... media sources, the progress made can be summarized to assess the current state of affairs in Afghanistan, highlighting where the risks lie for peace and progress in 2015 and beyond. Literature Review Famously precipitating the end of the cold war, Soviet occupation of Afghanistan ended in 1989. Following their exit internal struggles for power erupted which eventually led to the ... installation of the Taliban government. By 1996, the Taliban had managed to gain control of 90% of the country and ruled the land under their interpretation of Wahhabism (an interpretation of Islam) and Shar...

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... in the world, Afghanistan has been mired in conflict for generations. In 1979, the then Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, but after enduring years of a debilitating war against the Afghan resistance, Moscow withdrew the last of its troops in 1989. Millions of Afghans fled to Pakistan and Iran during the war with the Soviets and many remain outside the country while fighting against the Taliban ... continues. The Taliban are Sunni Muslims and mostly Pashtun -- the majority ethnic group of Afghanistan, while the opposition alliance comprises religious and ethnic minorities, including ... ...

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... very important and forgotten part of history. I believe that this conflict was a very important because it was a crucial part of the cold war, and it helped shape the way the world was going to be in the future. Not only did it affect the cold war buy stopping the spread of communism in the Middle East, ... future as well by creating the Mujahedeen, known today as the Taliban. Some say that this war was Russia's very own version of Vietnam. By the end of it, tens of thousands of soldiers were dead, and almost one million civilians lost their lives in the conflict. The Soviet-Afghan war wa...

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... that they are unpredictable and their willingness to die for their religion. Terrorism is the single greatest threat to the United States Government. The U.S. has suffered great loses in its history to terrorism, especially its interests in other countries. The U.S. greatest enemies are Islamic terrorists. The radicals believe that all non-Muslims in the world must die and that they are ... is the most well known terrorist in the world and is the FBI's most wanted man, and co-defendant Muhammad Atef, founded Al-Qaeda in 1989. One of their main goals was to drive the U.S. armed forces ou...

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... powerful in a country like Afghanistan that has been in such a disarray for years? In order to answer this questions we first have to look at the recent history of Afghanistan. According to Neamatollah Nojumi, " because of its geostrategic location between the Persian Gulf, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan has become a significant player in the world."1 This means that modernization is going ... and economic order and change the national ideology of Afghanistan.3 The people of Afghanistan didn't like this at all. As a result, this started a war against the PDPA, an...

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