Hamid+Karzai,+President+of+Afghanistan

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Hamid Karzai-President of Afghanistan Created By - Brooks M. A quality perspective will: •Answer the questions in extended power paragraphs. Questions 2 & 3, not 1 •Draw evidence from two high quality, credible sources. •Cite evidence internally and in a Works Cited-- inaccurately formatted, truncate web address. •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: •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? Credit source **

Hamid Karzai plays a huge role in the War in Afghanistan, well, mainly because he is the President of Afghanistan. Karzai is current follower of Islam, and is currently serving his second term as President of Afghanistan. Karzai is currently in tough times as being President of Afghanistan because of the huge economical depression in Afghanistan and wants the U.S. to stay to continue providing them aid.  With the huge economical depression Afghanistan is in, they could use all the help they could get. Karzai appreciates the US’s help and aid they are giving to Afghanistan and wants them to stay longer that they actually plan on staying. Karzai was elected President “in 2004 after American-led forces had overthrown the Taliban” (A&E Television Networks), and was brought into a country filled with poverty and economical depression, make is trying the best he can to make Afghanistan a better country. Karzai is interested economically, politically and socially with Afghanistan because he wants to revive the extremely low economy, do the best he can to make his people happy and do the best job he can as Afghan President. When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 1994, Karzai was “enthusiastic, convinced that at last here was a regime that would put an end to foreign intervention convinced that at last here was a regime that would put an end to foreign intervention” (FOX News), but later denied a request to become an ambassador for the Taliban. For his consequences of refusing, “his father was gunned down on the way home from a mosque in 1999 by a suspected Taliban agent” (FOX News). Ever since the US came into Afghanistan and started providing aid to them, Karzai has never told them to stop or let up. In fact, Karzai begged for more aid by saying, "We will need your steadfast support for at least another decade" (Nordland) in Bonn, Germany. If the US were to leave Afghanistan, Karzai would have to find ways to revive his economy, because “more than 90% of” (New York Times 1). Karzai would also have to find a new way to keep out the Taliban, because the US is doing that for them, and with their weak military, that would almost be impossible. Karzai appreciates the US help, and certainly doesn’t want them to leave their any time soon.

If Hamid Karzai were to make the decision when the US should leave Afghanistan, his response would simply be, “never.” In fact, in Bonn, Germany, Karzai begged that the US keep giving them support “for at least another decade” (Nordland). Afghanistan almost completely relies on aid, and most of their aid comes from the US. If the US were to leave, Afghanistan would become more crumbled than it is now.

Nordland, Rod, and Steven Lee Myers. "Afghanistan's Karzai asks for support until 2024." //SFGate//. N.p., 6 Dec. 2011. Web. 8 Dec. 2011. .

"Hamid Karzai Biography." //biography.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec. 2011. [].

"Bio: Hamid Karzai." //FOX News//. N.p., 23 Jan. 2003. Web. 8 Dec. 2011. .