The document discusses Pakistan's involvement in the War on Terror from several angles: 1) It provides background on Pakistan's creation and strategic geographical location, as well as the Soviet-Afghan war and rise of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. 2) It describes Pakistan's role in assisting the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviets during the 1980s, as well as General Musharraf's support for the US after 9/11. 3) The document outlines key events like the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and ongoing terrorist activities by the Taliban spreading into Pakistan during the PPP government's third term from 2008-2013.

2. WAR AGAINST TERROR
Zuwwar Khan
Jadoon
Dec 18, 2012

3. WAR AGAINST
TERROR
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British India
Creation of Pakistan
Background
Geographical
Location
Soviet-Afghan War
Role of USA
Rise of Al-Qaida
Musharraf Era
US Invasion
PPP third term

4. BRITISH INDIA
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landed as an East India
Company
Started political interference
Gained power day by day
Fall of Mughal Dynasty
India became British India
War of mutiny 1857
Formation of Congress and
All India Muslim League
Allahabad Address 1930

5. CREATION OF PAKISTAN
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1947, Muslims obtained
independence and created
Pakistan
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first
Governor General
Liaquat Ali Khan, the first
Priminister
War of 1948 (Kashmir)
Era of Field Marshal Ayub and
General Yahya
War of 1965 and 1971
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto became the
first nominated Prime Minister
of Pakistan
General Zia-ul-Haq an
important figure

6. GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
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Sub-Continent was divided
on the basis of Muslim and
Hindu majorities
Geographically our location
is quite important
Center of the third world
countries
Warm waters and trade
routes
Sharing borders with Iran,
Afghanistan, China and
India

7. BACKGROUND
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The geographical location of
Pakistan has strategic significance
Since 1947 we were inclined towards
USA and West
Pakistan became victim of terrorism
during 60’s and intensified during
1971
USSR, one of the super powers prior
to 1980
Remained greedy to reach the warm
waters
The next thing was spreading
Communism
A system in which all the property
belongs to the class less society
rather than the individual citizens

8. SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR
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December 1979, Red Army
invaded Afghanistan
1980, Babrak Karmal
installed as ruler, backed
by Soviet troops
1980, anti-regime
resistance intensified along
with assistance of
Mujahidin groups as
backed by Pakistan, USA,
China, Iran and Saudi
Arabia
1985, Mujahedeen joined
hands and formed alliance
against Soviet forces under
support from Pakistan

9. SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR
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Half of the Afghans were
displaced due to war and
many fled to Pakistan and
Iran
1986, US assisted Afghan
Mujahidin through Pakistan
1986, Babrak Karmal
replaced by Najibullah as
head of Soviet-backed
regime
1988, Afghanistan, USSR,
the US und Pakistan sign
peace accords at UNO

10. SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR
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1989, Red Army quit
but civil war increased
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1992 Najibullah govt.
toppled but civil war
intensified

11. ROLE OF USA
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USA realized the
increasing strength of
USSR
USA never wanted
communism to spread
in whole world
USA assisted
Afghanistan financially
and strategically
Pakistan as a bridge
Role of Zia-ul-Haq
Role of ISI

12. RISE OF AL-QAIDA
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After 1992, when Red Army
quit, civil war started in
Afghanistan
Mullah Omer rose and ruled
Afghanistan and imposed
Islamic law
In 1993, name of Al-Qaida
appeared with purpose of
assisting aggrieved Muslims
Headed by Osama Bin Laden
USA openly opposed AlQaida and threatened
Afghanistan
Mullah Omer rejected the
American demands, being
unjustified
Al-Qaida responded tit for tat
to USA

13. MUSHARRAF ERA
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General Musharraf toppled a
democratic government and
became head of the state in 1999
Voiced for Enlightened
Modernization
Announced full support to USA after
9/11
Apparently made 180 turn from
previous policies about Taliban
The Gorilla war was taken inside
Pakistan by so called Taliban and
caused terrorism due to Musharraf
policies
The deteriorating law and order
situation became worsened due to
interference by CIA/KGB and RAW
etc

14. US INVASION
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2001, Coalition forces led by
USA invaded Afghanistan
Turkey was the only Islamic
country among the coalition
nations
Many religious groups stood
against the invasion
Mujahidin groups migrated to
Afghanistan from all over the
world
Mullah Omer and Osama fled to
far mountainous region and
fueled Gorilla war

15. PPP THIRD TERM
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2008 saw departure of
Musharraf and third term of
PPP in the Government
Desire for command and
poor economic situation
forced PPP Govt to
continue Musharraf policies
Above situation coupled
with interference by our
enemies intensified and
spread terrorism and the
whole Pakistan became the
victim

16. CONCLUSION
War on Terror has probably
benefited very few but Pakistan
lost thousand of lives
(military/civil)
 Our economy suffered by billions
 The so called “Taliban” inflicted
bad name to our beloved religion,
Islam
 Law and order situation became
worst and despite appreciation
about geostrategic location,
Pakistan went in isolation
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