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Zahir Shah reigns as king for the next 40 years, bringing stability to the country
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"Ali and Baba grew up together as childhood playmates--at least until polio crippled Ali's leg..."
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"I kept thinking of that day in 1974, in the hospital room, just after Hassan's harelip surgery."
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People who are not in support of Khan are fought and fired from the government
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"I remember the precise moment, near the frozen creek. That was a long time ago, but it's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it."
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"The end, the official end, would come first in April 1978 with the communist coup d'eat, and then in December 1979," (36)
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"I spent some time in jail, at Poleh-Charkhi, just after Babrak Karmal took over in 1980.
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"He told me that, as arranged between Baba and him, he had lived in Baba's house since 1981-- this I knew about. (199)
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1.5 million Afghans fled to Iran, while 2.8 million escaped to Pakistan during the time of war
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"I remember the two of us walking through Lake Elizabeth Park in Fremont, a few streets down from our apartment and watching boys at batting practice, little girls gigging on the swings in the playground," (125).
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The Mujahadeen were gifted arms from the U.S., Britain, and China
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The Mujahadeen are receiving arms from United States, Britain, and China via Pakistan
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"There were a lot of reasons why I went to Hazarajat to find Hassan in 1986," (203)
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"In early 1990, Farzana became pregnant again." (209)
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The Taliban threatened to destroy the Buddhist temples in Afghanistan because they are an affront to Islam
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"I have to go to Pakistan."
She stood up now. "Pakistan?"
"Rahim Khan is very sick." A fist clenched inside me with those words. (190)