how iran found its feet in afghanistan

In 1996, Iran almost invaded Afghanistan to prevent the west of the country from falling to the Taliban. . By framing its involvement in Afghanistan through the prism of Shiite and linguistic affiliations, Iran had limited the influence it could have on the direction of the country..

from saur revolution to the taliban

On December 25, 1979, Soviet Union repeated the mistake, sending troops to Afghanistan to help PDPA regime to withstand the rising onslaught of West-funded fundamentalists. Afghanistan led to the emergence of Taliban.. To aggravate things for Afghan people, Al Qaeda got..

economic occidentalism, fatf and pakistan

The competence of Pakistan's armed forces cobbled with capability, however, has impeded the forces of North to treat it like Afghanistan.. Professor Edward Said demarcates this division between West and East by coining the notion of ' Orientalism His work is kind discourse that explains..

presstv-us war on terror kills 500,000 in 3 countries

study has revealed that the so-called US war on terror has killed about half million people Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past 17 years.. The United States — under Republican George W. Bush's presidency launched the war on terror by invading Afghanistan on October..

matthieu aikins

At the ceremony--which had added touch of drama due to the last-minute of Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras--I spoke of the importance of maintaining West's with Afghanistan even after its military presence winds down. ..

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