Pashto The Pashtun, where Rasheed and Tariq is raised, whose people speak several mutually intelligible dialects

of Pashtun, is the largest and traditionally most politically powerful ethnic group in Afghanistan. Pashto , also known as Pushtu, Pushto, Pukhto, Afghan, is a member of the southeastern Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian language and also one of the official language of Afghanistan. There are three main varieties of Pashto: Northern Pashto,

spoken mainly in Pakistan; Southern Pashto, spoken mainly in Afghanistan; and Central Pashto, spoken mainly in Pakistan. Pashto is spoken by 40% and 55% (11 to 15.4 million) of the people of Afghanistan as the native language, and 10% to 28% (2.8 to 7.8 million) speak it as a second language. Mainly Pashtuns speak it while Pashto has about 25

other ethnic groups can also use it because of its popularity.

million speakers in Pakistan (15% of the population) in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and the provinces of Balochistan, Mianwali, Attock, Sindh, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Rasheed, a Taliban supporter, asks both his wives to obey his masculine control and favors violence. Where I come from, one wrong look, one improper word, and blood is spilled. Where I come from, a womans face is her husbands business onlyWe have an understanding, then.(Hosseini 75)

Rasheed gives Mariam orders and forces her to accept his opinions naturally as if he has been used to it. It is easy to assure that other Talibs probably have the same In the Taliban world, men are allowed to keep guns,

requirements to their wives.

read erotica because they are given the power to oppress women, but women have to endure the suffering all over her life such as not receiving education or having worse medical treatments just because they are born as women. privileges Taliban acknowledged to him. Every Wednesday night, Rasheed listened to the Voice of Sharia when the Taliban would announce the names of those scheduled for punishment. Then, on Fridays, he went to the Ghazi Stadium, bought a Pepsi, and watched the spectacle.(Hosseini 301) Rasheed enjoys the

Normally no one would be willing to watch the scene of killing people, but Rasheed goes to watch the spectacle to satisfy his violence in his mind. As a Taliban, Rasheed endorses Talibans massacre because death meets his desire for violence that has been secretly kept as the gun he owns and feels proud that his group can control over peoples lives.

Tariq, a Pashtun but not a Talib, respects women around him. Even though he is disabled, he offers Laila protect when Laila cannot defeat the boys. When he began

hopping toward Khadim, then charging himKhadim never bothered Laila again.(Hosseini 143) Completely different from Rasheed who abuses his power,

Tariq uses his force to protect Laila.

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