Taliban

around like you are nothing but garbage. This is what it was like to live in Pakistan and Afghanistan when the Taliban came to power. In reality, they were very controlling and cruel and this was portrayed very accurately in the novel Under the Persimmon Tree, by Suzanne Fisher Staples. Najmah and her family, as well as Nusrat, are treated unfairly and are largely affected by the Taliban in the story. People in the real world who lived in Pakistan and Afghanistan during the Taliban’s reign were…

Malala was on her way home from school and two Taliban gunman shot her. Malala Yousafzai: Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997. Today Malala is 20 years old. Malala grew up in the town of Mingora in the Swat District. She grew up with 2 younger brothers, Khushal (14) and Atal (9). Since 2007 Malala always had a huge goal that she set for herself. Her goal was for all girls to have the privilege to go to school. On October 9th, 2012 two Taliban gunman fired at Malala on her way home from…

The film moreover portrayed the Taliban as more of an unorganized group. This was very obvious during the operation that the Taliban led against the Americans when Quraishi was present. The Taliban lacked the required technology that would allow them to detect oncoming Americans. Instead, they had to depend on the human eye. Most of their bombs did not go off as well. When this happened it was easy for the members to turn on one another, blaming each other for what had happened. This indicated a…

Amir finally comes face to face with the Taliban for the first time ever. He had seen them before but never in person. He suddenly felt this sense of complete anxiety and terror. He tried to talk himself out of the fear. But they kept getting closer to him and his fear took control (Hosseini, 247). The Taliban, as a whole, gave everyone around them a sense of uneasiness. They had major control of the people in Afghanistan and…

Imagine the Taliban is the ruler of a country and they come to someones house whenever they feel like and they take all of their belongings. There is nothing they can do about it and they will probably run out of supplies. This is what happens in the book Under The Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples and also this is whats going on in Afghanistan. In the book, Najmah faces many problems with the Taliban on her journey from Kunduz, Afghanistan to Peshawar, Pakistan. Before she even goes on…

feel to lose a child. Malala is then taken by helicopter because the Taliban could be planning another attack on Malala. There are soldiers and guards that are guarding Malala at all times. Afterwards things just seem to become more stressful for the Malala’s father. He begins to worry that his son’s lives may be in danger too. The Taliban is cowardly for going after children. Instead of dealing with the issues head…

Betrayal can happen to a group of people, not just one person. The Taliban, a Muslim militia, betrayed the Afghanis. The Taliban came in and took over the land of where the Afghanis were living while holding many shootings and massacres. Betrayal of the Afghanis occurred when the Taliban failed to hold accountable power over the people of Afghanistan. This let the Afghanis down by the people not being able to have any power over their country anymore and to leave the country unstable. The…

The portrayal of the town Kabul in The Kite Runner is a very good look at how the Taliban is shown throughout the story. The Taliban patrols the town constantly leaving everyone watching their back and not feeling safe. The life of Kabul is dead, as are the people and the colors have faded. This shows that the town is not how it should be and is showing the destruction of the Taliban. The horror of the Taliban is shown in chapter 22 when Amir goes to the house where he tries Sohrab back. Amir…

have already lost and were soon to lose. The Sangin district is well known for being a Taliban stronghold, which is why the area is responsible for producing…

of Afghan Taliban Mullah Mansour is targeted on 21 May 2016 by the US drones in Pakistan. Since 9/11 attacks, this is the first time that the US has succeeded to target the highest ranking Taliban. It came as a surprise during the peak of peace talks and fighting season in Afghanistan. What are the consequences of the death of this very key and controversial Taliban leader? Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour, known as Mullah Mansour was one of the strongest and cruel leaders of the Taliban. He was…