Afghanistan
Afghanistan ( (listen), also pronounced /ævˈɡænᵻstæn, ævˈɡɑːnᵻstɑːn/; Pashto/Dari: افغانستان, Pashto: Afġānistān [avɣɒnisˈtɒn, ab-], Dari: Afġānestān [avɣɒnesˈtɒn]), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south; Iran to the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north; and China to the northeast. Occupying 652,000 square kilometers (252,000 sq mi), it is a mountainous country with plains in the north and southwest. Kabul is the capital and largest city. The population is around 32 million, composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and …
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DDN: Dundurn Press · 24 September 2024 English
today. From the Red River Resistance and the Boer War to modern peacekeeping and the long war in Afghanistan, David A. Borys details the conflicts and operations that Canadian soldiers have served in. He …
to modern peace- keeping and the long war in Afghanistan, David A. Borys details the conflicts and oper … military was once again at war, this time in Afghanistan. While 40,000 Canadians served, and the Canadian …
CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 18 September 2024 English
Thus, the students students to situate their personal experience in the are primarily Naval and Officer Cadets (N/OCdts) be- context of psychological research into gender and the tween the ages …
University and adjunct professor, Security Studies in Afghanistan, advance women’s leadership in Ja- Program, Georgetown … effects created by Deewa Radio in the Pakistan/Afghanistan border region as well as how extremist organizations …
FRHD: Freehand Books · 17 September 2024 English
A powerful debut novel about four young soldiers serving in Afghanistan, and the devastating aftermath of war. "An unvarnished, intimately informed dissection of war's physical and emotional derangements … Krug, who is brash and exasperating yet magnetic. After 9/11, the military prepares to move into Afghanistan — to go to war. Plinko and his friends have no idea that the trajectory of their lives is about … about to be irrevocably altered. Drawn from the author's experiences as a soldier in Afghanistan, Juiceboxers tenderly traces the story of a young man's journey from basic training, to the battlefields of …
seen and heard while covering the invasion of Afghanistan — the marrow-deep racism; the casual bloodlust; … Paradise “From the sandy hills and mountains of Afghanistan to the slushy streets of Edmonton, Hertwig’s … After 9/11, the military prepares to move into Afghanistan — to go to war. Plinko and his friends have … from the author’s experiences as a soldier in Afghanistan, Juiceboxers tenderly traces the story of a … seen and heard while covering the invasion of Afghanistan — the marrow- deep racism; the casual bloodlust; …
SPCW: Social Planning Council of Winnipeg · 16 September 2024 English
project and the importance of this Last but not least, at Metropolis in March kind of work in the settlement and 2023, Adrianne presented the IOTK project immigration sector as …
Ukraine, and efficaciously serviced newcomers in Afghanistan and other parts of the Winnipeg in the areas …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 September 2024 English
February each year to commemorate the 1983 women’s march, three decades of war in neighbouring Afghanistan have stoked violent extremism and constrained development gains and gender equality. Canada led …
eQualiTy in danGerous places 8 The Dark Years in Afghanistan 103 9 The Golden Years for Civil Society in … Index 245Figures 0.1 Map of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Courtesy of Bill Nelson. xiii 3.1 World Economic … Provincial Reconstruction Team base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, I knew that the security situation in Pakistan … Pakistan’s close involvement in the US war in Afghanistan against the Russian invasion in the early 1980s … the region, particularly as a neighbour with Afghanistan, Pakistan has been a priority country for interna- …
McMaster Health Forum · 12 September 2024 English
Living Evidence Synthesis 17.2 - Effectiveness of Hand Hygiene to Reduce the Transmission of Respiratory Infectious Diseases in the Community
facilities and its relevance to COVID-19 in Afghanistan." Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine …
McMaster Health Forum · 5 September 2024 English
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Consequences of the use of Doxycycline for Prevention of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs): A Living Evidence Synthesis
and repatriated to the US from either Iraq or Afghanistan. Doxycycline exposure was defined as receipt … tetracycline Iraq or Antimicrobial antimicrobial Afghanistan susceptibility interpreted class, 100% according …
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 5 September 2024 English
Finally, having established that the doctrines of In February 2023, the Netherlands hosted the command and state responsibility are crucial to inaugural global summit on the Responsible Use maintaining accountability …
years as an armoured officer and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. Leah completed her doctorate of juridical …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English
Covering a broad swathe of time, from colonization to the present day, Forced Migration in/to Canada examines human displacement in a variety of contexts: Indigenous dislocation and settler colonialism, Black …
Venezuela – 4 million Pakistan – 1.4 million Afghanistan – 2.6 million Uganda – 1.4 million South Sudan …
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 3 September 2024 English
Founded over a century ago, the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is regarded as one of the most important institutional carriers of Canadian and American Mennonite identity. Generations of Mennonites and …
the United States as it wages war in Iraq and Afghanistan?” It was obvious to Rachmad that, while Muslims … including American military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Anna also joined in, arguing that it was for … material aid for programs in far-flung places like Afghanistan, Sudan, Colombia, and Indonesia. For most of … alternative to American milita- rism in Iraq and Afghanistan, a significant focus of mcc’s peace initiatives …