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Zahir Shah takes coup
While king Daoud Khan was away in Italy , Zahir Shah "had ended the king's forty-year reign with a bloodless coup."(Hossseini 36) -
Baba was born
In the year of 1933, "Baba was born."(Hosseini 24) -
Zahir Shah 40 year reign of Afghanistan
In 1933, "Zahir Shah began his forty-year reign of Afghanistan."(Hosseini 24) -
Birth of Hassan
Hassan was one year younger than Amir, born in a little shack, "in the winter of 1694."(Hosseini 6) -
Baba decides to build an orphanage
When Amir was five or six years old, "Baba decided to build an orphanage."(Hosseini 13) -
Amir wrote his first story
"I pretened I was reading from the book, flipping pages regularly, but I had abandonded the text altogether, taken over the story, and made up my own."(Hosseini 30) -
Hassan gets plastic surgery for his birthday
Baba got Hassan a plastic surgeon for his birthday to remove his hare lip, "he'd just been born with that stupid harelip."(Hosseini 46) -
Last time Hassan ran a kite
Because of being viloated and lied to, "In the winter of 1975, I saw Hassan run a kite for the last time." -
Amir's birthday party
Baba threw Amir a huge party, "I turned thirteen that summer of 1976, Afghanistan's next to last summer of peace and anoymity." -
Soviet Troops assisted Barbrak Karmal
"The first Soviet troops parachuted into Kabul on Dec. 27, 1979, to assist Babrak Karmal, who had become president in a coup within the Afghan Communist leadership." -
Baba and Amir moved to America (California)
Baba and Amir moved to to California and it was hard for baba, "it was living in America that gave him an ulcer." -
Russia invaded Kabul, Amir and Baba had to leave their home
Baba and Hassan to leave Kabul because of, "grim-faced Russian soldiers patrolling the sidewalks". -
Amir graduated from highschool
Baba being really proud, "I graduated from highschool at the age of twenty." -
Amir finished his first novel
Amir worked hard to finsh his first novel about "a father-son story set in Kabul"(Hosseini 182). -
Soviet troops left Afghanistan
After peace talks by the United nations, "the last soviet troops left Afghanistan in Februrary 1989." -
Power was Divided
After the Soviet forces left the "power was anarchically divided among competing warlords and indiviual fiefdoms." -
Pakistani supplies Omar's men
"As early as 1994, pakistani intelligence officers began funneling arms, money and supplies to Mullah Omar's men, as well as military advivers to help guide them in battle." -
Mullah Omar gets ready to attack
"By the end of 1994 Mullah Omar had nearly 12,000 followers and was rolling up the warlords to the north and east." -
Taliban takes control of Afghanistan
"Buoyed by Pakistani aid, the Taliban by 1996 had taken control of Afghanistan." -
Rahim Khan calls Amir saying he is sick
Rahim Khan was sick and asked for Amir to "Come. There is a way to be good again"(Hosseini 192). -
USA attacked by Al Qaeda
According to The New York Times, "The United States has been militarily involved in Afghanistan since 2001, when it led an invasion after the Sept. 11 attacks by Al Qaeda." -
General Petraeus took charge of United States Central Command
General Petraeus received a lot of the crtedit for the success of the surge in Iraq, "had taken charge of United States Central Command in October 2008, with responsibility for military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and across the region." -
Gen. mcChhrystal is removed
On Dec. 1, 2009, Mr. Oboama delivered a speech announcing "his plan to deploy 30,000 additional troops." -
Hamid Karzi became chairman of an interim government
Hamid Karzai was a supporter and relative of Mohammad Zahir Shah, the exiled former king Afghanistan, "was named chairman of an interim government that replaced the defeated Taliban, making him leader of the country." -
Amir and Soraya began to try to have a child
Amir and Soraya "began trying to have a child" (Hosseini 184) and were very upset becuause they quickly learned they weren't able to have children.