Historical precedents of armed conflict in Colombia and Afghanistan

Abstract

Colombia and Afghanistan are two countries that are characterized by an internal con flict: manifested in Afghanistan through ethnolinguistic and religious groups which try to have an influence on people's behavior and change the local political system, likewise are permanent the confrontation between some States for the oil located in the territory. In Colombia the guerrilla and paramilitary groups, in order to make concrete their ideals, support a constant struggle with the Colombian State, generating crisis at the social, po litical and economical level, being the drug-dealer the main sponsor of the war behind masks that generate jobs through money laundering.