Afghani

long-term consequences of military action, both when it aligns with policy and not. Many future problems are caused by the shortsightedness of policy initiatives that feed current needs but do not play out well in the future. For example, arming the Afghanis against the Russians came back around against the U.S. during the current conflict in Afghanistan. In addition, U.S. policies and actions in the Middle East and towards Israel have contributed to “accidental terrorists” and an…

The habit of smoking opium which “costs around 200 Afghanis a day ($4, £2.40), that is a very expensive habit in a country.” (Ferris-Rotman) Furthermore, people for buying it either “send their children to collect scrap and bottles to help pay for their habit, or resort to begging, extending a hand to cars…

After the tragic incident of September 11th, the former first lady of the United States Laura Bush, delivered a speech addressing the oppression women in Afghanistan faced. The U.S. accentuated that the war against the Taliban was a war on behalf of women and children that are brutally oppressed. Afghanistan became the spotlight in the media and the controversial topic around the burqa aroused; the veiled women became symbols of an invisible, passive, and undifferentiated “other” (Rosenberg 3).…

Joanne Herring was a Texas socialite, the high-flying trophy wife of an oil baron who counted among her friends Princess Grace of Monaco, but she will be forever defined as the woman who charmed a womanizing senator into taking up the cause of the Afghani mujahideen (Charlie Wilson Biography). Charlie Wilson would leverage his position on the Defense Appropriations committee to secretly funnel billions of dollars to the mujahideen to help them fend off the Soviets, dealing a crippling blow to…

The most ferocious fighting force in the world, the United States Navy SEALs are “never out of the fight” (Luttrell 18). Marcus Luttrell, former Navy SEAL, describes his fight for his and his buddies’ lives in his eyewitness account of Operation Redwing in Lone Survivor. This heroic narrative, meant for those interested in the cold-hearted truths of war and a testament to survival, expose just that. Luttrell includes the last words he ever heard from his friends and other details of death to get…

forced to cut her education short. Hosseini is trying to prevent that. • The illiteracy rate in Afghanistan is very high. It ranges from 70 to 75 percent among men. The illiteracy rate among women is even higher. Unfortunately, that means the average Afghani citizen probably haven’t read his book. However, of the people that can read, Hosseini believes many support his book. Even if they might not agree completely with the accuracy of the book, many are happy Afghanistan has issues that are…

Guilt Leads to Good Everyone has their own reasons for being kind or doing good for another person. One might be generous out of consideration and compassion, while others might be generous as a way of redeeming themselves after they’ve done something wrong. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the motivation for the character’s generosity is driven by guilt as opposed to goodwill. Specifically, Amir is generous to Hassan’s son, Sohrab, because he felt guilty about how he treated Hassan in the…

past wrongs. After allowing Hassan’s rape, Amir tries to forget his guilt, but the guilt of his actions is constant when in the presence of Hassan. In an effort to forget, Amir “lifted Hassan’s mattress and planted my new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under it” (104) in hopes of getting him…

(Ahmedi 36). To a multitude of people in the US, having a school like this would most likely be frowned upon and shut down. Yet in afghanistan this is perfectly normal, schools who have this much are considered very fortunate. More so than in the US, afghani children have lots of…

The novel titled The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini incorporates numerous amounts of both comparisons and contrasts between characters. The insight given to help understand the Afghani culture assists in the portrayal of some similarities and differences between social classes. As the novel is read, the reader is told that Amir is of the majority and Hassan is of the minority. The two ethnic groups that are included in the novel are the Pashtuns, who make up the majority, and the Hazaras, who…