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CHAPTER 37: Mariam, September 1996
Summary
Two and a half years after trying to escape, Mariam awakes on the morning of September 27, 1996 to the sounds of shouting and whistling, firecrackers and music. She shouts over her shoulders as she looks out the window, “The Taliban are here.”
Mariam had first heard of the Taliban two years before. Rasheed had
told them that this group had overthrown the warlords in Kandahar and
taken over the city. They were a guerilla force made of Pashtun men whose
families had fled to Pakistan during the war against the Soviets. Most
had been raised and some even born in the refugee camps where they were
schooled in Shari’a by mullahs. Their leader was a mysterious,
illtiterate, one-eyed recluse named Mullah Omar. Rasheed tells them all
these things it’s as if he is talking to the walls or someone who isn’t
there. He no longer..........
Notes
The coming of the Taliban at first seems like salvation for a country
weary of war, but soon it becomes apparent that their........
CHAPTER 38: Laila
Summary
“Laila is glad when the Taliban goes to work that Babi wasn’t around
to witness it. It would have crippled him.” Museums are smashed and pre-Islamic
statues are broken. Paintings are ripped from the walls and shredded.
Books, except the Koran are piled up and burned. The Beard Patrol is everywhere
in their red trucks looking for anyone violating their.........
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What the Taliban does to the city is horrible to watch for everyone
except Rasheed who ..........
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