The War in Afghanistan

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This paper describes the conflicts that have taken place within Afghanistan and cites examples of outside forces challenging the internal workings of a nation. The author also explains that one of the most fascinating aspects of this modern conflict is that first hand and very detailed information is available, as the majority of the events, occurred within the watchful eye of the international media, and many of those who were most intimately involved are still alive.

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"The modern War in Afghanistan began first with the Soviets, who in conflict with the US and other countries over ideology occupied the nation in 1979, fought a bitter war with Afghani rebels (aided by the US and Pakistan) and eventually withdrew its forces, fighting its way in, in 1979 and out in 1989. Second the rebels (of which there were many competing factions) many backed by the US deposed the Soviet leadership still officially in place (Najibullah) and sadly allowed for the takeover of the nation by a very extremist conservative Taliban, (between 1992-1996 when they took over Kabul the capital city). The period of Taliban control marked a period of extreme social and political order that only loosely represented order and was marked with extreme depravity and social control. The Taliban were then defeated by the Northern Alliance, a loose knit organization of rebels (again backed by the US) in 2001 at the start of the US War on Terror. It is safe to say that this convoluted and complicated turn of events forever changed Afghanistan and educated many on the meddling of men in the affairs of others, even though such lessons do not seem to be remembered."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Chipman, Don. "Air Power and the Battle for Mazar-E Sharif." Air Power History 50, no. 1 (2003): 34.
• Corwin, Phillip. Doomed in Afghanistan: A UN Officer's Memoir of the Fall of Kabul and Najibullah's Failed Escape, 1992. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2003.
• Edwards, David B. Before Taliban: Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002.
• Rogers, Tom. The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Analysis and Chronology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.

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