(3) most importantly, a timetable that ensured full Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan by February 15, 1989. 4. The Mujahedin a) a plural form of mujahid which literally means “struggler", someone who engages in jihad, or "struggle“. b) significantly financed, armed, and trained by the United States (the Carter and Reagan administrations), China, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. c) many modern terrorists are former members/supporters, including Osama bin
Taliban rule was characterized by a strict form of Islamic law, requiring women to wear head-to-toe veils, banning television, and jailing men whose beards were deemed too short, which was not presented physically in the Koran, but rather interpreted by these extremists. One act in particular, the destruction of the giant Buddha statues in Bamiyan, seemed to symbolize the intolerance of the
A quote from Ronald Reagan with a conversation with Richard V. Allen says “My idea of the American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple, and some would say simplistic.” “It is this: We win and they lose. What do you think of that?” In his first term as president, both he and Margaret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister, put down the Soviet Unions ideas and political thoughts. Other bold statements he has made of the Soviet Union is, “The Soviet Union is an evil empire and communism will soon be but an ash heap of history.” These
Few days before this important event had taken place, eleven states, that at that time were part of the Soviet Republic, had met in the capital-city of Kazakhstan and they all decided they will no longer be part of the USSR political entity, but they will now be part of the new interstate entity which was called the Commonwealth of the Independent States. The collapse of the history’s biggest communist bloc had mostly occurred because of the multitude of awful policies and the huge number of radical implementation of reforms. All these actions where taken by the soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, whom, later on had resigned on Christmas day, thus, communism came to an end. The Soviet Union has given way to fifteen states, which can be characterized as being distributed in three partial geo-systems: 1. The Geo-system of Eastern Europe: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldavia, Russia (Russian Federation).
announced intent to treat with East Berlin, regardless of any third party occupation rights in either sector of the city. A depressed and angry president then assumed his obligation was to prepare the country for nuclear war as the only option, and which he then personally thought had a one in five chance of occurring. In the weeks immediately after the Vienna summit, more than 20 thousand people fled from East Berlin to the western sector in reaction to statements from the U.S.S.R. Kennedy began intensive meetings on the Berlin issue, where Dean Acheson took the lead in recommending a military buildup with NATO allies as the appropriate response. In a July 1961 speech, Kennedy announced his decision to add $3.25 billion to the defense budget, along with over 200 thousand additional troops for the military, saying an attack on West Berlin would be taken as an attack on the U.S. The speech received an 85% approval rating.
Shir Ali, the son of Dost Mohammad was forced to leave his capital and country. He died in exile in early 1879. The British occupied Kabul just like they did in the First Anglo Afghan war, and a treaty was signed in Gandamak on May 26, 1879. Thus making the British win and triumph. However the British triumph was short lived.
Syngman Rhee, who had spent some years exiled in America, became the president of South Korea in 1948, while Kim Il Sung, having fought for the Russian red army during the war became leader of the People’s Democratic Republic (Communist) in North Korea. I intend to outline the causes and contributing factors that eventually led to the Korean War. An underlying factor in this conflict are the two very contrasting political systems in North Korea, The communist North led by Kim Il sung had links with fellow Communist nations such as China and the USSR; In April 1950, Kim Il Sung actually visited Moscow and by May and June Military supplies were being sent to north Korea including 150 T-34 Tanks. Similarly China did not want to have an American influenced democratic country bordering its frontiers so they too were always likely to support Kim Il Sung and the North Koreans. In The South Syngman Rhee's supposedly democratic government was likely to gain American support due to the fear of the spread of communism sometimes referred to as the "Domino Theory" However just as the Soviet government had only given limited support to Kim Il Sung as they feared the potential of a direct conflict with American troops, the USA did not provide an air force for the South Koreans as they too did not want Syngman Rhee to abuse his advantageous
The Taliban were holding women back in society due to their laws, treatment, and attitudes regarding them. Women under the Taliban were mistreated, degraded, and discriminated against. We need to make people aware of the deprivation and suffering that Afghan women faced under the Taliban. Women before the Taliban had decent lives compared to the lives they would lead under the rule of the Taliban. In the latter part of the 20th century, women were making steps forward, being granted the right to both employment and education.
To what extent was Mikhail Gorbachev responsible for the fall of the USSR? “We can’t go on living like this” this was what Mikhail Gorbachev was reported to have said in the eve of his succession. What Gorbachev was talking about was the decline in living standards in the Soviet Union due to its crumbling economic, political and social policies, and was hinting at the change in policies and diplomatic relations which he would implement once he came into power, policies that would eventually lead to the end of the cold war and the collapse of the USSR. It was historian Raymond L. Garthoff who said “…Over four decades it performed the historic function of holding Soviet power in check until the internal seeds of destruction within the Soviet Union and its empire could mature. At this point, however it was Gorbachev who bought the Cold War to an end…”.
Some families resorted to sending their daughters to Pakistan or Iran to protect them. The Taliban’s discriminatory policies violate many of the basic principles of international human rights law. These rights include the right to freedom of expression, association and assembly, the right to work, the right to education, freedom of movement, and the right to health care. The discrimination that Afghan women face is so overwhelming that it is literally life threatening for many Afghan women. Many Afghans feel enormous anxiety as the 2014 deadline for withdrawing international combat forces from Afghanistan looms and warlords and other powerbrokers aim for position.