![]() ![]() late in 2001, after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City. The Taliban were removed from power by the U.S. They were internationally reprimanded for their harsh laws, refusal of international aide for displaced civilians, and their treatment of women in particular. ![]() Following the Soviet retreat in 1989, Afghanistan fell into civil war-and in 1996, the Taliban (an Islamist fundamentalist organization) took control of the country. ![]() The United States, along with Pakistan, China, the UK, and other countries, supported insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahideen. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979 the resulting conflict was one of the final Cold War proxy wars. Afghanistan, as Parvana notes, has a long history of strife and conquest, but The Breadwinner focuses mainly on the events of the late 20th century. ![]()
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