The U.S. war in Afghanistan
Write an essay of analysis and opinion concerning Afghanistan and U.S. policy toward Afghanistan.
Write about the U.S. war in Afghanistan, the current peace talks, and the possibility that
additional U.S. troops might be withdrawn next year under President Biden, and in general what you think
might happen next year or what you think the U.S. should do. However it is also OK to write a more historical
essay, maybe just about some of what has happened so far in the Afghan War, or maybe just about the rise of
the Taliban, or if you wish you could even go back and write about the Soviet war in Afghanistan, and U.S.
involvement at that time. The only requirement is that your essay have something to do with Afghanistan and
U.S. policy toward Afghanistan, in any time period.
Sample Solution
The U.S. war in Afghanistan
The United States` decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan closes a 20-year chapter between the two countries. But US intervention in Afghanistan far predates the 21st century, stretching back decades. During the Cold War, both the US and the Soviet Union sought to gain footholds in Afghanistan, first through infrastructure investments and then military intervention. Once they withdrew in the late 1980s, the country entered a Civil War – a backdrop to the rise of the Taliban. And while the US took a back seat in Afghanistan during much of the 90s, it invaded after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and undertook a two-decade project for which the underlying mission would evolve. Now President Joe Biden has finally pulled American troops out of Afghanistan, but the two nations are still intertwined.