Chapter 15

This chapter takes place in Pakistan when Amir goes to visit Rahim Khan. Rahim begins
to tell Amir how bad the Taliban is, how they "don't let you be human" (133). The Taliban are
the main source of "moral evil" throughout The Kite Runner, because of the fact that they
understand what they're doing is wrong, but they continuously do it anyway. "Moral evil" is
when “an intelligent being knowingly and deliberately inflicts suffering upon another sentient
being” (Russell 1989) This is exactly what the Taliban are, as they are aware that the suffering
and pain they are causing to the people of Pakistan is wrong, but they do it anyway, in an attempt to be the most powerful. Amir learns that the Taliban are the ones who destroyed his father's orphanage, they had ruined the entire place even with children still inside. The Taliban are known to the town as "peace makers" even though they're the ones who cause the most mischief, even though they cause the most destruction. The definition of terror is "a person or thing that causes terror", which can be linked towards the Taliban, as everyone in the town  fears them when they come near. The idea that terrorism is caused by the Taliban because they continuously act in startling the people in town over an extended period of time.

The Taliban