al Queda

As most of us probably know by now, al Qaeda, based in Afghanistan and led by Osama bin Laden, hijacked passenger planes on September 11, 2001, to crash into the World Trade Center towers and destroy them. The United States and several other countries, including Afghanistan, are now at war with al Qaeda and other groups who support them. They are presently fighting in the province of Paktia with its capital at Gardez.
The recent events relating to Afghanistan also relate to the five themes of geography - location, place, human environment interaction, movement, and region. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and China. It is in southwestern Asia. Afghanistan has many caves and mountains, including the Hin...