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The Pasthun and Hazara story - as expressed in Khaled Hosseinis novel "The Kite Runner"

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Pashtun and Hazara history The Kite Runner News - 30th January 2008 The history of the Pasthuns and Hazaras is put under close examination with Khaled Hosseinis bestselling novel "The Kite Runner". A novel about dedication, friendship - and prejudices throughout a lifelong ethnical suppression. By Lea, Mikkel and Sara 3.t Pasthuns and Hazaras: a history of ethnicity Khaled Hosseinis bestselling novel, "The Kite Runner", has provoked an intense debate in the world press, due to its handling of the ethnical discrimination in Afghanistan. "The Kite Runner" focus on the close childhood relationship between the Pashtu boy, Amir, and his friend and servant Hassan, who descents from the Hazaras. The history of these two ethnic groups - the Pasthuns and the Hazaras - has been divided throughout time and has resulted in several class conflicts through the afghan history. The Pashtun people are an Eastern Iranian group and the largest of the Sunni...

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