Back to category: History Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. U.S Foreign Policy in Afghanistan Prior to September 11th many Americans did not know where the country of Afghanistan was or the significance of the now demolished Taliban regime that was ruling it. Ironically Afghanistan, a mountainous country located in the heart of Central Asia, has been a main focus of the United States government since the Soviet invasion. Ever since then, the United States has been funding fundamentalism in the region, either through Saudi Arabia or Pakistan, in order to keep it under control for future United States exploitation. Due to it''s strategic positioning for transportation of oil, Afghanistan, mainly through the use of the Taliban, has been one of the many victims of United State''s foreign policy. > The Soviet invasion was the United State''s first interference in Afghanistan''s affairs. In order to stop the communist expansion through the region, it developed the Afghan Mujaheddin (as resistance), funded and administered by the Central Intelligence Agency an... Posted by: Chad Boger Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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