ANT204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gust Co. Ltd., Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism
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O fairly deep concern among allies for something called geostrategic advantage. Afghanistan, as a buffer state, has always been fairly important to both powers: last 3 decades have plunged the country into despair: 1979. Us-sponsored fundamentalist islamic groups in the region depuis. 1979 (response to soviet invasion, supporting an unpopular pro- Us supplies mujahideen" with arms, particularly stinger missiles, particularly good at anti-aircraft weaponry. As soon as they get a constant supply, they start to be able to turn the tide against the soviets. To create manpower vs. soviets, they also fund several fundamentalist training camps for the afghan arabs (foreign arabs" fighting the soviets) Soviets pull out, mujahideen begin infighting, power vacuum forms and the taliban (word for students" students of us- sponsored training camps): emerge as lead force by 1994. Americans pressuring unocal to pull out of centgas. 1999, independent talks of afghans with pakistan and turkmenistan.