Blog #5

After chapters and chapters, years after years finally the moment I’ve been waiting for. News about Hassan. Three whole chapters basically dedicated to him! FINALLY. Amir visits Rahim Klan; Rahim Klan is the one who tells the story of Hassan’s life and what became of the new Afghanistan. Rahim Klan talked about how the Taliban controlled everything. The Northern Alliance took over Kabul between 1992 and 1996, different factions claimed different parts of Kabul. They reminisced about the past and how drastically the place they once called home changed. I cant imagine how that must feel like to be ripped out of everything you know and forced to move to a foreign place just to feel safe. Finding out that the only reason why Hassan agreed to move him and his wife back into Baba’s mansion to help rebuild it and maintain it was because he heard of Baba’s death just shows the tremendous love he had for both Baba and Amir. It was nice to know he still had that big warm heart. Finally in 1990 Hassan and his wife Farzana became parents to a little boy. That same year Hassan’s mother came back. No once did Hassan judge his mom Sanaubar for abandoning him. He never questioned her or mistreated her, instead he welcomed her. Personally I would of done things much differently if that would have been my story. But I do think he handled the situation in a mature way. In 1995 the Shorawi were defeated and long gone and Kabul belonged to Massoud, Rabbani, and the Mujahedin. The infighting between the factions was fierce and no one knew if they would live to see the end of the day. I was not surprised to hear that Hassan was a great daddy to his son Sohrab. In 1996 the Taliban rolled in and put a stop to the fighting, but two years later they massacred the Hazaras in Mazar-i-Sharif.
Before the start of the Afghan wars in 1978, Afghanistan had an improving health care system and a semi-modernized health care system in cities like Kabul. Ibn Sina Hospital in Kabul and Ali Abad Hospital also in Kabul were two leading health institutions in Central Asia at the time. It is estimated that about 1,600 for every 100,000 infants die at birth. An estimated 80,000 Afghans have lost limbs, mainly as results to landmines