1. US Involvement in Afghanistan
Unit 4: Modern Middle East

2. War in Afghanistan USA response 1979-Soviets invade
USSR=Atheists
Afghanistan=Muslim
What do we call a war against non believers?
Jihad
USA response
Embargo
Threatened to boycott of Olympics
Provided Assistance to Afghans

3. Invasion of Afghanistan Continued
Jihad
“Near Enemy”-impure Muslim
“Distant Enemy”-West/Secular
Muslim Rebels
Mujahideen
USA supported by supplying weapons
1989 soviets defeated
Afghanistan=Vietnam
Civil War
Taliban rises to power 1996
Taliban means” students’
Base for Al Qaeda

4. Taliban rule Sunni Fundamental Brutal Treatment of Women
Sharia Law
Brutal Treatment of Women
No education beyond age 8
May only study Koran
Wear Burqa
No examinations by Male Doctors
No Music, Movies, Television
No Kite Flying (Un-Islamic)
Severe Punishments

5. Unit 4: Modern Middle East
Home for Al Qaeda
Unit 4: Modern Middle East

6. The History of Osama bin laden
Founder of Al Qaeda
His Beliefs:
Dislike Presence of American Troops
Believed US Troops sought to humiliate the people of Islam
Rejected US supported of Israel

7. 1996 Khobar Towers Bombings
The Hunt for Bin Laden
1993 WTC Bombings
1996 Khobar Towers Bombings
9/11 Bombings of WTC
2000 USS Cole Bombings
1998 US Embassy Bombings

8. USA Invades USA invades Osama bin Laden disappears
Oct
9/11 Attacks
Osama bin Laden disappears
USA still in Afghanistan
Obama increases troops
Defines withdraw (2014)
Results
1,788 killed and rising
19,541 wounded and rising
According to AP