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Pakistan's Prime Minister, Yousef Raza Gilani, comes from a prominent Punjabi family in Pakistan. He started his political career in 1978 when he joined the Central Working Committee of the Pakistan Muslim League. After 10 years he made his way into the cabinet and was becoming popular in the Pakistan People's Party. Later in 1990 he became the speaker of the National Assembly. In 2001 he was imprisoned for 6 years on the charges of hiring hundreds of his constituents in government jobs. After his released from prison he became the Prime Minster and has been serving since 2008, the longest in the country's history. His opinion on the war in Afghanistan is very credible because Afghanistan is next to Pakistan and he is in charge of keeping there relations beneficial for his country.

Gilani's intrest in Pakistan is one of the political nature. Pakistan and Afghanistan share a long border and as Prime Minister it is Gilani's responsibility to keep relations with Afghanistan beneficial to Pakistan. Gilani has only been Prime Minister since 2008 so he has only been in charge for part of the war. When the Taliban controlled Afghanistan he was not in charge so as Prime Minister it didn't effect him. At the time he was just starting his political career. The Taliban control of Afghanistan caused a large amount of immigrants to move to Pakistan so at the time Galani could have had to deal with this from his position at the time. When the US entered Afghanistan thing began to change, removal of the Taliban government has caused less immigration but has also made the boarder area of Pakistan a Taliban refuge. Gilani has had to deal with constant pressure from the US to crack down on Taliban in these regions. There have been events that has caused relations to suffer. The raid that killed Osama Bin Laden on May 1, 2011 and the attack by NATO forces on Pakistani troops that killed 28 soldiers. These event have cause the cut of supplies to the US from Pakistan and lots of tension between the US and Pakistan. If the US were to suddenly leave Pakistan, and the Taliban regained control, Pakistan could again be receiving large amount of immigrants from Afghanistan.

Based on the what I have read there is no clear answer to this, but from what Gilani's actions say it is clear they wish for the US to leave soon. The cut off of supplies and the increased tension shows that Gilani is growing more and more unsupportive of US involvement in Afghanistan. But the US insolvent has had positive effects that would make him want them to stay longer. The improvement of Afghanistan by the US could lead to new markets for Pakistan to trade with and possibly a new Ally in the region.

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Schabner, Dean, and Karen Travers (@karentravers). "Osama Bin Laden Killed by U.S. Forces in Pakistan - ABC News." //ABCNews.com//. Web. 17 Jan. 2012. . A quality perspective will: •Answer the questions in extended power paragraphs. •Draw evidence from two high quality, credible sources. Sources not credited. •Cite evidence internally and in a Works Cited--accurately formatted. Not Done •Post your entry on the wiki by Friday, December 9th. Not Done

** 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?•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? **