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kite runner and the real world
kite runner and the real world -
1979: the soviets enter
soviet troops enter Afghanistan. the soviets started a coup to replace Hafizula Amin, the Afghanistan leader who lost all trust -
1981: Baba and Amir leave Afghanistan
After Soviet troops invade Afghanistan Baba and Amir leave. -
1989: the soviets leave
In 1989 the soviets left Afghanistan. however, what they left behind was many Islamic extremists, most notably terrorist group Al Qaeda, led by Osama bin Laden -
1994: the taliban seize control
Mullah Omar had 12k followers by the end of 1994. they were funded by Pakistan, Afghanistan's neighboring country. with help from al qaeda, the gained full control by the end of 1996 -
1998: Incident with Rahim Khan and Taliban.
Rahim Khan tells Amir a story that took place during a soccer game and how he got the scar on his eye. -
2000: Hassan and Farzana are killed by the Taliban.
A while after the Taliban invade Hassan and Farzana are killed. -
Amir gets a call from Rahim Khan
Rahim Khan wants asks for Amir to go to Pakistan. -
the 2000's: after 9/11
After 9/11 George bush, many rebel groups, and of course taliban joined forces to stop bin laden. taliban was droven out of Afghanistan and resided in tora bora. Bin laden was killed on may 2nd 2011 -
the 2010's: obama's plan
Barack Obama waged war on afghanistan until 2014.