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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...

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