Train to Pakistan

Afghanistan gave women the right to vote in 1919, a year earlier then in the U.S. Moreover, in 1923, Afghanistan granted women equality with “the country's first constitution in 1923 guaranteed equal rights for both men and women” (Source I). This seems to paint a different Afghanistan then we are used to, an Afghanistan were women are cherished and respected, a nation more democrat then the U.S.A. Afghanistan used to be an idyllic place to live and raise a family. No strict dress codes were…

assigned to Pakistan, realized that The Afghan rebels had little or no chance against soviet Helicopters. Along with pressure from Zia the then current leader of Pakistan, Spiers suggested that new Surface to Air missiles be supplied to the Mujahedeen when supply was adequate. In the summer of 83, Congressman Charlie Wilson, and Clarence long paid a visit to the Afghan Pakistani border where they witnessed firsthand the dire situation of the rebels, and the stressed placed on Pakistan due to the…

When many people think of the Taliban, they think of a terrorist group like Al-Qaeda with intentions of attacks on other countries, like America. The most probable reason why people mistake the Taliban for a terrorist group is because they are extremely strict in their ways of controlling the people of Afghanistan. People all over the world consider their rules and punishments unreasonable, for multiple reasons. When the Taliban first moved to Afghanistan, they were kind and wanted to help the…

through the struggle of living in newly occupied by Taliban Kabul she grows fears she had never had before. Her life changes when a missile destroys her house along with her whole family besides her, her mother and two brothers. As she later flees to Pakistan she finds that she is taking the role of responsibility in the family.…

opportunity to go to school. Despite all of the work that she has already done there are still millions of girls all around the world that are unable to go to school. Malala Yousafzai was born on July, 12, 1997 in Pakistan. She was born and raised in a small community called Swat Valley, in Pakistan(Schnee). Malala had always wanted to have a proper education. Her and some of her friends had been attending school at a nearby community school. For as long as her father…

Afghanistan struggles so much socially, economically and politically. Socially because many family members are either dead, in different countries or nowhere to be found, economically because women and girls aren't allowed to work or get educated and politically because of the rules of the Taliban. Prior to all of Afghanistan’s struggles, “it was a city of lights, progress and excitement.” ( PG 147 Ellis) Afghanistan struggles so much socially because so many family members are either dead, in…

challenges and opportunities. For a successful woman, the strategies she has developed and her style will inevitably be shaped and influenced by her society 's definition and expectation of gender. Benair Bhutto was born on June 21, 1953 in Karachi, Pakistan. She came from a prominent political family. At the age of 16 she left her homeland to study at…

(319). Meanwhile, Kathleen Jamie’s essay “Shia Girls’ is a piece of travel writing that produced an idea of Pakistan for her Western readers. The keyword in the editor 's’ description of travel writing is “control,” both generally and for Pakistan. Before reading Jamie’s essay, Pakistan seemed an “empty” place for me and probably for most Americans. In our minds, when we think about Pakistan or Afghanistan, we think of terrorists or, as Jamie worries her Scottish neighbors might think, “All…

The Kite Runner In the historical fiction book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini the author illustrates the story about an Afghan boy, Amir, growing up just before the Taliban conquers. This young boy lives with his dad, Baba, his father’s servant, Ali, and the servant’s son, Hassan. The two young boys, Hassan and Amir, are best friends, and share many of their important life experiences together. One day, Hassan is beaten up by a gang of bullies, and Amir does nothing out of fear. Eventually…

She Stood When Others Would Have Fallen Imagine you’re riding on a school bus on the way home from school. Then a stranger walks onto your bus and calls your name asking you to step forward, so you do and next thing you know you are shot three times: one in the head, one in the shoulder, and another one just passing by you. This is Malala’s story. In the book “I Am Malala” by Malala Yousafazai, Malala writes about her life before she was brutally shot by the Taliban and her recovery afterward.…