Answer: Chapter nine describes the arrival of the Taliban. Chapter 10 highlights the measures they have taken in the occupied area.
Explanation:
- Malala obsesses over the arrival of the Taliban to their place of residence. He points out that they wore black turbans and, in the further description, compares them to vampires. They wore “sharia or martyrdom” badges, implying that they wanted to impose their faith-based laws. Malala further points out that this meant abolishing their secular laws. He points out that they were sweetish at first, but over time the situation became complicated.
- In Chapter 10, Malala points out that the Taliban have begun to ban them from the things they have consumed and used daily. It meant destroying TVs, banning music, and they could only listen to the local radio that the Taliban had founded. Malala further describes specific details of the terror carried out by the Taliban. Eventually, General Musharraf sent commandos to defeat the insurgency in Islamabad. Malala mentions that about 30,000 soldiers fought against the Taliban on occasion.
Note:
The Taliban is a terrorist group operating in a larger area of Afghanistan but has branches in some other countries. The Taliban seek to enforce their sharia laws and enforce them. Their doctrine of terror is at odds with the democratic postulates and freedoms that underlie human rights in the civilized world.
