How does Amir feel seeing Kabul for the first time since he left? Has leaving Afghanistan for America, affected his sense of belonging to his homelang?

Amir finds Kabul almost unrecognizable. The war has changed the landscape of the city. Amir feels a sense of otherness being in his hometown. Amir felt awkward in his traditional Afghan clothing and long fake beard, both necessary for him to blend in to Taliban-controlled Kabul.