CONCLUSION
The new game, Cold War, between the U.S.A. and the former Soviet
Union brought death and utter destruction to the country
Over 5 million Afghans abandoned their homes and went into exile in
other countries
Close to 1.5 million lost their lives
Many left their homes for secured areas of the country
Other Factors the Contributed to
a Failed State in Afghanistan
A DIVERSE NATION
Afghanistan is nation of groups with disparate ethnic,
religious, and tribal traditions.
ETHNIC DIVERSITY
Over 30 different ethnic groups. They are not contained
within Afghanistan.
Pashtuns are the dominant ethnic groups, who account for
about 38 percent of the population and ruled Afghanistan for
most of the history of Afghanistan.
Tajiks are the second largest ethnic groups with about 25
percent of the population.
Ethnicity
Hazaras consists of
about10 to 15
percent
Pashtun
Tajik Hazara
Ethnicity
Others (Turkmen, Aimaq,
Baluch, Nuristani)
13 percent.
Uzbak Pashtun
Uzbaks consists of
about 9 percent
Baluch
Religious Diversity
Afghanistan has two dominant religious groups, the
Sunni,or the so-called orthodox Islam, and Shiite or the so-
called heterodox.
Sunni constitutes 85 percent of the population and Shiite
consists of 15 percent of Afghan population
Shiites split from the Sunnis in the seventh century over
who the Prohet Mohammads legitimate successors were
Shiites consider Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the
Prophet, the legitimate successor
Shiites developed their own conception of Islamic law
and practices.
In the past Shiites had been persecuted in Afghanistan.
Conclusion
The Kite Runner tells the sad story of Afghan people.
They have suffered at the hands of foreign invaders and
their own people
I have attempted to explore the causes behind the
Afghan tragedy and elaborated on the following causes:
The Great Game
The Cold War
Heterogeneity of Afghan Society
Tribal tradition
The result was the failure of Afghan state.
Kite Running
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