Afghanistan By: Drew Jackson, Eva Lewis, Luwam Dichma, and Jalen Mead

BR: Look at the political cartoon and answer the questions on the paper.

Jihad: A holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty; a personal struggle in devotion to Islam especially involving spiritual discipline. Al Qaeda: Islamic extremist group led by Osama Bin Laden Taliban: Islamic terrorist group Islamic extremist group:people who believe that anyone who is not Muslim should be killed

Answer the following questions in your notes after watching the video: 1.Where do you stand on Osama Bin Laden's theory on 'an eye for an eye'? 1.What do you think was Al Qaeda's reason for terrorizing the United States on September 11, 2001?

Conflict Afghanistan has been pinpointed to be the largest terrorist country in the world. Home to Al Qaeda and the Taliban, who are the biggest terrorist groups. Al Qaeda's leader is Osama Bin Laden, who has planned terrorist attacks against U.S. and other countries. By the United States siding with Israel in their Jihad against Islam, economic sanctions were cut from Afghanistan. This resulted in the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, therefore starting a conflict between the United States and Afghanistan.

Exit Slip Write a summary of what you learned about Afghanistan. Include the following words: Taliban, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Jihad, and Islamic extremist Minimum 5 sentences