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Perspective on Afghanistan

Vali Nasr Created By - Michael M.

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- inaccurate internal citations and WC not done. •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. 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: ** Vali Nasr,a professor at the Fletcher School,was the former senior adviser to the special representative for Afghanistan from 2009. He was one of Barack Obama’s former Afghan advisors. Nasr is a reliable and creditable source to have a word in about the Afghanistan issue because, like he said, "I have long running expertise on South Asia” (The World Today), as well as being “involved in campaigns as advisor on Pakistan” (Foreign Policy) . Besides being familiar with the surrounding areas, he has also worked for Obama as the Afghan advisor. Paragraph 2: Vali Nasr wants to stay in Afghanistan because “the Afghan population is now very worried that Taliban are surging” (The World today). As long as the United States and UN military is there in place the people can feel safe. When the Taliban were in control of Afghanistan, Vali was scared. He was the special representative for Afghanistan and so his life was in danger from the Taliban. Now that the United States had stepped into Afghanistan, Nasr is happy because he knows that the “Afghan population is now [not] very worried that Taliban are surging” (The World Today). Nasr believes that the Afghan security forces are not ready” (The World Today), and if we were to leave abruptly that they would be overtaken by the Taliban. ** Paragraph 3: ** Vali Nasr said in an interview on npr.org “I do not think we can walk away” (npr). He believes that as soon as we leave and hand over the government and military to the Afghanis the Taliban will invade them again and we would have gotten nowhere. He then said that they “actually need the international forces to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely” (The World Today). He believes that someone should always stay in Afghanistan to insure that they don’t get over run and taken advantage because of a brand new government and military.