Why does Farid want to kill Zaman?

• A. He is disgusted that Zaman says he can do nothing against the Taliban, and that selling children funds feeding the kids.
• B. He wants revenge for a personal betrayal.
• C. He believes Zaman plans to flee Afghanistan.
• D. He wants to protect the orphans by reporting Zaman's crimes.

Answer: (A)

The situation tests understanding of moral outrage in a climate of oppression. Farid’s anger isn’t about a personal grievance; it comes from witnessing how Zaman cynically accommodates the Taliban and exploits vulnerable children to fund the orphanage. Zaman says he can do nothing against the Taliban, and that selling children funds feeding the kids. That betrays a brutal moral compromise and a willingness to profit from harm, which fuels Farid’s desire to kill him. This moment highlights how, under tyranny, some people justify terrible acts as necessary or inevitable, and how Farid’s protective instincts toward the orphans collide with that cynicism.

The other options don’t fit because the scene centers on systemic corruption and moral outrage, not a personal betrayal, a plan to flee Afghanistan, or a choice to report him. Farid’s motive here is about the abuse of power and the exploitation of the weak, not about revenge, escape, or formal justice.