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Amir was born one year before "the winter of 1964"(Hosseini 6)
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"[I]n the winter of 1964," Hasan was born. (Hosseini 6)
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For Hasan's tenth birthday, Baba gets him a present of "a slight Indian fellow" to do surgery and fix Hasan's harelip. (Hosseini 45)
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In 1975, Amir and Hasan, "hopping up and down", won the kite tournament. (Hosseini 66)
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After the kite tournament, Hasan runs the blue kite and wins it fairly, but Assef orders him to "[g]ive [them] the kite." When Hasan disobeys, he rapes him. (Hosseini 72)
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In 1976, Amir cannot live with the weight of witnessing the rape anymore, so he "planted [his] new watch and a handful of Afghani bills under [Hasan's mattress]" (Hosseini 104)
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After Amir frames Hasan, Ali and Hasan decide that "[they're] leaving" (Hosseini 106)
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In 1979, the Soviet Union invades Afghanistan sending "[t]he first Soviet troops parachut[ing] into Kabul" (NYT).
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The ride out of Afghanistan "is scattered bits and pieces of memory that come a go" as Baba and Amir leave Afghanistan after the Soviet Union takes over. (Hosseini 123)
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After moving to America, Amir "graduated from high school" in 1983. (Hosseini 131)
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When visiting the flea market for the first time, Amir meets "Soraya Taheri. [His] Swap Meet Princess" (Hosseini 142).
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In 1984, Baba gets diagnosed with cancer and he has to "take steroids to reduce the swelling in his brain and anti-seizure medications" (Hosseini 159).
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Shortly after meeting Soraya, Amir marries her "at the Taheris' home" (Hosseini 166)
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Shortly after Amir and Soraya's wedding "Baba never woke up," and dies peacefully in his sleep. ( Hosseini 173)
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In 1986, while Afghanistan is fighting the Soviet Union, the U.S. supplies them with missiles "the Soviet Air Force was...rendered largely useless" (NYT).
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"In the summer of 1988...[Amir] finished my first novel" and later published it about three months later. (Hosseini 183)
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When the Soviet Union pulled out of Afghanistan, "Afghanistan descended into vicious internecine strife" (NYT).
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In 1994 the Pakistan intelligence officers decided to "beg[in] funneling arms and money" to the Taliban to help them in the midst of battle (NYT).
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After the country being in chaos, "the Taliban by 1996 had taken control of Afghanistan" (NYT).
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In 1989, after few peace talks, "the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan" (NYT).
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Following the 9/11 attack, "the United States joined forces with rebel groups" and "[a]n air and ground campaign began that drive the Taliban out of the major Afghan cities by the end of the year (NYT).
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Due to Rahim Khan being sick, Amir "sat...aboard a Pakistani International Airlines flight," going back to Afghanistan. (Hosseini 194)
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Due to Sohrab surviving the attempted suicide, Amir "throw[s] [his]...prayer rug, on the floor" and begins to pray. He then promises to become a practicing muslim for the rest of his life. (Hosseini 345)
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Instead o staying in Afghanistan, Sohrab "got [Amir] and America" instead. (Hosseini 356)
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In 2001 Hamid Karzai "was named chairman of an interim government that replaced the defeated Taliban" and in 2002 "he took office as an interim president" (NYT).
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During Amir's visit to Afghanistan, Rahim Kahn tells him that the Taliban "shot [Hasan] in the back of the head" (Hosseini 219).
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Rahim Khan convinces Amir to go find "[a]n orphan. Hassan's son" (Hosseini 227).
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On his quest to find Sohrab, Amir runs into Assef, who then beats him up. Sohrab saves Amir by shooting Assef in the eye with a slingshot, "[t]he slingshot made a thwiiiit sound when Sohrab released the cup" (Hosseini 291).
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While attempting to rescue Sohrab, Amir calls Soraya from Afghanistan and "[tells his] wife everything" (Hosseini 325).
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After Amir tells Sohrab that he may have to go back to an orphanage, "[s]creaming through [his] clenched teeth," Amir finds Sohrab in the bathtub attempting to commit suicide. (Hosseini 343)
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On September 11, 2001, the Taliban executed an "attack on the World Trade Center in New York" (NYT).
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For the first time after a year, Sohrab gave Amir "[a] smile" when they cut a kite together. (Hosseini 370)
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President Obama delivered speech and he "announced his plan to deploy 30,000 additional troops. He vowed to start bringing American forces home from Afghanistan in the middle of 2011" (NYT).