The Hazāran Genocide In The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseni

The Hazāran Genocide Khaled Hosseni, an Afghan author of The Kite Runner once wrote, “When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I’ve been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means to get out. Every time I go to Afghanistan I am haunted by that.” The continuous wars for control over the government has caused sever damage in Afghanistan. Villages and homes have been destroyed as a result of the bombs and warfare, leaving the citizens powerless towards the Taliban invasion and rise to power. Throughout 1996 – 2001, the citizens of Afghanistan were powerless as the Taliban committed the genocide of thousands of Hazāran citizens during the Afghanistan War in order to attain revenge and abolish what they believe
The battle for power between the Mujahideen, Afghanistan freedom fighters and the Afghanistan communist Government lasted from 1979 – 1992 (Afghan War). During these 13 years of war, Hafizulla Amin the prime minister of Afghanistan killed Taraki in early 1979 and instituted himself as president. Amin was soon after assassinated by the Soviet Union on December 24, 1979 (Rashid) when soldiers air landed in Kabul and established Babrak Karmal as the new Afghanistan president (UN). Karmal held office under the Soviet Union Afghanistan from 1979-1986 (Rashid), until withdrawing with the Soviet Union when the war against the Afghanistan Freedom Fighters began to intensify. Mohammad Najibullah, a merciless secret police sergeant rose to power in 1986, only to be sent to exile for four years, due to his bad reputation among the Mujahideen rebels and mutinous groups in Afghanistan during 1992. Najibullah was executed in 1996 when the Taliban seized Kabul and began a reign, which lasted for five years, until 2001
Between the Baghlan and Samangan border, Taliban troops murdered Hazāran citizens leaving them along the side of the road. Terrorists, with Taliban assistance brought 1,000 kilograms of IDE and continued to bomb the villages and houses where Hazāran families lived (Pakistan Observer). On January 8, 2001 the Taliban massacred more Hazārans in Yokaolang; the killings lasted for four days (AFGHANISTAN). Male Hazārans were detained in Yokaolang, and executed in public view (AFGHANISTAN). A Senior Diplomat reports to the Human Rights Watch as he interviews the friends and families of these victims describing the massacre, “Young men over 16 were brought into the streets and had their throats slit in a ritualistic killing. Younger boys had both their hands chopped off at the wrist.”(