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Overthrown
Mohammed Daoud was a prince in Afghanistan as well as a politician who overthrew his cousin Mohammed Zahir Shah. After doing so he became the first president of Afghanistan. Instead of calling himself Shah he made Afghanistan a republic and declared himself President. This was the first time in Afghan history that the one in power didn’t call themselves Shah. Daoud was known for his push for rights of women. On July 17, 1773, he seized power in a bloodless triumph. -
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History of Afghanistan
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Gone With the Soviets Cont.
These camps rapidly became overcrowded, unsanitary, and not supplied very well. Also, many Afghans, especially children, were killed by land mines. Most of the children killed by land mines mistook them as toys. This war brought hatred of richer countries, which led to terrorists, and a state of full religious hatred.
http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/baker_00/2002-p4/baker_p4_12-01_mj_sz/ -
Gone With the Soviets
In 1989, the last of the Soviet troops left Afghanistan after a ten year war. During the war the Soviets tried to get rid of civilian populations from the countryside. This was where the resistance was based. Entire villages, crops, and irrigation were destroyed by the Soviets bombing. This causes millions of people to be dead, homeless, and starving; in response refugee camps were quickly setup around Peshawar, Pakistan. -
The Great Migration Cont.
Rupert Colville, a spokesperson for UNHCR, hopes that things in Afghanistan will settle down quickly so that the Afghans that are educated will go back to Afghanistan and help with rebuilding the country.
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The Great Migration
There have been people leaving Afghanistan for the last twenty years, but the largest migration happened in 1990. In that year 6.3 million Afghan refugees left Afghanistan on their way to refugee camps in Pakistan and Iran. The large migration started in 1989 after the Soviets left. Many people that leave Afghanistan end up not coming back. -
Taliban in Control
In 1996, the Taliban took control of Kabul. The objectives of the Taliban were to take control of Afghanistan so that it wouldn’t be ran by the several mujahideen who were in control at the arise of the withdrawal of the Soviets. They wanted their ruling to be strict with severe punishment. Many rights of the Afghans were taken away or restricted, especially women’s rights, medical care, and the education available and given. The Taliban controlled around 90% of Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden -
Taliban in Control Cont.
Osama bin Laden began to use Afghanistan as a place to train fighters for his Al-Qaeda, plot terrorist attacks, and import weapons. Many other countries then began to bomb and attack Afghanistan. The Taliban have and still are a major problem in Afghanistan to this day.
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Twin Towers Down
On September 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda, a terrorist group ran under Osama bin Laden, high jacked four jetliners and crashed two into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and the fourth missed its target, the White House, and crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. This terrorist attack killed nearly 3,000 people. Bin Laden had personally selected two of the future highjackers and sent them to a specially training program in Mes Aynak camp. -
Twin Towers Down Cont.
Then the Hamburg cell of highjacker pilots went to Kandahar, Afghanistan to meet with the leaders of the Al-Qaeda to receive their instructions for the attack. They then arrived in the United States by July 2001 and all nineteen of them, none of who were Afghan, went to flight school. -
Twin Towers Down Cont.2
On September 20, 2001 the Bush administration proposed a final offer to the Taliban government of Afghanistan demanding several items met, including full access to terrorist training camps so they could be closed down and handing over Al-Qaeda leaders to the United States. If these demands weren’t met the United States would declare war with them, which started on October 7, 2001.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)
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United States Fights Back
After the 9/11 attack on October 7 2001, the United Stated, along with many other NATO nations declared war on terrorism after the Taliban refused the United States demands. The NATO council saw the attacks as not only against the United States, but against all NATO nations. The war was meant to bring justice to Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda, and to try to prevent anymore terrorist attacks on any other nations. -
United States Fights Back Cont.
Many countries including the United States improved their military preparations before they were sent to Afghanistan. Today many of the same military forces are still fighting in Afghanistan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)
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Violence in Kabul Cont.2
The protesters also striked CARE Internationals headquarters, which has usually been loved and appreciated in Kabul for helping the poor and war widows. Nation leaders argued if the crashes were indeed mechanical or on purpose. It was also unknown if the American and Afghan personnel were firing into the crowd or over their heads, though one thing that was for sure was that 106 people were arrested during and after the riot.
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Violence in Kabul
Violence in Kabul
On May 28, 2006 in Kabul, young hoodlums and gangs from the area began rioting after a fatal accident were an American military convoy crashed into 12 cars, killing five people and wounding several others. The riot left 12 people dead, one of which was a policeman, and 138 wounded. The riot was a protest against America and the government, a banner of the President, Hamid Karzai, was burned in the main square. -
Violence in Kabul Cont.
Mr. Karzai saw the riot/protest as a way of the people showing their frustration of “joblessness and the slow pace of reconstruction, despite the hopes raised by a new Afghan government.” Some of the other people living in the area complained about Western aid workers being the cause of the spreading of bad habits such as drinking alcohol. They were also frustrated that these aid workers got to live in upper-class living quarters and were driving fancy S.U.V.’s around. -
American Troops to Withdraw Cont.
After that the United States will continue to help Afghanistan’s Security Forces to make sure that they will be able to stay stable over the years. President Obama wants to make sure that the people of Afghanistan understand that they will eventually be in count for their own country.
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American Troops to Withdraw
On December 1, 2009, Barack Obama announced that he would be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Those troops were to be sent on the following Tuesday. He wanted more troops there to battle the Taliban and end the war. Obama also planned to send 27,000 more troops in March of 2010. The plan is then to start withdrawing troops on July of 2011.
