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Hassan gets raped after kite flying competition
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Amir's 13th Birthday
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Ali & Hassan leave
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The Soviet Invasion in Afghanistan
Before America began helping the weak Afghan government, has known little peace since 1979, when the Soviet Union invaded." (NYT). Afghanistan has entered a state of constant chaos after the USSR invaded. -
Amir and Baba Leave
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Baba and Amir Arrive in Fremont, CA
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Amir Graduates High School
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Amir meets Soraya
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Amir & Soraya Get Married
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Baba Dies
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Soviet Troops Leave Afghanistan
After about ten years and multiple "...peace talks moderated by the United Nations, the last Soviet troops left Afghanistan in February 1989," (NYT). -
After the Soviets Left
By the summer of 1994, "...Afghanistan descended into vicious internecine strife," (NYT). -
Taliban Takeover
After the student movement grew dramatically, "...the Taliban by 1996 had taken control of Afghanistan, imposing strict enforcement of fundamental Islamic Law," (NYT). -
Hassan & Wife Killed By Taliban
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Amir Goes Back to Middle East
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Amir Finds Sohrab
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Amir & Assef Meet Again
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Sohrab Fires Slingshot at Assef
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The Taliban Resurgence
After the 9/11 attack on The World Trade Center, the Taliban was defeated in 2001, but, "...the Taliban continued to wage a guerilla warfare from a base in the mountainous and largely lawless tribal area on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border," (NYT). -
9/11
The attack on the World Trade Center in New York City was a devastation to the country and, "...President George W. Bush gave the Taliban an ultimatum to hand over Mr. Bin Ladaen," (NYT). -
Sohrab & Amir Run a Kite in CA
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Karzai Government
Hammid Karzai was named the leader of Afghanistan because he replaced the defeated Taliban and, "He took office as interim president in June 2002, saying that he hoped to secure peace for Afghanistan, and win the country much-needed international aid...was elected to a five-year term as president in 2004," (NYT). -
General Petraeus
Right before Obama was elected President, "General Petraeus, the Iraq commander who received much of the credit for the success of the surge there, had taken chrage of the United States Central Command in October, 2008," (NYT). -
Obama's Speech
On December 1st, 2009, Barack Obama gave a speech that "...announced his plan to deploy 30,000 additional troops," (NYT). -
Forces in Afghanistan
After Obama said that forces in Afghanistan would start to return home in the middle of 2011, "... the Obama administration changed its tone to increasingly emphasize the idea that the United States will have forces in the country until at least the end of 2014," (NYT).