![]() The wire is the most important part for it determined whether you would succeed or not. The kite (flying doll) ranged from many different sizes (small-large) depending on the persons strategy. Kite fighting involves a Kite flyer who is the leader of the group (Amir) and a Charkha gir who holds the wire and was usually blamed when the kite was lost (Hassan). ![]() Amir knew this and became determined to win to prove to Baba that he truly is his son. Just like in the novel The Kite Runner, kite fighting is treated as a huge competition although there isn’t much fame and there is only a small crowed of people who watch. Kite fighting is a very competitive and painful sport which involved many string cuts and falling off of roofs. Well, Afghan Kite fighting was originally a common hobby for many Afghans in Afghanistan, later it became an addicting sport that many young Afghan boys participated in. In the novel the Kite Runner, Amir, Hassan and many other young Afghan boys participate in a sport called Kite Fighting. After receiving this news Amir emotions became shaken like a gun shot and instantly he stormed out of the apartment from where Rahim Khan told him the news, not sure what to do with himself after hearing this. They massacred the Hazaras and ultimately killed Hassan and his wife leaving his child to become an orphan. In the Kite Runner the Taliban at first seemed like saviors when they came in and kicked the Alliance out of Kabul but it was later found that the Taliban were worse than the Alliance. How are the Taliban involved in the Kite Runner? The Taliban and their allies were fully responsible for taking over 75% of the Afghan civilian casualties in the year 2010, 80% in 20. Throughout the year 1996-2001 the Taliban burned down thousands of homes and stopped food supplies from reaching over 160,000 starving civilians. When the Taliban were in power they enforced strict Islamic laws and where criticized internationally for their brutal treatment of women. The founder and spiritual leader of the Taliban is a man named Mohammed Omar who founded the Taliban in the year 1994. The Taliban began to take over Afghanistan and later formed a government that ruled as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from September 1996 to December 2001. The Taliban are known as the Islamic fundamentalist political movement that operates in Afghanistan. "War in Afghanistan (2001–present)." Wikipedia. "U.S.–Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement." Wikipedia. Let us hope that Afghanistan can clean up its mess and look to the future in hopes of a better county. Afghanistan and the United States signed the bilateral security agreement on September 30, 2014, this agreement provides a long-term framework for the relationship between the US and Afghanistan. troops from Afghanistan drew back and began leaving Afghanistan, they were fully evacuated by January 3, 2015. Many battles had been fought throughout Afghanistan between the Taliban and NATO, and many lives have been claimed on both side during the battles. ![]() The hope of NATO was to dismantle al-Qaeda (global militant Islamist organization) and removing the Taliban from power. Additionally, starting in 2001 and ending in 2014, another war began in Afghanistan between the Taliban (terrorist) forces and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Today, terrorists still exist in Afghanistan and there are many issues in which they create such as women's education and how woman cannot get an education without the risk of terrorists breaking down the school door and killing everyone. When Amir returned to Afghanistan the Taliban had taken over and many things that he remembered from before the war/Taliban was destroyed. During the soviet invasion, Amir and Baba escaped to America in hope for safety. In the kite runner Afghanistan is viewed before the soviets invaded and after when the Taliban take control. Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world because of a lack in foreign investments, government corruption and the Taliban insurgency. Afghanistan is located in central Asia and has a population of 31 million, almost as many as canada’s population (35 million) and the 42nd most populated country in the world.
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