Persuasive Essay On A Thousand Splendid Suns

“Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.” This quote from Khaled Hosseini’s book A Thousand Splendid Suns describes the thoughts of an innocent civilian living in the dangerous country of Afghanistan, with bombs raining down on them. For many years, dating back to the 1980s and continuing to this day the United States had a large struggle with many Middle Eastern countries. As many people should know, Afghanistan is one of those countries. And all-though not the main source and origin, members of ISIS are spread all around the Middle East, including Afghanistan. A big conflict regarding Afghanistan is the debate regarding United States occupation in Afghanistan. This brings the question:

In 2016, thousands of innocent civilians were killed in suicides and ruthless attacks. The taliban took responsibility for many of these attacks. While the Afghanistan government is making an attempt to help, “the Afghan government continued to expand its use of illegal militias, some of which were responsible for killings and assaults on civilians” (“Afghanistan Events in 2016”). The Afghan National Security Forces can also be held accountable for civilian deaths. “Both the Taliban and ANSF increasingly used schools for military purposes; such abuses, along with insecurity throughout the country, deprived many children, particularly girls, of access to education” (“Afghanistan Events in 2016”). Afghanistan continues to kill innocent people, including women and children.. The United States, being allowed to intervene in these attacks, would most likely not be able to stop all civilians deaths, but could cut down on a good majority of it, saving hundreds or thousands of lives each year. These attacks on innocent men, women children, will not stop, unless something is done about it; unless the United States intervene and take control to stop the slaughter of innocent