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 United States Agency for International Development-USAID-In Afghanistan.  Created By - Elizabeth L. A quality perspective will: •Answer the questions in extended power paragraphs. inconsistently used •Draw evidence from two high quality, credible sources. •Cite evidence internally and in a Works Cited-- inaccurately formatted. •Post your entry on the wiki by Friday, December 9th.
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1. Introduce your person and explain why he/she has a credible opinion on the War in Afghanistan. Credit source 2. Describe your person's perspective on the U.S.'s involvement in Afghanistan. Your answer should address following bullet points: Incomplete answer-- Some generally addressed without supporting evidence •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? •How would this person's life change if the United States left Afghanistan abruptly? 3. How would your person answer the question: When should the United States leave Afghanistan? ** Paragraph 1: ** ** The United States Agency for International Development is "the government providing economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide"(Earl Gast-USAID). This is a credible agency for their opinion on Afghanistan because this agency is the one that is helping or trying to help Afghanistan become stronger economically, so that their country will beable to afford the imports of what the people that live in Afghanistan need to survive. Also to help make it a better living environment, so that it will be clean and you will not always be living in fear of attack or fear of disease. This is also a credible agency because it is run by our own country and what our country is actually doing in Afghanistan to improve their society. ** **Paragraph 2:** ** The United States Agency of International Development is interested in Afghanistan because"the strategy focuses on developing the capacity of Afghan institutions to withstand and diminish the threat posed by extremism and to lay the foundation for a working civil society and high impact economic development. U.S. assistance continues to support basic human rights for all Afghans through programs that focus on gender, capacity building, and job creation" (Earl Gast-USAID). This is portraying that the U.S. is their to make sure that human rights are being given and people are not left in the dust to just die off and let the Islamic extremists take over Afghanistan. The USAID was affected when the Taliban took over because the USAID had to move in more troops and have more people their ready to take action if anything acted out. Also the USAID had to try to maintain a stable economy for them and make sure their was some sort of stable living for the Afghans. If the USAID left Afghanistan abruptly the U.S. would not necessarily be affected greatly but the Afghans economy would collapse and the Taliban would take over. **   ** Paragraph 3: ** ** The USAID should leave Afghanistan when Afghanistan is stable enough to build up their own economy and have a civil place to live for the people of Afghanistan. Also they would consider the fact of the Taliban,they are planning on leaving Afghanistan in 2014 but that might change depending upon what the Taliban is going to do. If the Taliban continues to take over the USAID might not pull their troops out because the Taliban will destroy human rights in Afghanistan and take away many priviledges and turn it into a dictator ship and enforce Islamic rule everywhere (USAID-Earl Gast). This is why the USAID will not leave Afghanistan until they are able to support themselves. **    Gast, Earl. "Afghanistan." //USAID from the American people//. USAID, 21 Sept. 2011. Web. 8 Dec. 2011. .