Atiq has escorted her to the site of execution. He witnesses an adulteress being executed via stoning in the public marketplace. Khadra also introduces the reader to Mohsen Ramat, who quietly opposes the Taliban regime. He is numb, losing his sense of compassion and empathy under the burden of his work and his life at home. His wife, Musarrat, is very ill and has made him late for work in attending to her. The novel opens on Atiq Shaukat, a jailer in Afghanistan. Moulessehoul, who previously served as an officer in the Algerian army, used his wife’s name for his writing to avoid military censorship. Yasmina Khadra is the pen name of Algerian author Mohammed Moulessehoul. The English-language version was published in 2005. The novel was originally written and published in French. The Swallows of Kabul is Yasmina Khadra’s 2002 novel detailing the gradual destruction of the lives and livelihoods of two sets of characters living under the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan.
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