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=Afghanistan (2001- ?)=

==Overview== Afghanistan is is the wolds spotlight too because of once again war. We have been fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan since around the time Iraq started. We don't know when we will be pulled out of Afghanistan however. In Iraq the fighting went down and we are pulling out, but in Afghanistan the fighting has increased and we are sending more soldiers there. They to are a country of men that only know conflict and war. From when the Soviet Union tried to take over Afghanistan they have always been fighting either other nations, or the people they are dictating. Afghanistan is a country where empires have been broken up when they have tried to beat and control them. Asama Bin Laden was there leader. It has received the nickname "The place empires go to die."

Critical Issue
Today we have more troops in Afghanistan than in Iraq. Afghanistan also has had a long period of fighting it basically started during the cold-war when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and the Taliban the people we are fighting today used to be supported by us, and the people of the nation. Then they took over and the high class citizens fled fearing being imprisoned or killed by the Taliban. The high class are called Pashtun's and there workers who were practically slaves are called Hazara's. When Russia invaded we gave the Taliban fighting SAMS which is a weapon that took down there helicopters, and also gave money and weapons to Iran to give to the Taliban. The ==== Taliban then took over Afghanis tan's government and started terrorizing its citizens and that forced some of the Pashtun's to flee to other countries. Some came here and were poor and didn't have any power here even if at Afghanistan they were certified doctors there degree's do not transfer over to the U.S. Other went to South America and Central America where they retained some to most of there money. A book was written by a pashtun who fled to America after the Russians invaded and the Taliban took control and it is called ?. We are fighting two fronts, because of our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. We had to borrow money to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq the last time we borrowed money to fight a war was the revolutio nary war in 1770's. We had to borrow money from China. General Stanley McChrystal commander in Afghanistan wants a 40,000 soldier surge into the war. Barack Obama has called some 30,000 more troops for Afghanistan. We currently have 68,000 troops in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban. However some people believe that the new Taliban leaders are hiding in Pakistan in the tribal areas where the Pakistani government has no say what happens. We can search for them in Pakistan with Pakistani escorts only. ====

Conclusion
So far all of the countries in the worlds view are all involved in a war. Iraq and Afghanistan are both in a war against us. Iraq is getting better, however in Afghanistan it is getting worse. The Taliban are not killing themselves, and attacking our troops, and using tactics we used to beat the British in our revolutionary war. No-one is sure if we will pull out of Afghanistan anytime soon, and i doubt we will. Our casualties are not that high in either front luckily. So far no-one is protesting against the Afghanistan war and without people protesting i doubt we will get out because that is how we got out of the Vietnam War which is sort of like the Afghanistan war is the aspect that we do not know who is our enemy.