Jawbreaker: The US return to Afghanistan

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Presentation

Pages :

9 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

02/05/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Political science

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Summary :

Introduction.
The Talibs.
1. Description.
2. The Pakistani support of the Talibs.
3. Disintegration of the interim government.
US government: Concern about the situation in Afghanistan.
1. Bill Richardson's meeting with the Taliban.
2. Withdrawal of US support.
September 11th and calls for reprisal.
1. Gary Schroen's return to Afghanistan.
2. The group codenamed Jawbreaker.
The living conditions.
1. Severe intestinal illness.
2. The toilet facility.
3. Resupply runs from Uzbekistan.
4. The problems that history had left for Schroen and his team.
The operation.
1. Funds.
2. The NA and the CIA.
3. Internecine battle between western NA generals Atta and Dostum
The main example of ominous force in the NA presented by Schroen.
The problem of uneven US.
The appropriate course of action in Afghanistan.
Conclusion.
Bibliography.

Abstract

But the physical wear on the nation was only a symbol of the complex divisions that cut through afghanistan. After the Soviet invasion was repelled - by Mujahedin fighters equipped with American weaponry and advised by CIA contacts - the communist government stood only for a few years, faltering and eventually crumbling. The interim government put into place in the early nineties to aid the stabilization of the country was headed by the Mujahedin fighters who had fought so fiercely to drive out the Soviets: most notably, a charismatic figure named Ahmad Shah Masood. Masood was one of the more liberal of the many Afghan warlords with political aspirations, and his strong following - centered upon the Tajik ethnic group of the north - lent him considerable respect (1, 2).