Monday, May 16, 2016

Why are U.S. and NATO military forces fighting in Afghanistan?

United States and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) forces are fighting in Afghanistan in an attempt to prevent the Taliban from taking control of the country.  The West believes that Taliban control of Afghanistan would lead to increased terrorism in the world.


The Taliban is a group of extremely conservative Muslims who ruled Afghanistan beginning in the mid-1990s.  The Taliban enforced a very strict version of Islamic law. Because of their hard line attitudes, they...

United States and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) forces are fighting in Afghanistan in an attempt to prevent the Taliban from taking control of the country.  The West believes that Taliban control of Afghanistan would lead to increased terrorism in the world.


The Taliban is a group of extremely conservative Muslims who ruled Afghanistan beginning in the mid-1990s.  The Taliban enforced a very strict version of Islamic law. Because of their hard line attitudes, they were also friendly with Al Qaeda.  They allowed Al Qaeda members to live and to train in Afghanistan without any interference from the Afghan government.  During that time, Al Qaeda planned and carried out the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.


After the 9/11 attacks, the US and coalition forces invaded Afghanistan to remove the Taliban from power.  They succeeded in doing this, but the new government that came after this has not been able to keep effective control of the country. This has allowed the Taliban to take control of some areas of the country and the group is pushing to regain control over the entire country.  The US and NATO are fighting in Afghanistan to try to prevent this from happening so that Afghanistan does not become a haven for terrorists again.  As they do this, they are also working to train Afghan forces and to get the Afghan government to be more effective so that it will be able to control its own country.

No comments:

Post a Comment

What is the Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, and Falling Action of "One Thousand Dollars"?

Exposition A "decidedly amused" Bobby Gillian leaves the offices of Tolman & Sharp where he is given an envelope containing $1...