Why Was Afghanistan Socially Developed

The Taliban had a large number of restrictions placed on the rights of Afghan women. They were not allowed to work anywhere outside of their home. This meant that a woman could not be a professional in any type of job. Women also could not deal with any male shopkeeper or doctors.

Catherine has changed throughout the book, Catherine Called Birdy because she changed her perspective and self centered personality after having interactions and a change in perspective. For example, the text states, “Thomas says the king, still on his way to London with the queen does not weep but rides with a face of stone, so deeply does he grieve. I wonder if mother of the two boy bandits hanged at Wooton grieves for them. I find I prefer fairs and feasts to hangings.” (Cushman 50) This quote states how Catherine has undergone major changes in the book Catherine Called Birdy she started off in the story being self-centered, spoiled, and bratty. Cathrine shows her true feelings of empathy in this quote because she feels for the mother

I assumed that it had a higher crime rate than in america. From what I read in this book it seemed like my assumption was correct, because of the rape, childsex slaves, and unrest in the streets. I assumed that afghanistan was a very divided country both politically and culturally. The book brought into light the divided nature of afghanistan between the pashtuns and the hazaras, so it seems that my assumption was again correct. My last assumption was that it was a terrible place for children to live.

Afghanistan was not the only victim to this stereotype, other countries like Iran and Pakistan, also suffered from this received idea

The Kite Runner clearly demonstrated how different classes of people who are able to live peacefully together although keeping within the bound of their social class. The Taliban did not tolerate people from the lower socioeconomic classes and without conscious killed and destroyed their lives. Hassan and Amir, technically brother, grew up together but were never treated as equals (Hosseini 25). However they were able to coexist without hating each other (Hosseini 25). Amir never truly considered himself as a friend to Hassan (Hosseini 25). Hassan always considered himself a servant to Baba even at his death, in chapter 16. In my opinion the Afghan culture before the Taliban was one of working together and living peacefully but after the Taliban invaded the culture changed by forcing discrimination among the socioeconomic classes.

The land in Afghanistan is mountainous. Jagged, impassable ranges divide the country and make travel much more difficult. Due to these physical divisions, the people are extremely provincial,

For over 2 centuries, Afghanistan has known virtually no time without war. Beginning around 326 B.C. with the conquests of Alexander the Great, to the Persians, British, Russians and most recently, America and our NATO allies, Afghanistan has been cultivated into the country that it is today through a trial by fire. Regardless of this relentless onslaught of foreign military power, the Afghan people have tirelessly defended their homeland with no outside power ever being able to subdue them completely. Following the withdrawal of the Soviet Union in 1989, the country fell into civil war, torn even further apart by fiercely dedicated tribal warlords. This power vacuum led to the rise of a group called the Taliban. Led by a one eyed man

The Taliban is an Islamic fundamentalist political movement which came to power as Afghanistan’s government in 1996 but was overthrown by the U.S. after 9-11 in 2001. The official government put into power by the U.S. after the Taliban overthrow was headed by President Hamid Karzai, but he and his government mostly only had power in Kabul and Kandahar, urban cities. After the Taliban, the misogynistic Mujahedeen regained power in many rural parts of Afghanistan, where they forced women to stay indoors and constantly wear the burqa. Although the Mujahedeen oppose the Taliban, the two organizations are similar in many ways when it comes to women’s rights. The Taliban enforced Sharia law, which is strict Islamic law, according to the Taliban members’ interpretation of the Quran. According to this law, women have little to no rights. Women under the Taliban could never leave their houses unless they had a permit because of an emergency, and even then they had to be accompanied by a close male relative. Women were also forbidden from school and work. This was devastating for many women who didn’t have husbands supporting the family. Countless families were left completely impoverished with no income. On top of that, women were forced to wear the burqa, a garment that completely covers the body except a small screen for the eyes. Even though they had just lost their salary, and did not have enough money for food, numerous women had to buy these garments

The Taliban is an Islamic fundamentalist group that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001 (Laub). They have impacted the culture in Afghanistan as well as many other aspects of it. The Taliban has certain values that they want to be enforced in Afghanistan. These values have changed since 1996 when they first took control of the country. The Taliban took control after they drove the soviets out from their country. During the time they ruled Afghanistan, they changed several aspects of daily life and imposed several conservative Muslim beliefs. Some effects of their rule are still seen in modern day Afghanistan. They are still trying to take back control over their country and drive Western ideas out. Some aspects of life the Taliban changed

Afghanistan was becoming dangerous for families who lived there. The Russians were going to come in and start a war with the Afghans and that is when the Taliban came in. Those two were going to be hated if they left and came back, but they thought they had no other choice if they wanted to have a normal, good life. “Baba loved the idea of America” (Hosseini 125). When they arrived it was said that that is what gave him an ulcer.

In Afghanistan and other third world countries they don’t have the simple pleasures that we have. Their lifestyles are without tables and chairs, their activities are much more simple than ours, and war is much more of a danger compared to where we live. We take so much for granted that we don’t even realise how bad life is in third world countries. In the book The Other Side of the Sky Farah describes and tells how different life is in Afghanistan compared to America.

Afghanistan has been in turmoil since the 1980s leaving all its citizens at the war’s mercy. In the book, The Kite Runner, readers see Baba and Amir leaving for America after the invasion by the Soviet Union. They left Kabul with just a suitcase to define their life and they were stripped of their identity in Afghanistan. Later in the book Amir returns to Afghanistan and notices the 180 change of the whole environment. Violence was at its highest with the rise of the Taliban, along with the poverty and lack of resources for all the different classes.

Living standards as described by Blainey (2000) were bleak. Most people lived in one roomed, small stone houses, often with four or more sharing one bed. Homes often remained unheated due to scarcity of wood (Blainey 2000, p. 423). People were largely uneducated and knew little about healthcare. Sewerage was disposed of in the same rivers that were used to drink and wash from. These contaminated rivers were used to supply water to the growing crops. This had a huge impact on health, causing infection in around two out of every three people in rural areas (Blainey 2000, p. 415). Lack of hygiene and knowledge of healthcare led to shorter lifespans.

According to Gordon (2000) digital technologies is used to describe the use of electronic resources to effectively find, analyze, create, communicate and use information. In other words digital technology is used as an umbrella term to describe the variety of computer base programmes of learning being offered within schools. This includes; information technology, technology ICT (information and communication technology), computing, information management, text and information management, the use of web tools, digital media tools, programming tools and software application et cetera (Gordon, 2000).

Just by looking at the way of life of the people during the early civilization and the way of our life today, I can say that our way of life isn’t that different from theirs. They have laws, way of writing, armies, government, religion, language, way of economy, and science, mathematics, and technology which obviously, we also have nowadays. I would want to revive the part when people are still starting the establishment of the nation state. It is because during this time, people have the sense of unity for they have a common goal, which is to create an independent city state. Through all the revolutionary leaps that happened before, we can learn that achieving something we want will never be easy. It will take a lot of patience, bravery and