PDF-(EBOOK)-Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History

Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional cultural and political differences that divide them He shows how governing these peoples was relatively easy when power was concentrated in a small dynastic elite but how this delicate political order broke down in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when Afghanistans rulers mobilized rural militias to expel first the British and later the Soviets Armed insurgency proved remarkably successful against the foreign occupiers but it also undermined the Afghan governments authority and rendered the country ever more difficult to govern as time passed Barfield vividly describes how Afghanistans armed factions plunged the country into a civil war giving rise to clerical rule by the Taliban and Afghanistans isolation from the world He examines why the American invasion in the wake of September 11 toppled the Taliban so quickly and how this easy victory lulled the United States into falsely believing that a viable state could be built just as easily Afghanistan is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how a land conquered and ruled by foreign dynasties for more than a thousand years became the graveyard of empires for the British and Soviets and what the United States must do to avoid a similar fate. The adventures of a foolish geoscientist?. James P. Llorca. FAIG, FAusIMM(CP), FSEG. Team Leader – Component II. Mineral Exploration & Capacity Development. US. AID. – MIDAS Project. (Mining Investment & Development for Afghan Sustainability). Background info…. Afghan Communist Party founded in 1965.. Communist Party took control in a Soviet backed military coup in 1978.. Party never had much support, especially in the rural areas.. In a short time, Afghan Rebels had control of 22 of 28 Afghan provinces.. Counterinsurgency Operations in Kunar and Nuristan. Situation. September 11. th. terrorist attack. OEF launched . October 7, 2001 as a . response. Find Osama . Bin Laden and all high-ranking Al Qaeda . Communists. . in Afghanistan. 1978 – Afghan . govt. overthrown by leftist military led by . Taraki. Power shared by two Marxist groups: People’s Party and Banner Party. Afghan . govt. now had close ties to Soviet Union but little popular support. From . http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5380.htm . ~Afghanistan’s ethnically mixed population reflects its location astride historic trade and invasion routes leading through Central Asia. ~Pashtuns make up the largest ethnic group at 42%. Learning objective . – to be able to explain the . reasons why the USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979.. I can . describe. the . reasons . why the USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979. .. Grade D. I can . Afghanistan:. An ethnically . mixed population . . a) Due to location . astride historic trade and invasion routes . of Central Asia. Yet Pashtuns . make up the largest ethnic group at 42%. An Islamic country. USSR - War in Afghanistan. Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”). By Sarah Nichols. the Arms Race. Major Events. Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945)– End of war with Japan. A-Bomb and H-Bomb testing by USA – 1945 and 1952 respectively. Mostly rugged mountains; plains in the north and southwest. Extreme temperatures (120. ° F in the summer /-15° F in the winter.). Prone to natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods & droughts. Contemporary Literature. Khaled Hosseini. Quick Facts. Conflicts: person vs. self, person vs. person, person vs. society. Point of View: third-person omniscient. Date of publication: 2007. Awards: National Bestseller, Amazon’s #1 book of the year, 2008 ALA Best Book for Young Adults. 1. System modeling. Requirement Modeling. u. se-case diagram, activity diagram. Content modeling. c. lass diagram, state machine diagram. Navigation modeling. Presentation modeling. CS Department Bakhter university Kabul Afghanistan . History. Long War. Terrorism. Current Situation . Presentation by: . Shahzad Aryobee. Afghanistan . GENERAL INFORMATION: . Area:. 652,237 sq. km. Population:. 35.53 (according to 2017 WB). Official language:. Geographic concepts helps us to understand the changing political organization of Earth’s surface. Can use geographic methods to examine the causes of political change and instability and to anticipate potential trouble spots throughout the world. Prof. Marco Olivetti. October. 4th, 2023. General . Introduction. Technical infos. Wednesday 4-6 pm, Thursday 4-6 pm. 40 hours. Room S-2 and 12. Googlemeet. : . meet.google.com/. hzy-mzda-qsj. The texts and the materials for the preparation of...