Kite Runner and the History of Afghanistan

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    Kite Runner and history of afghanistan

  • Birth of Amir Jan

    The main character or Kite Runner Amir Jan was born in the early summer of 1963 in Afghanistan.
  • Hassan is Raped

    After Hasaan went after Amir's kite he encounters the local bully Assef and is raped while Amir stand near by, to scared to step in and help him close friend.
  • Kite Runner

    When Amir wakes up he and Hassan are fresh and ready to participate in the biggest event of the year in their town. Once Amir and Hassan make it to the final round Amir become very excited an dwins for the first rime in his life.
  • Proud Father

    When Amir wins the Kite Runner event his father is finally proud of Amir. Baba starts expressing his pride and actually treats him with the respect he greatly wanted and appreciated.
  • Amir turns thirteen

    When Amir turned thirteen years old he reelized that many people bought gifts for him was so that his powerful father would respect and enjoy their company.
  • Soviet Russia

    On December 27th 1997 the first Soviet troops parachuted into Kabul. Until then Afghanistan and the Soviet Union had been alliences.
  • Movig to America

    Around the time that Amir was seventeen years old, Baba decided to move him and Amir to America to start over with a new life.
  • Soviet Air Force

    After the United States gifted the troops in Afghanistan many large Stinger missiles, the Soviet troops were badly damaged and greatly weakened.
  • Baba's Death

    Baba died a sad death in Amirs home of lung cancer after Amir marries Soraya.
  • Soviet leaves Afghanistan

    Three years after the United States Supplied Afghani troops with missiles, the Soviet 'union serendered.
  • Taliban takeover

    Mullah Omar, at the end of 1994, had started rolling in warlords from the north and east, and had almost 12,000 followers.
  • Taliban takeover

    After only two-year Taliban had taken control and started inforcing strict islamic laws on the people of Afghanistan.
  • Post 9/11 Invasion

    After the attack on the World Trade Center, president George Bush gave the Taliban troops a reason to hand over Mr. Bin Laden. When they refused America joined forces wioth the rebel team.
  • Karzai Government

    In June of 2002 Hamid Karzai, supported and relitive to the former king or Afghanistan, and took over in hope to create a more peacful country for Afghanistan.
  • General Petraeus Takes Control

    When the Iraq commander received lots of credit for the sucessful surge in Iraq. He soon took charge of the United States Central Command.
  • Obama's Deployment

    At West Point president Obama announced that he had decided to deploy about 30,000 more troop to Afghanistan.
  • Obama's Promise

    President Barrak Obama promised that by the middle of the year 2011, he would start to bring American troops home because they couldn't afford to keep thyem their.
  • Broken Promise's

    By the end of 2014, that is the current offer for this war to end. We can only hope and wish that it will be true.