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Book: Nana committed suicide
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World: Speed limit decreased to 55 mph on highways.
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Book: Mariam tries to move in with Jalil and gets married to Rasheed.
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Afghanistan: Khan, the leader of Afghanistan, has granted women rights and safer jobs. Moreover, He wants to include more job opportunity for both women and men.
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Afghanistan: Khan is killed and sets the country towards a communist government. New party takes over and causes conflict with another party.
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Book: Military planes all over Kabul. The rebels attacked the Presidental palace.
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World: Minimum wage: $2.65 Turning right on a red light was allowed throughout the United Sates of America.
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Afghanistan: An American Ambassador Adolph Dubs is killed which leads to America severing the alliance they once had.
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Book: Soviet Union attempted to gain control of Afghanistan with a military invasion.
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Book: Mariam was not able to produce babies with Rasheed, so he would be really mad. ,
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World: In April of 1981, NASA launched the very first space shuttle mission (Columbia)
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Book: Tariq steps on a landmine and loses his leg and is taken to south Ghazmi.
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Afghanistan: In about 3 years war between the parties caused great damaged and had over 3.7 million refugees. The refugees manly went to either Iran and Pakistan.
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Afghanistan: Osama bin Laden comes to aid the anti-soviet group.
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World: Soviet Union cancelled history exams because of the increased governments transparency that the textbooks were filled with lies.
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Book: The treaty in Geneva was signed. The war was between Afghans and Soviets (9 months).
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Afghanistan: Osama bin Laden and 15 other islamists form Alqaida to defend them selves and continue their "Holy War".
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Book: Laila saw her parents and Hasina died from the soviet convicts leave their city.
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Afghanistan: America, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the soviet sign a peace treaty. This treaty includes the removal of 100,000 soviet troops
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Afghanistan: The Alqaida group removes Mohammad Najibullah who was president and puppet of the soviet.
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Afghanistan: Rebellion group join forces and storm Kabul to take out the president.
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World: John Gotti, head of the Gambino crime family, is sentenced to life in prison.
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Novel: Constant struggles in West Kabul between the warlords Sayyaf and Hazaras.
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Book: Women were getting new rules that were not giving them any kind of freedom.
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Afghanistan: America sends troops to Kabul to help Najibullah. With strong efforts to keep him in power the groups of rebellion took over most of Kabul.
