Kite Runner & the History of Afghanistan

By 20castilloc41

  • The Soviet Invasion

    The Soviet Invasion was a series of violent actions, starting when the,"[T]he first Soviet troops parachuted into Kabul on Dec. 27, 1979... But most Western analyst say the Soviets engineered the coup as a pretext to replace the Hafizullah Amin, the Afghan leader, who had lost their trust." (NYT)

  • Last Soviet Troops left Afghanistan

    While a lot of war and violence happened during the Soviet Invasion,"[E]ventually, the peace talks moderated by the United Nations, the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan in February 1989..." (NYT)

  • Power was divided

    As more went on after the Soviets left, Afghanistan had ended up in a vicious strife, and by,"[S]ummer of 1994, power was anarchically divided among competing warlords and individual fiefdoms..." (NYT)

  • Taliban took control over Afghanistan

    As time passed with Islam becoming more popular and the competition of power, later,"[T]hTaliban by 1996 had taken control of Afghanistan..."

  • 9/11

    Thanks to the invasion of the Taliban (?), an,"[A]ttack on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.."

  • Taliban had been defeated yet still fought back

    Despite all the actions against the Taliban, they,"[c]ontinued to wage guerilla warfare from a base....." (NYT)

  • Hamid Karzai, the new chairman

    Months after the attack, and after his relative had been exiled, on,"[D]ecember 2001, Hamid Karzai, a supporter and relative of Mohammad Zahir Shah, the exiled former king of Afghanistan, was named chairman of an intern government." (NYT)

  • New Commander

    Later with Obama being more heavily involved,"[G]eneral Petraeus, the Iraq commander who received much of the credit for the success of the surge there, had taken charge of United States Central Commander in October 2008." (NYT)

  • Obama's important speech

    Since Obama had started to take this entire situation seriously, he delivered a speech on,"[D]ec. 1, 2009, at West Point, Mr. Obama announced his plan to deploy 30,000 additional troops...." (NYT)

  • Obama's promise of forces

    Since Obama wanted to get a move on things, he previously said that he would deploy 30,000 troops although it'd take time... Then,"[T]he Obama administration changed its tone to increasingly emphasize the idea that the United States will have forces in their country until at least the end of 2014." (NYT)