A Thousand Splendid Suns By SalvatorePerna 1975 Mariam becomes 15 1978 Rebels attack the Palace of the Government 1981 Tariq loses his left leg by a landmine 1987 Babi takes Laila and Tariq to the red city to see the bamiyan 1990 Laila becomes 14 1992 Laila becomes pregnant with Tariq 1993 Aziza was born 1994 Rasheed threatens to beat Mariam to corrupt Laila 1999 A fire destroys the rasheed shop 2000 Laila leaves Aziza in an orphanage 2001 Tariq came to Kabul 2002 Rasheed told Laila that he knew that Aziza wasn't his daughter 2003 Mariam kills Rasheed and she goes in prison