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Baba was born
"In 1933, the year Baba was born..." (Hosseini 24). Baba was born in Afghanistan. -
Amir is born
In the book, Amir is born in, "1964, just one year before giving birth to [Amir]" (Hosseini 6). -
Hassan gets raped
"Assef knelt behind Hassan...hands on HAssan's hips and lifted his bare buttocks...undid his own belt buckle...dropped his underwear" (Hosseini 74). Assef rapes HAssan over the kite. -
Ali and Hassan stop working for Baba
“I turned thirteen that summer of 1976, Afghanistan’s next to last summer of peace and anonymity.” (Hosseini 93). In the summer of 1976, Ali and HAssan announce that they are no longer going to work for Baba. -
Soviet Invasion
"The first Soviet ttoops parachuted into Kabul on December 27, 1979." (NYT 2). -
Baba and Amir escape Kabul
This was the year that Baba and Amir escape Kabul, Afghanistan. -
Amir graduates from high school
“That summer of 1983, I graduated from high school at the age of twenty, by far the oldest senior tossing his mortarboard on the football field that day.” (Hosseini 131). -
Amir speaks to Soraya for the first time
"Would you like to read one of my stories?" (Hosseini 147) ,"I would like that" (147). These quotes show the first interactions between Amir and Soraya, in which Amir teels Soraya one of his stories. -
Baba gets diagnosed
Baba is told that he has lung cancer. "Oat Cell Carcinoma." (Hosseini 156) is the type of cancer Baba has. -
Amir finishes his first book
"Six weeks later, a man named Martin Greenwalt called from New York and offered to represent me." (Hosseini 183) . Amir gets the news that someone is willing to publish his book. -
Soviet Withdrawal
"The last Soviet troops left Afghanistan in February 1989, in what was in effect a unilateral withdrawal." (NYT 2) -
Afghan Conflict
"Afghanistan descended into vicious internecine strife; by the summer of 1994, power was anarchically divided among competing warlords and individual feifdoms." (NYT 2) -
Taliban Takeover
"Buoyed by Pakistan aid, the Taliban had taken control of Afghanistan" (NYT 3) -
Rahim Khan calls
Amir gets a phone call from Rahim Khan, who says he wants Amir to come to Afghanistan to see him. "Rahim Khan is very sick." (Hosseini 191) . -
9/11 Terrorist Attacks
"The attacks on the world trade center in New York on September 11th, 2001." (NYT 3) -
The Karzai Government
"Hamid Karzai...named chairman of an interim government that replaced the defeated Taliban, making him the leader of the country." (NYT 3) -
Taliban Resurgence
"As the American military focus was diverted to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Taliban regrouped and began to extend its influence in the southern part of Afghanistan." (NYT 3) -
General Petraeus
"General Patraeus, the Iraq commander who received credit for the success of the surge there, had taken charge of US Central Command in October 2008." (NYT 4) -
Deploying More Troops
"In a speech delivered December 1, 2009, at west point, Obama announced his plan to deploy 30000 additional troops....bring American forces home...middle of 2011." (NYT 4) -
Obama changed his Mind
"Yet in a move away from that July 2011 deadline, the Obama administration changed its tone...US will have forces in the country until at least the end of 2014." (NYT 4)