Afghanistan Timeline By jamesdemartini 1960 Amir is born 1960 Hassan is born 1979 American Ambassador Adolph Dubs is killed. 1980 Baba and Amir leave Afghanistan Baba and Amir leave Afghanistan to go to the United States. To be more specific, they arrive in Fremont. 1980 The Russians invade Afghanistan 1983 Amir marries Soraya 1986 The Mujahadeen are receiving arms from the United States, Britain and China 1987 Sohrab is born 1995 Khan proposes a new constitution that grants women rights 1995-1997 1997 The Taliban publicly executes Najibullah.