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Looking for military and economic assistance through communist nations.
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Main character is born
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Mariam gets pregnant but has her first miscarriage out of six, two days later.
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Mariam father gives Mariam away for marriage.
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war coming to Afghanistan.
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Second main character, Laila is born.
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Power struggle between Taraki and Hafizullah Amin begins.
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Soviets begin pulling out troops
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Laila is pregnant with the child of her boyfriend, who she believes is dead. In order to stay in the home Laila has to lie to Rasheed and tell him that the baby is his.
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A rocket hits Laila's house killing her parents and leaving her an orphan. She gets taken in by Mariam and Mariam's husband Rasheed.
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Rasheed Proposes to marry Laila, Rasheed now has two wives which are Mariam and Laila
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Laila was causing "trouble" and Rasheed blames Mariam for it. So Laila saves Mariam from Rasheed's beating
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Causes more than 1 million Afghans to move to Pakistan.
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Titanic becomes popular in Afghanistan.
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Laila's daughter Aziza is taken to a orphanage because they cannot afford to feed three adults and two children while the Taliban rule Afghanistan
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Rasheed begins beating Mariam and Laila after he finds Laila's long lost boyfriend Tariq is alive. Mariam kills him in order to save Laila's life.
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Mariam dies in prison, her punishment after killing her husband Rasheed.
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Twin towers hit by planes.
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Laila and her children Aziza and Zalmai, go back to Afghanistan along with Tariq. Laila teaches at the school in the orphanage now.