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In the 1930 "Baba was born and Zahir Shah began his forty year rule"(24).
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In the late 1960's " Baba decided to build an orphanage."(13).
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Hassan was born in "the winter of 1964"
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" Kabul awoke... to find that the monarchy was a thing of the past."(!36).
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The communist coup d'état happened at "1979 when Russian tanks..."(36) rolled in and attacked.
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Afghanistan suffered an "Invasion by the Soviet Union"(New York Times). The first "Soviet troops parachuted into Kabul on Dec. 27, 1979,(New York Times).
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soviet invasion to 2014
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They flee as the soviets take over, Amir feels like his "innards had been rolling"(110)
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Baba says that he "loved the idea of America"
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Baba says that he "loved the idea of America"
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Amir had "graduated from High School"(131) when he was "20"
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The last "Soviet troops left Afghanistan in February 1989"(New York Times).
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Hassan's wife had "Become pregnant again"(209)
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Power was divided to "competing war lords and individual fiefdoms."(New York Times).
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This was done by " the warlord Dostram"(245) and left Kabul in ruins
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"Shorawi were defeated"(212) Due to this, there were faction wars taking place.
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The Taliban had taken over Afghanistan "by 1996...imposing scrict enforcement..."(New York Times.
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Amir has to go to Pakistan since "Rahim Khan is very sick."(191)
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Al Qaeda attacked the "World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001"(New York Times).
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He was president of Afghanistan and was "elected to a five-year term as president in 2004"(New York Times
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President Obama said he "Will have forces in the country until at least the end of 2014
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After a man named Mullah Omar was injured in battle, he went after several warlords who had committed atrocities. By 1994, "Muller Omar had nearly 12000 followers"(New York Times).
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Around 1994, "Pakistani intelligence officers began funneling arms,money and supplies to Muller Omar's men,"(New York Times).
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