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The War in Afghanistan
Rhus Taus
The War in Afghanistan
Rhys Taus, Kailey RappaportAlejandra Cambochi
The Taliban
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Basic Timeline of the Afghan War
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Mujahedeen
• A rebel gorilla army supported by the US in the first Afghan War. Would later form the basis for the Taliban
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Pakistan
• Pakistan is the country in which the Taliban formed from the mujahedeen.
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Afghanistan
• The location of the current war, home of the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Is predominantly Muslim.
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Islamic Radicalism
• What people in the US see as the main group causing terror. These radical Muslims despise America causing the American people to harbor a deep disliking to them
A group of Muslim radicals
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Taliban
• The Taliban is a military group often known for Islamic radicalism
• Formed on the Pakistan border then took control of Afghanistan.
Taliban PresenceTaliban translates to students
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Taliban and Al Qaeda
The Taliban Allow Al Qaeda to train in Afghanistan• Al Qaeda is a terrorist group
based in Afghanistan• The Taliban supports Al Qaeda by
allowing them to train and live inside the borders of Afghanistan
• Al Qaeda’s head Saddam Hussein hid in the Afghan mountains to avoid capture
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Cave networks
• The cave networks serve as hiding points and bases for Al Qaeda.
• These caves are hard to attack because Al Qaeda operatives can disappear.
Dark, hidden, hiding place…
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Terrorism
Terrorism is…• The use of violence and
threat to intimidate an opponent especially for political reasons
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9-11
• 9-11 was an attack on the US by Al Qaeda. It created a massive aggression towards Afghanistan.
• President Bush responded by asking Afghanistan to remove the Al Qaeda bases.
• Starts the campaign for the War on Terror
Twin Towers
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War on terror
• The fight to stop world wide terrorism.
• The war in Afghanistan is part of the War on Terror
• The War on Terror takes place mostly in the Middle East
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Now enter the world of the Taliban