afghanistan ppt
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Afghanistan Rodas Tuumai
Policy: a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government, party, business, or individual.
-strategic location—prone to many invasions in it’s history
-ethnically diverse country
-Islam is the official religion
-labeled as a “failed state” _________________________
• 1979: Soviet Union sets up regime • 1978: country’s (U.S.) foreign policy was operating
under the assumption that the Soviet Union sought world domination (during Cold War). They saw in Afghan Muslims a common ally in their cause against the Russians
• Quietly began supporting rebels they became “sympathetic to those Afghanistan’s who were determined to preserve the country’s independence”
• nearly $3 billion covert (secret) aid • 1988: Soviet Union backs off (and the US);
Afghanistan is in ruins with no government; no US aid was provided **
• The Taliban emerges from chaos in 1994 • Training grounds built by CIA became
camps and refuges for militant terrorists, Al Qaeda
• The Taliban emerges from chaos in 1994 • Training grounds built by CIA became camps
and refuges for militant terrorists • U.S. supported Taliban 1994-1996—reason:
oil interests
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September 11, 2001 brought U.S. policy towards Afghanistan full circle.
Following 9/11 attack…
Operation Enduring Freedom begins US, UK, and allies launch military strikes against Al-Qaeda training camps
British Army First UK troops are deployed to Afghanistan
• 3,300 British troops sent to southern Afghanistan, one of the most volatile regions in the country in 2006
• UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces : extra 500 British troops sent taking the total to 9,500 in 2009
• UK has committed £178 million per year up to 2017
• 2011: troops begin to return
Issue
• The UK has played an important role in developing and training Afghan security forces
• A more viable state; one that can provide basic services, improve the lives of its ordinary citizens and reduce instability.
• The terrorist threat to the UK from this region has been substantially reduced
Protect their national security by helping the Afghans take control of their ownThe Taliban government gave Al-Qaueda safe haven in Afghanistan
Actions 3 main areas –
1. military2. political/diplomatic 3. development
Goal: develop Afghan government so that it can determine it’s own future eventually without significant help from international community
Works Cited
"2010 to 2015 Government Policy: Afghanistan." Gov. UK. UK Government, 8 May
Harvey, Katherine. "Afghanistan, The United States, and the Legacy of Afghanistan's
"US Military Expansion and Intervention in Afghanistan." Global Policy Forum.
Civil War." Stanford.edu. Stanford, 5 June 2003. Web. 1 Nov. 2015. <http://web.stanford.edu/class/e297a/Afghanistan,%20the%20United%20States.htm>.
Global Policy Forum, n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2015. <https://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/26365-us-military-expansion-and-intervention-in-afghanistan.html>.
2015. Web. 29 Oct. 2015. <https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2010-to-2015-government-policy-afghanistan>.