Atiq feels indebted to his wife because she saved his life. Mirza says he should divorce her and throw her out, that it is “God's will”, and that women have no feelings. Atiq tells Mirza about his troubles and his concern for his ill wife. Mirza was one of the first soldiers to desert his unit and join the Mujahideen during the war. You meet his childhood friend Mirza Shah. Even though he thinks it is wrong, he loses himself, picks up a rock and throws it at her, cracking her head open.Ītiq is starting to question his belief in the Taliban. He is at the marketplace when he sees the prostitute being stoned to death at a public execution. He escorts a prostitute to be stoned to death. He is late for work and blames it on his wife's illness. His wife, Musarrat, is very ill and dying. You meet Atiq Shaukat, a jailer for the taliban. It was originally written and published in French. The Swallows of Kabul is a 2002 novel by Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra.
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