Friday, February 13, 2015

Afghanistan Blog Assignment



Keenan Coffey
Afghanistan

1) The top eight agricultural products natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, and sulfur.
2)  The life expectancy is; male: 49.17 years, female:
51.88 years. The infant mortality rate is; male: 124.89 deaths/1,000 live births, female: 109.18 deaths/1,000 live births. This happens because of the lack of healthcare, and when babies are born they are not normally born in hospitals, but in the hands of uneducated people.
 
3) It possess 0 km of coastline and has direct correlation to the countries history. Its lack of a coastline takes away from trading prosperity, and contact with other nations.
4) The main transnational issues with Afghanistan are illicit drugs, and boundary disputes with Pakistan.
5) Afghanistan possesses transnational, behavioral, and governmental issues that ravage the economy and will continue to be evident unless drastic changes are made.

Part B: (Picture 1)
A young boy notices that a man that looks like his father is dressed in army clothing, and looks like he's ready to fight. It reminds the boy of his father that left him when he was the age of 3. He points a toy gun at his head, and begins to fake shoot. This makes his friends break out into laughter, and the soldier begins to get angry. He murmurs something in Pashto, and the boy runs away in freight. The speech translated to something like; "I'll kill you and murder your family."

Part C: