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This 9 page paper explores the history of the Taliban in Afghanistan, how it is portrayed in the novel “The Kite Runner,” and where it might go in the future. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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driven out and then come back, but although they have won adherents, not everyone is glad to see their return. This paper discusses the history of the Taliban in Afghanistan;
how they figure in the book The Kite Runner, and what their future might be in the region. Discussion We begin with a look at the history of the Taliban
in Afghanistan. The Taliban, which is a fundamentalist Muslim group, "took control of Afghanistans government in 1996 and ruled until the 2001 U.S.-led invasion drove it from power" (Bruno and
Kaplan, 2009). Despite this, the Taliban has retained its influence, mostly in rural areas east and south of Kabul (Bruno and Kaplan, 2009). The group is known for its extreme
fundamentalist ways, including forbidding education for women and executing criminals publicly in accordance with its strict interpretation of Islamic law (Bruno and Kaplan, 2009). It also shielded Osama bin Laden
during the fruitless hunt for him, and aided Al-Qaeda in its terrorist efforts (Bruno and Kaplan, 2009). Although now officially out of power, the Taliban "remains a cultural force
in the region that operates parallel governance structures aimed at undermining the U.S.-backed central government" (Bruno and Kaplan, 2009). Clashes between Taliban fighters and coalition forces are on the increase,
making it more difficult for NATO and U.S. forces to stabilize Afghanistan (Bruno and Kaplan, 2009). Initially, the Taliban was a mixture of various groups: the mujahideen who opposed
the Soviet invasion in the 1980s, and "a group of Pashtun tribesmen who spent time in Pakistani religious schools, or madrassas, and received assistance from Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI)"
(Bruno and Kaplan, 2009). The group follows the tenets of Wahhabism, an "orthodox form of Sunni Islam similar to that practiced in Saudi Arabia" (Bruno and Kaplan, 2009). The Taliban
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