, she overcame the threat of the Taliban, and paved the way for girls’ education in the future. Despite the fact that Malala grew up in a society that prized sons, she had been treasured and taught to stand up for what she believed in for her entire…

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