Cold War Vs Afghanistan War

Violence is a major part of Afghan history, it is woven deeply into the rich history of Afghanistan. Near the end of the twentieth century, Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union and infiltrated by Islamic Radicalists, mainly from the Middle East and Pakistan. Using the help of Senator Charlie Wilson and his proposal to increase the budget for Afghanistan and involvement with the Afghan people, the United States doubled their budget for supplying Afghanistan and became more involved in Afghan conflicts. With the help of the United States budget and training, Afghanistan became the first country to defeat the Soviet Union (Charlie Wilson’s War). Since United States involvement there has been a debate on how long the Western Forces should remain in Afghanistan. While some will argue that

The United States has a long history of almost one hundred year involvement with Afghanistan. The two nations have a very strong and friendly strategic partnership. (“Index Of Indian Thought Leaders”). United States and Afghan relations can be traced back to Nineteen-Twenty-One (Bond). This means that for the last almost one hundred years, the United States and Afghanistan have been involved with each other. Their relationship had improved for a while but then declined after the September Eleventh attacks. The United States and Afghan became important during The Cold War. “President Harry S. Truman commented that the friendship between the two countries would be "preserved and strengthened" by the presence of senior diplomats in each capital.”( In Small Things Remembered » The first American expedition to Afghanistan). This shows that at the time of the developing relationship between the two nations, President Truman believed that the relationships could be strengthened by the presence of a senior