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Tensions between America and the Soviet Union lead to a 'Cold War', a phrase meaning a war without actual fighting, or with fighting through puppets or financial support. The two forces fought for "influence" in many countries throughout the world, including Afghanistan (New York Times).
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Sanaubar gives "birth to Hassan", born to Sanaubar and Baba but raised by Ali (10).
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Soon after giving birth to Hassan, Sanaubar "eloped with a band of singers and dancers" (210).
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While the king of Afghanistan was away from the country, his cousin took over "with a bloodless coup", making the nation a republic rather than a monarchy (Hosseini 36).
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Assef rapes Hassan in "one of the alleys" on a road near the bazaar following the kite competition (71).
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Soviet forces "vied with Britain for influence in Central Asia", invading Afghanistan (New York Times).
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Amir and Baba leave "Kabul just after two in the morning" and pay someone to take them to Pakistan (110).
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Ramn Khan goes "to Hazarajat to find Hassan" (203).
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Amir finishes his first novel, "a father-son story set in Kabul" (182).
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Amir's First Novel is "released in the summer of that following year, 1989" (183).
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Soviet troops in Afghanistan are ordered to leave the country, leaving it "devastated by the war" (New York Times).
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In 1989, "the Shorawi completed their withdrawl from Afghanistan" (183).
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After her first stillborn, Farzana, Hassan's wife, becomes "pregnant again" (209).
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Wanting to repent, Sanaubar "knocks on the front gates" of Hassan's home and lives with them.
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Dr. Rosen, a doctor Soraya consults about how to become pregnant, "used the word 'adoption' for the first time' during one of their visits.
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Using the advance payment for his second novel, Amir pays for "a pretty, two-bedroom Victorian house in San Francisco's Bernal Heights" (188).
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An Islamic group known as the Taliban "grew out of a student movement dedicated to purifying the country", with the mission of restoring Islam in the country to its former glory (New York Times).
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The Taliban in Afghanistan "provided a haven for Mr. bin Laden, who arrived by chartered jet at Jalalabad Airport in May 1996, and for Al Qaeda" (New York Times).
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Pakistan, the country to the east of Afghanistan, supports the Taliban, resulting in a takeover of Afghanistan by the group. Strict fundamentalist Islamic doctrine becomes law, "forcing women out of schools" (New York Times).
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The Taliban massacre "the Hazaras in Mazar-i-Sharif", including Hassan and Farzana.
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American and American-allied forces invade Afghanistan, pushing the Taliban and Al-Qaeda into "the mountains along the Pakistan border" (New York Times).
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While in San Francisco, Amir gets a call from Ramin Khan, who says "There is a way to be good again" (2).
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The "Sept. 11 attacks by Al Qaeda" leads to an invasion of Afghanistan by America (New York Times).
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Following the rise of the Taliban, Barack Obama got a famous general from Iraq, General Petraeus, to "lead the war effort [in Afghanistan]" (New York Times).
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President Obama delivered a speech about his plan to "deploy 30,000 additional troops" in Afghanistan (New York Times).