All 33 Uses
Taliban
in
The Kite Runner
(Edited)
- The conversation inevitably turned to the Taliban.
p. 198.7Taliban = fundamentalist Islamic political and military organization
- "When the Taliban rolled in and kicked the Alliance out of Kabul, I actually danced on that street," Rahim Khan said.
p. 200.2
- People were celebrating at Chaman, at Deh-Mazang, greeting the Taliban in the streets, climbing their tanks and posing for pictures with them.
p. 200.3
- So when the Taliban came…
p. 200.9
- I told you how we all celebrated in 1996 when the Taliban rolled in and put an end to the daily fighting.
p. 213.4
- A few weeks later, the Taliban banned kite fighting.
p. 213.9 *Taliban = fundamentalist Islamic political and military organizationeditor's notes: In this context, fundamentalist refers to the belief that basic religious principles should be strictly enforced. The Taliban ruled Afghanistan in the late 1990s and were infamous for their brutality.
- He told me this story: Soon after I took my leave, a rumor spread that a Hazara family was living alone in the big house in Wazir Akbar Khan, or so the Taliban claim.
p. 218.8Taliban = fundamentalist Islamic political and military organization
- "The Taliban moved into the house," Rahim Khan said.
p. 219.9
- Most of it was fear of the Taliban, I think.
p. 220.1
- True, I hadn't made Ali step on the land mine, and I hadn't brought the Taliban to the house to shoot Hassan.
p. 226.4
- Farid was first on the list of preparations Rahim Khan and I made, a list that included exchanging dollars for Kaldar and Afghani bills, my garment and pakol—ironically, I'd never worn either when I'd actually lived in Afghanistan—the Polaroid of Hassan and Sohrab, and, finally, perhaps the most important item: an artificial beard, black and chest length, Shari'a friendly—or at least the Taliban version of Shari'a.
p. 230.9
- Tell the rest of the world what the Taliban are doing to our country.
p. 236.1
- Only the Taliban can afford meat now.
p. 238.3
- The Taliban killed him and his family and burned the village.
p. 244.4
- The only people in Kabul who get to eat lamb now are the Taliban.
p. 247.3
- That was the first time I saw the Taliban.
p. 247.4
- Long live the Taliban!
p. 251.8
- "Friend, we are not with the Taliban," he said in a low, cautious voice.
p. 252.5
- Many of them have lost their fathers in the war, and their mothers can't feed them because the Taliban don't allow them to work.
p. 253.6
- I've asked the Taliban for money to dig a new well more times than I remember and they just twirl their rosaries and tell me there is no money.
p. 253.9
- Taliban?
p. 260.4
- The people behind the Taliban.
p. 260.5
- It had happened just after the Taliban took over Mazar, one of the last cities to fall.
p. 277.7
- I guessed music wasn't sinful as long as it played to Taliban ears.
p. 280.1
- Didn't join the Taliban for money either.
p. 282.5
- Oh yes, how I joined the Taliban.
p. 282.8
- The Taliban have friends here.
p. 304.5
- I wondered if he'd seen the Taliban drag his parents out into the street.
p. 317.6
- In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be natural or man-made—and the Taliban are a disaster, Amir, believe me—it's always difficult to ascertain that a child is an orphan.
p. 337.4
- The Taliban have destroyed what heritage Afghans had.
p. 337.9
- I told him about Kabul and the Taliban.
p. 360.4
- Soon after the attacks, America bombed Afghanistan, the Northern Alliance moved in, and the Taliban scurried like rats into the caves.
p. 362.6
- Now Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, and people sipping lattes at Starbucks were talking about the battle for Kunduz, the Taliban's last stronghold in the north.
p. 362.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(Taliban) a fundamentalist Islamic political faction that rules Afghanistan
(A fundamentalist is someone who strongly believes in old, traditional forms of a religion.) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)