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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Army Gen. Scott Miller's son, Austin, when the Afghan war started?

2. Where was Obama when a ceremony was held at the headquarters in Kabul to mark his promise to end the war?

3. By 2009, how long had Gates been defense secretary?

4. By the summer of 2012, how many troops were in Afghanistan?

5. Once the Navy SEALs entered a compound in Abbottabad, how long did it take them to find and kill bin Laden?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Obama have to say about Afghanistan on December 1, 2009?

2. Why was it difficult to hold opium drug lords accountable?

3. What did President Joe Biden say when he annnounced his decision regarding Afghanistan?

4. Why was Gen. David McKiernan fired in 2009?

5. How did the owner of a construction firm profit from sabotage?

6. What was Operation Iron Tempest, and why was it not successful?

7. Why was it ironic that the Taliban met in Qatar to discuss peace with the U.S.?

8. What attack occurred on December 21, 2015?

9. What opportunities had the U.S. missed to talk peace with the Taliban?

10. Why were transportation costs high for the supplies the U.S. military needed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were major cultural differences between the U.S. and Afghanistan. What were those differences, and how did they create challenges in communication and trust-building?

Essay Topic 2

Craig Whitlock is an investigative reporter for the Washington Post and has served as a foreign correspondent, Pentagon reporter, and national security specialist. Why did Whitlock write The Afghanistan Papers?

Essay Topic 3

Whitlock wrote that the Bush administration blurred the line between al-Qaeda and the Taliban. How did the Bush administration blur the differences between al-Qaeda and the Taliban? How did the failure to differentiate between the groups make it difficult to understand who the bad guys were?

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