For a time during the 1970’s it seemed that the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union had finally begun to thaw. President Nixon and Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev had agreed to SALT I or the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; an agreement to limit the number of nuclear weapons that each nation kept in their arsenal. Along with the SALT I agreement came “the adoption of a new policy method‚ détente‚ which would dominate U.S. and Soviet policy for the next decade” [1] an agreement
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Gender Mosaics: A Masculinist Reading of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner An individual’s esteem of himself and thus‚ by extension‚ others’ opinion of him is determined by a simultaneous play of variegated factors. This paper is an attempt to unravel various such subtleties of a masculine identity as depicted in the novel The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. At the same time‚ it also tries to determine the importance of culture in determining an individual’s identity and that of transcending certain
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CHAPTER 4. MOBILIZING DOMESTIC REVENUES 4.1 As seen in Chapter 3‚ sustained rapid growth of domestic revenue is a central element of Afghanistan’s state-building and reconstruction agenda. International experience suggests that the larger the tax gap (the difference between the taxes actually paid and what should be paid according to existing laws and statutes)‚ the more radical are the changes needed. With a tax gap on the order of 60%‚ Afghanistan needs to adopt a comprehensive strategy including
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As Amir tells us about his father‚ a portrait of an immensely likable‚ dominant‚ and moral man emerges. To Amir‚ Baba is both larger-than-life and principled. The combination of these two qualities magnifies Amir’s shame when he abandons Hassan in the alleyway. How could you ever tell a man who supposedly wrestled a bear that you broke one of his principles? That you allowed Assef to steal Hassan’s innocence and childhood? Of course‚ all this is complicated by the fact that Baba – before Amir was
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injustice. In the novel‚ “A Thousand Splendid Suns” By Khaled Hosseini‚ the underlying theme of social injustice is portrayed throughout the story. Mariam‚ a 15 year old girl‚ is forced against her will to marry an older man named Rasheed. They moved to Kabul where Rasheed physically and verbally abused Mariam on a daily basis. The young girl slept in her own room‚ but was awakened one of the nights when Rasheed crept into her bed and raped her. The brutal description of the rape is a disturbing example
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it is also why he is well respected by most of you. He never took no for an answer and when he was told he couldn’t do something‚ he went the extra mile just to prove that wrong. I remember that when I was a child‚ my father built an orphanage in Kabul. Although he had no architectural experience‚ he drew the blueprints and when he was told to hire an architect‚ he refused. Dare I say‚ the orphanage was a huge success and I am proud of my father? Once I saw my father almost lose his life for a lady
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Bisṭām” [A newly discovered inscription in Bistam]‚ Āthār‚ x–xi (Iran. Solar‚ 1364/1986)‚ pp. 175–83 Aflākī‚ Šams al-Dīn ‚ Manāqeb al-ʿārefīn‚ ed. T. Yazıcı‚ 2 vols.‚ Ankara‚ 1959. Anṣārī‚ Ḵhwāja ʿAbd-Allāh ‚ Ṭabaqāt al-ṣūfīa‚ ed. ʿA. Ḥabībī‚ Kabul‚ 1340 Š./1961. Arberry‚ A. J. “A Bisṭāmī Legend‚” JRAS‚ 1938‚ pp. 89-91. ʿAṭṭār‚ Shaikh Farīd-al-Dīn ‚ Taḏkerat al-awlīāʾ‚ ed. R. A. Nicholson‚ 2 vols.‚ London‚ 1905-07. Blair‚ S. S. “The Inscription from the Tomb Tower at Basṭām‚” Art
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Since Afghanistan is around the borders to other countries including China‚ the Afghan people aren’t allowed to destroy their ethnic race of Pashtun. Since Amir and Hassan both accept their ethnic and social class but in Kabul have issues‚ mostly Assef who is extreme racist and hatred which views him as a Taliban in a young age. He is against Hassan for been a Hazaras and since Assef and Amir are in the same social class and ethnic‚ Assef is still against Amir for been a
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if he can find her. In fact‚ he risks his new safe life and almost all the money he has to go after his love‚ ten years after leaving her. With no certitudes except his love for Laila‚ he let his heart lead him to her. Also‚ Laila’s father stays in Kabul despite his wish to flee the country‚ because he loves his wife and doesn’t want to lose her. If she doesn’t want to leave‚ he will never let her alone‚ even if he thinks his right to go somewhere safer. He puts his wife desire before his own to be
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The invasion was a failure‚ costing millions of lives and having serious consequences still visible today. Not only did the Soviet invasion influence Afghanistan’s economy‚ it also had major effects on the Afghan people. After the invasion‚ the country was left in shambles. Moreover‚ the Afghan society suffered both devastating short-term effects and long-term effects. Immediate effects The Soviets tried to eliminate civilian populations from the Afghan countryside‚ where resistance was based‚
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