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** 1. Introduce your person and explain why he/she has a credible opinion on the War in Afghanistan. ** **2. Describe your person's perspective on the U.S.'s involvement in Afghanistan.** Your answer should address following bullet points: •Why is he/she interested in Afghanistan? Is it personal, political, social, economic, religious, humanitarian, etc? •How was this person affected when the Taliban controlled Afghanistan •How has this person been affected by the United States presence in Afghanistan? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1d871d; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">•How would this person's life change if the United States left Afghanistan abruptly? <span style="color: #1d871d; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">** 3. How would your person answer the question: When should the United States leave Afghanistan? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14px;">no evidence ** Husain Haqqani is the former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States. He was a professor at Boston University where he specialized in Muslim Political Movements and International Journalism. He was also the co chair of the Hudson Institutes Project on the Future of the Muslim World. He first came to the United States in 2002 as a scholar where he focused on his journalism career and served as an adviser to Pakistani Prime Ministers. He was appointed to the position of the Pakistan Ambassador to the United States in 2008. According to the Washington Post, " Haqqani resigned this tuesday over a scandal that has exposed the ongoing power struggle between the nation's weak civilian government and its potent military". Haqqani resigned after being accused for the memo that was requesting help from the former US military chief, Adm. Mike Mullen, to rein in Pakistan's powerful Military after the covert American raid that killed Osama Bin Laden in a Pakistani garrison town. Husain Haqqani is interested in Afghanistan for political and social reasons. Being the former Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, his daily job consisted of work that was to be done in Afghanistan, along with dealing with the troubles inflicted by the Taliban. Haqqani said, " A lot of times the problem is a very small number of people, dedicated and violent, want to impose their will by arms". This statement shows Haqqani's stance behind the war in Afghanistan. He believes the Taliban are creating violence that is affecting everyone, which is where the social aspect of the interest in this war comes in. Because of all the fighting and attempts to eliminate the Taliban, many civilians have been injured or killed during the process. The Taliban control in Afghanistan has affected the relationship between the United States and Afghanistan, therefore affecting Haqqani. After the Killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, questions have come up about whether the Pakistani spy agency knew the whereabouts of Bin Laden ahead of time. These questions rose suspicion for the United States of whether Pakistan could be trusted if they allow fighting to go on across borders and then let them stay in their country afterwards. Hilary Rodham Clinton warned Pakistan leaders that there will be consequences for tolerating safe havens for extremists. "In the months since then, both sides have leveled angry criticism of the other" (New York Times). The messy relationship between the US and Pakistan has led to accusations on Husain Haqqani for requesting help to rein in Pakistan's powerful Military. These accusations have affected him by forcing him to resign from his position, although he said he had nothing to do with it. Husain Haqqani had been living in the United States since 2002 and was apart of the war efforts in Afghanistan. He has just recently been sent home to Pakistan. The United States involvement in Afghanistan has affected Pakistan and all of its people. "Pakistanis meanwhile complain they have suffered greatly at the hands of extremists and accuse the United States of overlooking their efforts to contain their militant threat" (New York Times). Now that Haqqani is back in Pakistan, he will be affected by all of the issues happening there. "Sometimes people forget there are unresolved issues in Pakistan," Haqqani said, citing a societal debate about the role of religion and the nation's decades-long struggle toward democratically elected governments.( New York Times). Haqqani requested that the American's be patient with Pakistan. Husain Haqqani's life would be significantly changed if the United States abruptly left Afghanistan. Haqqani stated on October 29, 2011 that America's goal of peace in Afghanistan is firmly shared by Pakistan. If the US left suddenly, violence from terrorists could take over Pakistan. Also if the US left Afghanistan, the unresolved problems there could potentially flood across the border into Pakistan creating struggles for all who live there. "As the Obama administration seeks to bring its troops home and put end to a decade of war in Afghanistan, its nascent efforts to broker a peace deal between insurgents and the Afghan government is playing an increasingly central role" ( New York Times). The hopes of peace play a central role meaning they can affect the countries that border or are around Afghanistan, Pakistan being its neighbor, could have to deal with changes made by negotiations. Husain Haqqani would probably want the United States to stay involved in Afghanistan, but get on better terms with Pakistan and work better with them. As I stated earlier, Haqqani requested that the United States be patient with Pakistan while they try to work through all of the problems occurring in their country. Haqqani believes that the Taliban are the problem behind all of the violence and issues happening in this area so it would be his goal to eliminate them, and in order to do that they would need the United States' help. So when it comes to the question of when the United States should leave Afghanistan, Haqqani would probably say only until the Taliban are defeated or until Pakistan works out all of their problems and is stable enough to fight them on their own. <span style="color: #ab00ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;"> Works Cited “Pakistan.” //Pakistan News-Breaking World Pakistan News-New York Times//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2011. <http://topics.nytimes.com/‌top/‌news/‌international/‌countriesandterritories/‌pakistan/‌index.html>. “Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani.” //Washington Post//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2011. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/‌blogs/‌checkpoint-washington/‌post/‌pakistani-ambassador-husain-haqqani-resigns/‌2011/‌11/‌22/‌gIQAsSQ8kN_blog.html>. “Pakistan, US not going to war:Husain Haqqani .” //The Nation//. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2011. <http://www.nation.com.pk/‌pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/‌Politics/‌29-Oct-2011/‌Pakistan-behind-US-goal-of-Afghan-peace-Husain-Haqqani>.