An Analysis Of The Taliban In The Kite Runner

For example, during the 20th century, the Taliban gained control of Afghanistan after evicting The Northern Alliance from power. Hosseini stated in the book that people actually cheered and were dancing in the streets after the Northern Alliance was removed from power (Hosseini, 2003). But that all changed after a few weeks in power; the Taliban started to enforce their real plans to get rid of the things and people in Afghanistan they do not like. Taliban commander Maulawi Mohammed Hanif reported, "Hazaras are not Muslims, you can kill them," (Hucal, 2016). This specific quote shows how the Taliban really felt about Hazaras. In The Kite Runner, Hosseini stated, “A few weeks later, the Taliban banned kite flying. And two years later, in 1998,