Instructions Answer the following questions to the best of your ability in a 300-word essay. You may use the Internet or other research
materials to find information about the Taliban and U. S. foreign policy
1. How did helping the Taliban defeat Russia during the Afghanistan War help the Taliban in their efforts to resist United
Nations forces today?
2. In your opinion, is helping the "lesser of two evils" a sound foreign policy decision, or should the United States allow
warring nations to decide matters for themselves?

Write about 50 words explaining whether or not this passage supports that explanation.in the introduction, you heard genghis khan’s explanation of why the mongols were successful conquerors in his time. the mongols were illiterate . . and perhaps no more than 700,000 in number. . they were herdsmen on the grassy plains north of the gobi desert, south of siberia’s forests. before the year 1200, the mongols were fragmented, moving about in small bands headed by a chief, or khan, and living in portable felt dwellings. the mongols endured frequent deprivations [hardships] and sparse areas for grazing their animals. they frequently fought over turf, and during hard times, they occasionally raided, interested in goods rather than bloodshed.