Monday, June 15, 2009

The book "A Thousand Splendid Suns" take place mostly in Afghanistan. The book outlines the different periods of time and what forms of government that has brought upon Afghanistan in the last hundred years. Afghanistan was founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah, though the land has ancient history and many different timelines of different civilizations. For much of the 21st century Afghanistan was a monarchy. In 1973 former Prime Minister Mohammed Sardar Dauod Khan seized power in a military coup. He abolished the monarchy, abrogated the constitution, and declared Afghanistan a republic with himself as the first President and Prime Minister. In 1978 the PDPA overthrew Mohammed Daoud's regime. this uprising was known as the Great Saur Revolution. Nur Mohammed Taraki became President, Prime Minister, and General Secretary. The country was renamed to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The country shiften to more liberal and socialist ideals. Religious, traditional laws were replaced by Marxist and secular ones. Men werea obliged to cut their beards and women could not wear burqas. Ambitious land reform was carried out and farmers' debts were waved. Usury was also banned. Womens' rights were also improved. They were considered peoples, forced marriage was banned and other similar things were done. in 1979 the soviet invasion began. For nine years the Soviet Army conducted military operations. Eventually the Islamic Jihad Council was put in place. Taliban, a movement of religious scholars and former mujahideen, emerged from Kandahar . The Taliban took control of about 95% of the country by the end of 2000, limiting the opposition mostly to a small corner in the northeast. The book demonstrates Afghanistans history of a nation shaped by constant invasions and new rises of power.

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