Why did Tajmir stop working for the charity?
After 9/11 when journalists were streaming into Kabul and American magazine picked him up. They offered to pay him in one day, what he was usually paid in two weeks. Tajmir, thinking of his poor family, reluctantly accepted their job offering as an interpreter. Tajmir is the sole provider for his family so when the better job came along he felt compelled to take it, even though he rather enjoying helping feed people with his old charity job.
Explain what is unusual about Tajmir’s home life.
His mother was strict with him since he was a boy. She always hit him hard when he disobeyed her. He always came straight home from school when he was a child and was rarely allowed to play with the other children or leave the house outside of school. Even now that he is a man Tajmir still comes home from work and hands his salary over to his mother who dispenses him out some spending money. This is weird because in all the other relationships between men and women in this book the man has the power.
Why is the fighting in the region that Bob and Tajmir visit?
Those who oppose president Karzai have taken over this region and everything goes according to their rules. They are led by Padsha Khan who seems only to desire power for the sake of having it. In this area those who have weapons make the rules. Mustafa supports Karzai and is leading a rebellion against the Khan clan. He and his men are holding up in an old police station that is heavily fortified.
Why is Bob really interested in traveling to this region?
Bob is an American journalist who writes for an American magazine. He goes to this region to find out what is happening between the warlords. But what he is really interested in is the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden, or one of Bin Laden’s senior officers. He hopes that these people will be able to help him, but, as they find out, some of the men do not even know what Osama Bin Laden looks like.
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