Taliban+Control

** Taliban Control ** 

** Formation of the Taliban (Background Info) **
 * Originated from a group of students studying at a fundamental Islamic school.
 * They gained international notice on 3 November 1994, when they freed a convoy of Pakistani trucks commandeered by a local Afghan mujahidin group.
 * Took over the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, in the end of September, 1996.
 * At First the Taliban’s point was restoration of peace, rigid enforcement of Islamic law, disarming the population, and defending the Islamic character of Afghanistan. (4)
 * Their aim was to create the world's most pure Islamic regime
 * Welcomed by most at first due to the stability they brought to Afghanistan since the invasion of the Russians in 1979.
 * Instituted and established strict Islamic law in all areas they controlled.
 * Ruthless towards opposition.
 * Derived from the Muhajeedans after the Russians (Roussi) were chased out of Afghanistan


 * View on Women **[[image:http://callisto.ggsrv.com/imgsrv/FastFetch/UBER1/eimw_02_img0147 width="254" height="281" align="right" caption="(6)"]]
 * Women are inferior to men
 * Must wear head dresses (veils)
 * Cannot be seen uncovered
 * Cannot attend schools or universities (3)
 * Not allowed to work (3)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Cannot go outside unless a mahram (Father, brother, husband) is with them (3)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">They cannot go on the balconies of their houses and Taliban passed a law that forces them to paint the windows so that they cannot be seen from outside (3)
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">"The face of a woman is a source of corruption for men who are not related to them." - A Taliban Representative (3)






 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Taliban Reign **


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Taliban rule was characterized by a strict form of Islamic law


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Before its ouster by U.S.-led forces in 2001, the Taliban controlled 90% of Afghanistan


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Taliban leader: Mullah Muhammed Omar


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Basic human rights were restricted


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Withdrew basic rights from women - freedom of movement, health care & education


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">Got rid of any civilian opposition through violence (Labeled them as criminals)



<span style="display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">**Some Rules of the Regime (7)**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Advising the people of kites' useless consequences such as betting, death of children and their deprivation from education. The kite shops in the city should be abolished.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">After one and a half months if any one is observed who has shaved and/or cut his beard, he should be arrested and imprisoned until his beard gets bushy.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Fifteen minutes prior to prayer time the front of the mosque, where the water facilities and possibilities are available, should be blocked and transportation should be strictly prohibited and all people are obliged to go to the mosque. At the prayer time this matter should be monitored. If young people are seen in the shops they will be immediately imprisoned. If five people guarantee, the person should be released, otherwise the criminal will be imprisoned for ten days.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">In collaboration with the security police the main centers should be found and the gamblers imprisoned for one month.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">In vehicles, shops, room, hotels and any other places pictures/portraits should be abolished. The monitors should tear up all pictures in the above places. The vehicle will be stopped if any idol is found in the vehicle.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">If women or fashion magazines are seen in the shop the tailor should be imprisoned.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">People with long hair should be arrested and taken to the Amr Bil Marof Wa Nai Az Munkir department to shave their hair. The criminal has to pay the barber.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">In shops, hotels, vehicles and rickshaws cassettes and music are prohibited. This matter should be monitored within five days. If any music cassette is found in a shop, the shopkeeper should be imprisoned and the shop locked. If five people guarantee, the shop could be opened and the criminal released later. If a cassette is found in a vehicle, the vehicle and the driver will be imprisoned. If five people guarantee, the vehicle will be released and the criminal released later.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">No drivers are allowed to pick up females who are using Iranian burqa. In the case of violation the driver will be imprisoned. If such kinds of female are observed in the street, their houses will be found and their husbands punished. If the women use stimulating and attractive cloth and there is no close male relative with them, the drivers should not pick them up.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">During examination, the female patients and male physicians both should be dressed with Islamic hejab.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Connection to the Novel **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">When Baba and Amir leave Afghanistan the Taliban are starting to fall into power
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Assef - Symbol/foreshadow of Taliban rule
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">When Amir travels back to Afghanistan after Rahim Khan calls him in America
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Leaders of Afghanistan when Amir travels to find Sohrab (Hassan's child)

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**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Questions for Discussion **
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">After reading about Assef and the kind of person he is, how do you think he fits as the symbol of the Taliban in the book?
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">What kind of impact do the Taliban have on the novel in regards to the reader's perspective? (Connection to characters/impact on characters and reader)

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