kite runner and the history of Afghanistan

By oliviabrowning

  • Afghanistan an overview

    This is when "president Obama made Afghanistan the central military focus of his administration, drawing troops out of Iraq and increasing the number in Afghanistan by almost 50,000) This was huge for the United States.

  • Afghanistan An overview part two

    in 2014, " the Obama administration increasingly emphasized the idea that the United States will have forces in the country until at lest the end of 2014"

  • background

    in fact, "Afghanistan has known little peice science 1979, when the soviet Union invaded" Nowadays it is the main military struggle for the United States.

  • 1979 The Soviet Invasion and After

    During the Invasion,"Soviet troops stayed in the country for more than nine years, fighting a conflict that cost them roughly 15,000 lives and undisclosed billions in rubles.

  • The soviet invasion part two

    After the invasion, " they left behind a country that was not only devastated by the war but had become a becon to islamic extremists from across the globe who come to assist the fighting including osama bin laden. This was a horrible side affect of the battle.

  • the Taliban takeover

    The Taliban apparently," the group's first action occurred when Mullah Omar, a Pashtun who had lost an eye fighting the soviets" and did much more.

  • post 911 invasion

    The united states offered the Taliban an ultimatum which they refused. Then later they used," An air and ground campaign began that drove the Taliban out of the major Afghan cities by the end of the year."

  • the karzai government

    Karzai was a supporter and relative of Mohammad shah. he was,"named chairman of an interim government that replaced the Taliban"

  • The Taliban Resurgence

    during 2001,"the Taliban continued to wage guerrilla warfare from base in the mountainous and largely lawless tribal are on the Pakistan boarder" They were helped by the resurgent opium trade.;

  • Obama's war

    The president did have a plan to help defer them,"In a speech delivered Dec. 1,2009, at West Point, Mr. Obama announced his plan to deploy 30,000 additional troops." he had also talked about how the United States couldn't afford an open ended commitment.