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Mohammed Daoud Khan names himself president of Afghanistan
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Assef threatens Hassan and Amir
Assef threatens Amir and Hassan, and says "Someday, I'll make you face me one on one." (43) -
Mohammed Daoud Khan starts to work to get women more rights in Afghanistan
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Assef rapes Hassan
Amir hears Assef's "quick, rhythmic grunts" as he raped Hassan," (77) -
Some 4.3 million people leave the violent area of Afghanistan
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Amir asks for Soraya's hand in marriage
Amir says to Baba, "I want you to ask General Taheri for his daughter's hand," (161) -
Amir gets married
On the day of Amir and Soraya's marriage, "[they] said [their] oaths. Signed the certificates" (170) -
Baba dies
Baba says that he does not want his medicine and then goes to sleep. "[he] never woke up" -
Amir visits Afghanistan
Amir thinks, "a week later, I sat on a window seat aboard a Pakistani International Airlines flight..."(194) -
Amir learns that Hassan was his brother
Rahim Khan says "Ali was sterile" (222) -
Assef beats up Amir
Amir thinks, "The knuckles shattering my jaw" (288) -
Sohrab's suicide attempt
Amir sees "a pair of small, bloody feet" (343) as Sohrab is rushed to the hospital. -
The Taliban destroy Buddhist statues in Bamiyan
The Taliban claim that they are an affront to Islam. -
The World Trade Center Towers fall down
U.S. officials say bin Laden, the Saudi exile, is the prime suspect in the attack. -
Kite contest in America
Amir tries to include Sohrab in the contest but "Sohrab was handing the string back to me" (369)