...* Read the scenario. Using the information provided in the references and lesson, arrive with your best possible solution. You are a squad leader in “Sapper” platoon, Special Troop Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. Your unit will deploy to Afghanistan to conduct operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. One of your critical tasks in preparing for your deployment is to train your squad on the laws and regulations that we must implement to protect our environment from being damage and contaminated. The 586th Assault Float Bridge (AFB) Company will conduct a five-day FTX in the Anatuvak training area of Camp Yukon. The unit will depart Fort Chilly and convoy 120 miles on limited-access highways. The commander establishes several rest areas and tactical refueling and maintenance points along the route. Reconnaissance team indicated the trip to take approximately 8 hours. Upon arrival at Camp Yukon, the unit will move into the Anatuvak training area and set up a bivouac site, preceded by their quartering party. During the FTX, the company will conduct tactical-bridging operations on the Yukon River. The FTX will involve normal operations (12 to 16 hours a day), with some night and limited visibility operations. The operations will include the use of pyrotechnics and blank munitions. The FTX will not include live fire due to budgetary constraints. The area has hills, wetlands, several winding streams, and one large river. Signs in the area identify and mark...
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...| 2 | Sanuabar leaves | | 6 | 5 | Daoud abolishes monarchy, establishes himself as President | | 36 | 6 | Hassan’s surgery | | 47 | 7 | Amir wins the kite contest | | 66 | 7 | Hassan’s rape | | 73/75 | 9 | Amir’s 13th birthday party | | 94-100 | 10 | Hassan and Ali leave | | 109 | 10 | Russians invade. (March) Baba and Amir leave Afghanistan. | | 110-124 | 11 | Amir and Baba come to San Francisco | | 125 - end | 11 | Amir graduates from high school | | 131 | 12 | Amir and Baba begin selling at flea market | | 136 | 12 | Amir meets Soraya | | 140 | 17 | Ali is killed by land mine | | 206 | 13 | Amir and Soraya marry | | 170 | 17 | Rahim Khan goes to find Hassan | | 204 | 17 | Hassan returns to Rahmin’s (Baba’s) house in Afghanistan | | 207 | 13 | Baba dies | | 173 | 14 | Amir has first novel accepted | | 183 | 14 | Amir goes on book tour | | 183 | 14 | Amir and Soraya begin trying to have a family | | 184 | 14 | Shorawi (Russians) withdraw from Afghanistan | | 184 | 14 | Fighting between factions | | 184 | 14 | Berlin wall comes down | | 184 | 14 | Cold War ends | | 184 | 14 | Tiananmen Square | | 184 | 18 | Hassan’s mother, Sanaubar, returns | | 209 | 19 | Sohrab is born | | 211 | 17 | Northern Alliance control of Kabul | | 199 | 19 | Sanaubar dies | | 211 | 17 | Taliban takes...
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...Brian Smith 12/6/13 Professor Books Afghanistan Afghanistan is arguably the most eye-opening, controversial country we have covered this year in our class. According to Roozbeh Shirazi’s Schooling in Afghanistan, Afghanistan can be described as “an amalgam of ethnicities, languages, and cultures resulting from the rise and fall of various historic empires”. Tamim Ansary goes on to describe the country as a “laboratory”. “So many currents have flowed through this territory from so many places over so many centuries.” (Ansary 2) Ansary then goes on to say that Afghanistan is “rife with contradictions”. It is those three words that strike me the most when Afghanistan is described: “rife with contradictions”. How can a country that is compared to a laboratory be so contradictory with itself? Let us look no further than the modern history of Afghanistan to find the answers. When looking at the modern history of Afghanistan, one cannot help but to start in 1878 when the British forces left Abdur Rahman Khan in charge as the Emir of Kabul. Khan’s goal was to “break down the feudal and tribal system and substitute one grand community under one law and one rule”. (Norton 48) Resistance was shown by the local chieftains and clan leaders. There was some participation in a succession of national councils, called loya jirga, in order to legitimize royal claims for ceremonial leadership. Later on in 1953, Prince Mohammed Daoud Khan...
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...evident throughout the novel. By examining the corrupted values, abuse, and discrimination visible in the society of Afghanistan, it becomes apparent how evil humankind can be. Hosseini portrays the struggles of two young Afghan women, Laila and Mariam, in war riddled Afghanistan. Both women are years apart by age, but are forced to marry an older man, Rasheed, who they do not know. The women learn to co-exist as they endure Rasheed's mental and physical abuse. The women in Afghanistan have to face arranged or forced marriages, poor education and restrictions brought on by the Taliban. The lack of respect and freedom of Afghan women compels them to fight for their rights to halt the inequalities they face in society. Corrupted values are detrimental to society by the fact that it takes away one’s freedom and a chance to live. Marriage is the voluntary union of two people, who choose to be together and nobody else for the rest of their lives. In the case of Afghan women, they deal with forced under-age marriages. Freedom is a basic fundamental right that every person deserves to have. The opportunities to speak, believe, and pursue happiness without any restriction defines freedom of a person. Some Afghan women have been wed off at a very early age, some at the age of thirteen to men much older than them. Although the legal age for marriage in Afghanistan is sixteen for females and eighteen for males, many people, particularly in rural...
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...Amir recalls an event that happened twenty-six years before, when he was still a boy in Afghanistan, and says that that made him who he is. Before the event, he lives in a nice home in Kabul, Afghanistan, with Baba, his father. They have two servants, Ali and his son, Hassan, who are Hazaras, an ethnic minority. Baba’s close friend, Rahim Khan, is also around often. When Afghanistan’s king is overthrown, things begin to change. One day, Amir and Hassan are playing when they run into three boys, Assef, Wali, and Kamal. Assef threatens to beat up Amir for hanging around with a Hazara, but Hassan uses his slingshot to stop Assef. The story skips to winter, when the kite-fighting tournament occurs. Boys cover their kite strings in glass and battle to see who can sever the string of the opposing kite. When a kite loses, boys chase and retrieve it, called kite running. When Amir wins the tournament, Hassan sets off to run the losing kite. Amir looks for him and finds Hassan trapped at the end of an alley, pinned with his pants down. Wali and Kamal hold him, and Assef rapes him. Amir runs away, and when Hassan appears with the kite, Amir pretends he doesn’t know what happened. Afterward, Amir and Hassan drift apart. Amir, who is racked by guilt, decides either he or Hassan must leave. He stuffs money and a watch under Hassan’s pillow and tells Baba that Hassan stole it. When Baba confronts them, Hassan admits to it, though he didn’t do it. Shortly after, Ali and Hassan move away. ...
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...Pak-Afghan Trade Relation: Pakistan and Afghanistan have a history of bilateral trade relations and economic interactions. A distinguishing feature of relationship in both countries is the shared border spanning about 2500 kilometers which is crossed by some 50,000 people everyday. This reflects the strength of socio economic interaction between two countries. Pakistan is currently the largest trading partner of Afghanistan, while Afghanistan is Pakistan’s third largest trading partner. Pakistan's exports to Afghanistan tripled during last six years, from half a billion dollars in fiscal year 2004 to 1.5 billion dollars in 2010. Afghanistan is now Pakistan’s third major export destination after the United States and the United Arab Emirates. In the last fiscal year it has left behind China, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and Turkey in terms of generating our export earnings. The list of the items Pakistan is currently exporting to Afghanistan is long and varied. It includes cement and other construction materials including glass sheets, iron and steel structures, paints and varnishes plus a large number of electrical items, fuel and edible oils, oilseeds, food items including wheat flour and rice, fruits and vegetables, confectionary, mineral waters and ice creams, medicines, soaps and detergents and a vast array of kitchen wear and bathroom fittings. As it is a proved fact that in last about a half decade Afghanistan has made steady progress and development...
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...man named Amir and the experiences he went through during chaos in his country, Afghanistan. The story centers around Amir, the main character, and Hassan. Amir and Hassan are totally different people. Amir is well educated Muslim. Also he tends to read a lot of books. With his nerd like attributes, is somewhat disappointing to his father’s eyes. Hassan is a servant to Amir’s family. Aside as a servant he would still treat Amir with a lot of respect. Hassan would basically do everything for Amir even if he is in a dangerous situation Hassan always has Amir back. On the other hand, Amir was very jealous of Hassan because of Baba, Amir Father treated Hassan better then him. Amir would try to disgrace and abuse Hassan, there was one point of the novel where Amir tried to frame Hassan by stashing money under Hassan’s bed. Another part of the book, the Russian invade Afghanistan causing Hassan and Amir to go their separated ways. Amir wanted to return to Afghanistan to mend his wrong doings to Hassan. After talking to one of my mentor about “The Kite Runner” I have notice there was numerous propaganda message that would degrade the Afghanistan people. Many of the messages in this novel contains things about rape and violence that can cause people into thinking that Afghanistan is a filthy place. There are a lot of examples of negative propaganda in the book that would make Afghanistan look bad. Though not all Afghans are violent rapist, the ones in the book seem...
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...Afghanistan : The Reality Why US is failing in Afghanistan and what should be its response National Strategy. There are a numerous strategic errors committed by US in Afghanistan in the past and these errors are haunting them now. The strategic errors committed are difficult to undo. But , correcting them will be worse. It’s like leaving Saddam in power after the first Gulf war and then tried correcting it with Gulf War II...with worse results and losing all the goodwill and invincibility they had built after the first gulf war. The coalition forces were welcomed by Afghanis when Taliban was dismantled because they looked powerful, asserting and someone who could improve lives of normal Afghani. Today, things seem different. They look powerless, difficult and worse something which is making ordinary Afghani life more difficult than it was under Taliban. For coalition forces , If someone like Taliban can make them look like novice in war-fighting then they have to take a hard look at their national, operational and tactical strategy. I would like to start with what is AIM of coalition forces....is it making life of ordinary Afghani more prosperous and peaceful or ensuring security of US. These aims look different but actually they are co-terminus. One will lead to the other but start point has to be to develop Afghanistan and not the other way around which Secretary of State Hillary enunciated a few days back. If the strategy is making Afghanistan prosperous and peaceful...
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...American novelist and physician of Afghan origin. He has lived in the United States since he was fifteen years old and is an American citizen. His 2003 debut novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, selling more than 12 million copies worldwide.[2] His second, A Thousand Splendid Suns, was released on May 22, 2007.[3] In 2008, the book was the bestselling novel in Britain (as of April 11, 2008), with more than 700,000 copies sold.[4] Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat with the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and History at a large high school in Kabul. In 1970, Hosseini and his family moved to Iran where his father worked for the Embassy of Afghanistan in Tehran. In 1973, Hosseini's family returned to Kabul, and Hosseini's youngest brother was born in July of that year. In 1976, the Afghan Foreign Ministry relocated the Hosseini family to Paris. They were ready to return to Kabul in 1980, but by then Afghanistan had already witnessed a bloody communist coup and the invasion of the Soviet army. The Hosseinis sought and were granted political asylum in the United States. In September of 1980, Hosseini's family moved to San Jose, California. Hosseini graduated from high school in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Biology in 1988. The following year, he entered the University of California-San Diego's School of Medicine, where he earned a Medical Degree...
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...Troop Withdrawals in Afghanistan The United States is enduring a rapid withdrawal of troops while still attempting to empower the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. In doing so, the US Military has developed an increased reliance on engaging partner Afghan forces in order to better enable them with the ability to maintain operations autonomously post-withdrawal as well as reinforce the manpower of conventional US military units who continue to lose support with the decrease in occupying forces. One of the primary missions in Afghanistan is to establish a stable government and empower the Afghan military and police forces with the training and equipment necessary to protect and sustain the republic. Rapid withdrawal has left US troops more vulnerable as a result in the increased reliance on partnering with Afghan defense forces. The Taliban have recognized this as a weakness and by infiltrating the Afghan military and police forces have been able to successfully inflict numerous US and Afghan casualties through what is referred to as “Green on Blue” attacks. As a response, the US locks down on partnered missions. While this protects US troops, it detracts from the ability to enable Afghan troops with the ability to defend themselves and their government. Over the last decade, training missions have often become a secondary and tertiary responsibility of most US and NATO units. With poorly equipped and trained partner forces, the US cannot rely on the Afghan...
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...Culture is a term used by social scientists for a people’s whole way of life. A people’s culture consists of all the ideas, objects, and ways of doing things created by the group. Culture includes arts, beliefs, languages, customs, inventions, technologies, and traditions. The term ’civilization’ is similar, but it refers mostly to scientifically more advanced ways of life. A culture is any way of life, simple or complex. I have always been fascinated to my home countries culture, which is Pakistan. Pakistan has four provinces named Punjab, sin\dh, Baluchistan and N.W.F.P and each province has its own culture. These Pakistani cultures have been greatly influenced by many of the surrounding countries' cultures, such as the Turkic people, Persian, Afghan, and Indians of South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. Pakistani society is largely multilingual, multi-ethnic and multicultural. The first one to be described is Punjab’s cultureIt is one of the oldest in world history, dating from ancient antiquity to the modern era. The Punjabi culture is the culture of the Punjabi people who are now distributed throughout the world. The scope, history, sophistication and complexity of the culture are vast. Some of the main areas include, Punjabi Philosophy, poetry, spirituality, education, artistry, music, cuisine, science, technology, military warfare, architecture, traditions, values and history. Punjabi Cuisine has an immense range of dishes and has become world-leader in the field...
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...A Thousand Splendid Suns Title: A Thousand Splendid Suns Author: Khaled Hosseini Page Number: 367 Quote Page Number: 113 Author: Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat in Afghan government at that time and his mother taught History in Kabul. However, after the Soviet Invasion, Khaled and his family moved to the United States in the 1980s. In the US, he completed high school and went on to get his Medical Degree. He started writing while working published his fist book in 2004, which was The Kite Runner. Summary: A Thousand Splendid Suns is a story about two women and their lives in Afghanistan during the invasion of the Soviet of Afghanistan and the Taliban regime. It shows the suffering of Afghan citizens and their sacrifice in time of war. In this story, the two women named Mariam and Laila play an important role of a typical wife in Afghanistan who have to face torture and brutality from their husband and society. The story starts out by introducing Mariam, who is an unwanted teenager. In the story, she is forced to marry Rasheed, an abusive husband at age 15. Rasheed is a cruel man who breaks Mariam’s dreams and tortures her everyday. On the other hand, Laila is an attractive girl who lives just up the street from Mariam’s house. She is born to educated parents and enjoys the freedoms that Mariam is restricted from by Rasheed. She has a boyfriend named Tariq, but their plans to marry get destroyed...
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...May 12th, 2013 GEOPOLITICS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA Borders in South and Central Asia INTRODUCTION While some seem to care above all about the economic growth of several booming economies (or as they are often called “emerging markets”, such as China, Russia or India), it is legitimate for others to worry more about the borders of some states in the very same region. A border is the very line separating two political or geographical areas, more commonly called countries. Whereas in some parts of the world, the borders between two countries are not even a marked and are seen as simple trade corridors, the issue is raised in a totally different way when it comes to both South and Central Asia. The question of borders presents a major problem for several countries, especially given all it symbolizes: the stability of a state and its legal territory, a politically controlled and delimited zone and a corridor between two nations. Were it after the end of the British Empire or that of the Soviet era, the borders keep being a matter of dispute and the cause of severe contentiousness in South and Central Asia nowadays. Drug trafficking and the circulation of energy are not the only problems. The border disputes mostly jeopardize the transnational security and the ethnical conflicts at stake. A territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more states, or over the possession and control of land by a new state that is...
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...DOING BUSINESS WITH AFGHANISTAN (31.07.2015) Compiled By: Abhishek Bansal Anchal Gupta Kritika Dutta Saurabh Jain Opening speech by Ajay Sahai, Director of FIEO * Strategic Partnership Agreement 2011 with Afghanistan. * Export front, Bilateral Trade has not grown exponentially. * 100% duty free benefits on certain items, eg: Mulberry. * 50% on Pomegranate & Walnuts. * Mention on gas pipeline TAPI (Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India) and hopeful future ahead. * Afghanistan is on a lookout for Investments from India. Speech by President of FIEO * Decline of 26% in exports. * Imports grew by 25% in last 4 years. * Imports in terms of Walnuts, Pomegranates, dry fruits, etc. * Exports in the terms of manmade fibres, gems & jewellery. * 12.48 billion dollars invested in Afghanistan as of 2012. * IMT to be signed by next month. * The agenda for India in the terms of imports is to diversify the products imported. * Major issue faced by Indian exporters in Afghanistan is the Transit cost. Speech by H.E. Mr. Shaida Mohammad Abdali, Ambassador of Afghanistan * Relation between India and Afghanistan is historic. * Various agreements signed between the two countries like The Stratergic Partnership Agreement which was the first agreement Afghanistan signed with any country. * APTA Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding with the Chamber of Commerce, India. * From 2011, India has supported Afghanistan in various sectors...
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...Shadow of the Silk Road records Colin Thubron’s journey along the greatest land route on earth. He passes through China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey and describes the history, cultures and people along the way. The Silk Road was described as a huge network of arteries splitting and converging across the breadth of Asia. To travel it is to trace the passage not only of trade and armies but also of ideas, religions and inventions. Shadow of the Silk Road encounters Islamic countries in many forms. Overall it explains changes in China that transformed since the Cultural Revolution. Throughout this book, Thubron discovers and identifies the transformation of history that transpired. He begins to reminisce and expresses drastic cultural changes that occurred throughout his life experience and throughout his journey on the Silk Road. Thubron portrays his journey to be momentous, but yet anonymous. He states, "Sometimes a journey arises out of hope and instinct, the heady conviction, as you finger travels along the map". (p. 2) Thubron witnessed the turmoil of a society racing to catch up with the future. At the beginning of my reading, I wondered if Thubron was associating his journey to the Cultural Revolution as pathway to his purpose. "During the Cultural Revolution I was struggled badly" (p. 56) It seems as if he felt the need to face the past and think of what was needed for the future. "After the Cultural Revolution, anything is happy." (p...
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