The women had much more freedom with many things, ranging from the clothing allowed to the highest level of education. Prior the Taliban took over the country, men and women were able to go to college and have the highest education they wanted to receive. People were very interested in sports and had celebrations for every occasion. When the Taliban first came to Afghanistan, they claimed they wanted to help everyone. The Afghans viewed the members as saviors, praising them for helping the country and improving it, then everything changed. The Taliban became aggressive and began beating the Afghans for little things that broke their new overly-strict rules. In The Kite Runner, the scar that Rahim Khan has on his forehead is from a Taliban soldier from when he broke one of their new rules (Hosseini, Khaled). Amir also had occurrences with the Taliban, but the first time he had seen or heard about them was on T.V. or on the internet. When Amir first saw the Taliban, he saw them not long after they had turned evil. He saw the Taliban on T.V. destroying statues and harming the citizens, and he became scared of the people he had previously known as saints to the country and its
The women had much more freedom with many things, ranging from the clothing allowed to the highest level of education. Prior the Taliban took over the country, men and women were able to go to college and have the highest education they wanted to receive. People were very interested in sports and had celebrations for every occasion. When the Taliban first came to Afghanistan, they claimed they wanted to help everyone. The Afghans viewed the members as saviors, praising them for helping the country and improving it, then everything changed. The Taliban became aggressive and began beating the Afghans for little things that broke their new overly-strict rules. In The Kite Runner, the scar that Rahim Khan has on his forehead is from a Taliban soldier from when he broke one of their new rules (Hosseini, Khaled). Amir also had occurrences with the Taliban, but the first time he had seen or heard about them was on T.V. or on the internet. When Amir first saw the Taliban, he saw them not long after they had turned evil. He saw the Taliban on T.V. destroying statues and harming the citizens, and he became scared of the people he had previously known as saints to the country and its