Raim Khan In The Kite Runner

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NAME : ASFAND FRAZ KHAN REG : 2017082 TITLE : THE KITE RUNNER WRITER : KHALED HUSSENI Rahim, one of the old friend and business partner of Amir father, called Amir in America that he wanted to meet him. Amir came into Pakistan to meet Rahim Khan who was living in an Afghan refugees camp in Peshawar. After meeting Amir, Rahim Khan told him all that happened after they left for …show more content…

He tried to convince him to move to Kabul, but he refused because he did not want to leave his home and village. His convinced him that they should not treat an old friend like this so the next day they left for Kabul with Rahim Khan. In Kabul, Hassan and his wife started living in Rahim Khan house. After few time, Hassan’s son Sohrab was born. As Sohrab grew up, he has all qualities of his father and Hassan also taught him to read and write and both used to sit on hill where Hassan and Amir used to sit in their childhood and Hassan also told his wife and son about all their mischiefs in their early age. When even life in Kabul become difficult, Rahim Khan moved to Refugees camp in Peshawar. Rahim khan told Amir that after living for few months in Peshawar he got a news that Hassan and his wife were assassinated by Taliban and their son was given to an orphanage. Rahim khan also told Amir that Hassan was not only son of his father’s servant, but he was his half-brother. As Amir came to know about that reality he was in a great shock. Rahim Khan asked him to go to Afghanistan and bring his nephew Sohrab back into Pakistan. He agreed to Rahim khan, for …show more content…

During their journey towards orphanage, they stayed for one night in one of Farid’s brother Wahid house. On that night, Wahid asked him that why he came back to Afghanistan? Amir then told actual reason behind his journey. Upon listening that Farid was moved by his story. Amir was so impressed by Wahid’s hospitality that he gave his watch to his son and put some money under their mattress. Then they started their journey toward orphanage, Amir saw for first time different Taliban trucks. When they reached that orphanage, they met with director of the orphanage. Director told them that there is not enough food for children of orphanage because of shortage of money and also told them that in every month once or twice Taliban regional leader came and usually take a girl with him but last time Sohrab was taken by him. He asked them if they return Sohrab back to them they are lucky enough. So, Amir went to arrange a meeting with that local Taliban leader. During meeting he came to know that local Taliban leader name ASSEF was his childhood enemy who wanted to take revenge from him. Therefore, Assef asked him that both us would fight in that room and who so ever came as victorious