PPT-The War in Afghanistan:

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 highranking Al Qaeda . Canada . in Afghanistan. Presentation by: Derakhshan Qurban-Ali. “. Defence, Diplomacy, and Development” to “Danger, Distrust and Disaffection. ”. A . review of lessons learned from Canada’s war in Afghanistan and its effect on Canadian . By: Ahmad Hasib Farhan . Public Policy Program (MP1). Affiliation: Sanayee Development Foundation/MRRD/MAIL. 22 July 2011 Policy Design and Implementation in Developing Countries. Contents of the Presentation. RUDRENDRA TANDON. JOINT . SECRETARY for PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN & IRAN . in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. September 3, 2015. Time has come to focus RECCA Cooperation to enhance Afghanistan’s connectivity.. Geography and Economics. Location: Southern Asia, North West of Pakistan, East of Iran.. -Land Locked. . -Hindu Kush mountains that run Northeast to Southwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country.. By .  Khaled . Hosseini.  . Khaled Hosseini. Born: March 4, 1965. Kabul, Afghanistan . Father was diplomat and mother was a teacher.. Moved to France at age 11 and never able to return to Kabul due to Soviet War.. 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 . 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. History. Between the late 1800s and early 1900s Great Britain fought 3 wars with Afghanistan with the goal of consolidating it’s Indian empire and to prevent Russia from moving South into their territory (2). 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. Middle East After WWI. The Ottoman Empire after WWI was divided between France and Great Britain – essentially becoming colonies under the . Mandate . System. . (*question on final about this!). It is during this period that . Rehan. . Asghar. . With my group mates. Faizan. Ali. M. . Haris. M. . Hasan. . Arif. Ahmed . Sharafat. . Terrorism. From where it started. , To where it will lead. What is . Terrorism. ?. . . The word terrorism is derived from a Latin word “.