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    and Hassan away might help him forget or ease his pain .When he received that phone call from Rahim Khan saying there is a way to be good again‚ he knew that it was time for him to face his fear. Going back to Kabul frightened him‚ he was about to face his deepest fear‚ everything in Kabul changed it was not the same. He wanted to make his father proud and be the brave man his father expected and longed for‚ just like Hassan. Sometimes it’s not always our guilt that forbids us to forget but the

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    Are there people in your life that have similar characteristics with the characters in the book‚ The Kite Runner? Sometimes when you read a book‚ you like it because either you find yourself in one of the characters or you find similar people in your life from that book. The Kite Runner has rich and multipronged characters in it. Especially‚ the relationship between specific characters has taught me a lot of things. In the book‚ the readers see that there are many characters with many different

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    The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a story about a boy named Amir. The book is in Amir’s point of view. The story follows the life of Amir from twelve year old boy to a thirty eight year old man. He used to live in Kabul‚ Afghanistan with Baba‚ his father. They had two servants‚ Ali and Hassan‚ his son. Throughout the story‚ both Amir and Baba made some questionable decisions to make Ali and Hassan quit their job. Baba and Amir have two very different personalities. Throughout the book

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    the best school book I have ever read in English class. I was very surprised of all the information that I learned about the political struggle in Afghanistan‚ and especially surprised that this was a story of your childhood in Kabul from then on.From your childhood‚ Kabul seemed to be a very wonderful place. I was fascinated by the fact that instead of supermarkets‚ you had a bazaar to get all of your groceries. I also found it interesting that unlike The United States‚ the season everyone looked

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    learns that he and Hassan share the same father making Sohrab his nephew. The way for Amir to make amends for his past actions is to go back to Kabul despite the danger and rescue Sohrab from an orphanage: “Hassan had loved me once‚ loved me in a way that no one ever had or ever would again. He was gone now‚ but a little part of him lived on. It was in Kabul. Waiting” (239). Amir knows that he will never have a friend as loyal and loving as Hassan again. The best way he can repay Hassan is by helping

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    The Kite Runner The book begins with Amir as a child in Kabul‚ Afghanistan‚ as he lived his life with his father‚ and his friend Hassan. He loved to read‚ and often read to Hassan. Eventually he would go on to write his own books‚ that he would try to show to his father‚ but he didn’t appreciate his son’s work. Instead his father friend Rahim Khan shows interests and supports his writing choices. One of the focused points of the story is the kite running as Amir wins the kite flying competition

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    A victim is taken away from a Kabul bomb blast in December 2009 A Canadian soldier shakes hands with an Afghan boy during a joint patrol with Afghan National Army troops near Panjwaii village‚ Kandahar province‚ in July 2007 The Sept. 11 attacks are what brought the United States into Afghanistan. In this picture‚ U.S. soldiers salute during a memorial ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks‚ at Bagram airbase‚ north of Kabul AFGHANISTAN WAR - COALITION TROOPS

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    Gender defines an individual’s destiny in Afghanistan. Men are respected‚ blessed with many luxuries‚ and are overall treated as kings‚ as for women‚ they are objects destined to serve and please. Inhumane injustices are the norm for a woman in Afghanistan‚ as discussed in Khaled Hosseini’s “A Thousand Splendid Suns”‚ Hosseini highlights the visible connection between politics‚ from the depart of Soviet Union forces to the arrival of the Taliban‚ and the distinguishable oppression of the nation of

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    poor‚ and constantly struggling to survive with the Taliban rule. With the mother depressed‚ and the father arrested‚ Parvana must take charge and care for her family. We’ve also taken a look at the non-fiction Kids of Kabul‚ also by Deborah Ellis‚ which interviews real kids in Kabul‚ and their real life experiences. I read about Karima‚ a 14 year old girl who lives in a very poor family. She must wash clothes with her mother almost all day‚ and lives with her mean‚ strict uncle. Parvana and Karima

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    Border Disputes between Pakistan and Afghanistan: Historical‚ political and Strategic Perspective Introduction: Pakistan came in to being on Islamic ideology revolving around the concept of Muslim Ummah and destined to be a symbol of universal Islamic solidarity across the globe. According to the first Prime Minister of Pakistan‚ Liaqat Ali Khan‚ ‘A cardinal feature of this ideology (of Pakistan) is to make Muslim brotherhood a living reality. It is therefore‚ part of the mission which Pakistan has

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