Essay on Afghanistan War Text

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Afghanistan is located in southern asia, north and west of pakistan, and east of iran. Afghanistan is a weird place and although the taliban rules most of it there is no functioning central government, it is administered by factions. Afghanistan has always been a very poor country in fact the third poorest country in the world. Needless to say the 20 years of war afghanistan has faced didn't help that problem. They are so poor that afghanistan's per capita income is one of the lowest in the world.

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Its infant mortality rate, 200 deaths per 1,0 infants, is among the world's highest. It also has the lowest literacy rate and life expectancy, and one of the lowest levels of per capita food availability in the world. In may 2001, the world food program warned that more than 1 million afghans were facing famine conditions. Then in september it reported that people were surviving by eating grass and locusts. Aid used to be stronger in afghanistan but after the september 11 terrorist attacks, all the international aid workers left, which leaves only a few local un workers to help.

At the end of last year, 3.6 million afghans were living as refugees in other countries. According to the un high commissioner for refugees unhcr , 172,0 afghans fled to pakistan during the year, and 28,790 sought asylum in europe. It's very hard to give an accurate amount of afghans internally displaced because of conflict, but the u.s. Another 140,0 afghans were internally displaced in we afghanistan the land that has been at war for centuries.

Our fight started there with the tragic attacks on the twin towers on september 11, 2001. Since then we have brought the fight to al qaeda’s doorstep and have been performing military operations through all of afghanistan. This war is has been costly on our military forces and our economy but it is a necessary war none the less.

If we were to leave afghanistan now we will lose the progress that our troops have given their lives to help achieve. Presence in afghanistan has been an eye opener to the outside world to help with it’s improvement. Troops in afghanistan have helped build schools which has exposed the younger generation afghanis to technology, new ideas, and drifted them away from the corruption of taliban forces. In september of 2011, the 10th mountain division’s 3rd brigade combat team helped with the building of eight schools in kandahar. Software for educational, entertainment and training activities seeta has planned to give students in kabul a personal computer to help bolster educational possibilities. There are constant efforts to bring afghanistan to a better standing in our ever growing world. As our troops slowly return home from the war, taliban are beginning to reassert themselves in society.

The crackdown on women’s rights has always been a strong part of the taliban presence. We should be upholding what we set in motion because the afghan women depend upon it. When osama bin laden was killed by devgru operators, taliban blew up a police barracks to show they were not weakened.

We must continue pushing on taliban so that they are put down completely and will never harm anyone ever again. When we wake up in the morning, we have the ability to live without fearing for our lives. Our presence there has made it so the threat of being out on the streets was an easy thing to do and to not fear a simple task as walking to work.

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