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The first shooting
Amir says, "we heard the rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire"(Hosseini 35). This happened while Amir was reading Hassan his first story. -
Hassan's surgery
Amir reflects, "that day in 1974"(Hosseini 219). amir was thinking about just after Hassans had gotten his birthday present, plastic surgery, done. -
Hassans Birthday
Amir states, "Baba never missed Hassans Birthday"(Hosseeini 44). This was the birthday that Baba got Hassan a plastic surgen so he could get is cleft lip fixed. -
Hassan's Rape
Amir askes, "Where were you? I looked for you," (Hosseini 78). Amir asked this to cover the fact that he knew where Hassan was the whole time. -
Amir and Hassan win the kite tournoment
Amir shoutts, "we won!" (Hosseini 66). Amir and Hassan had never won befor but finally had. -
Hassan and Ali leave
Ali states, "we are leaving" (Hosseini 106). Baba tries to fight to make them stay but Ali insists on leaving. -
Amirs 13th birthday
Amir states, "I tuned thirteen"(Hosseini 93). this was the birthday that Rahim Kahn gave him his journal. -
The First Soviet Troops
One of the first events was the Soviets troops coming to Kabul,"The first Soviet troops parachuted into Kabul on Dec. 27, 1979, to asist Babrak Karmal"(New York Times 2). -
Amir and Soraya get married
Amir states "the phone rang just after noon"(Hosseini 163). This was Baba calling to confir that the general accepted Amir request to marry his daughter. -
Baba Dies
Baba says, "there is no pain tonight" (Hosseini173). Those were Babas last words. -
End of Soviet Air Force
A complication that the societ went through was the uselessness of thier air force,"th Soviet Air Force was also rendered largely useless"(New York Times 2). -
Soviets leave
The end of the soviet invasion occured,"the last soviettroops left Afghanistan in February 1989"(New York Times 2). -
Sohrab was born
Rahim Kahn states, "deliverd Hassans son" (Hosseini 211). Sohrab was Hassan and Farzana's son. -
Supply Missions
Pakistan began fueling supplies to omars men "as early as 1994:(New York Times 3). -
Omar hits 12k
The followers grew so much that "by the end of 1994 Mullah Omar had early 12,000 followers and ws rolling up the warlords to the north and east"(New York Times 2). -
Taliban Takeover
The taliban had begun to take over, "by 1996 [the Taliban] had taken control of Afghanistan"(New York Times 3). -
Bin Ladens arival
Osama Bin Laden, The man responsible for 9/11, "arrived by chartered jet at Jalalabad Airport in may 1996"(New York Times 3). -
Hazara massacre
Hassan states, "God help the Hazaras now" (Hosseini 213). Hassan was very upset by the fast that the Taliban had killed almost every Hazara in Hazarajat. -
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Kite runner and the history of Afghanistan
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9/11
ONe of the worst terrerist attacks in American history was "The attack on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001"(New York Times 3). -
Amir goes to kabul
Amir states, "I told him I was going to Kabul"(Hosseini 227). Amir fanally decided to rescue Sohrab from the orphanage in Kabul. -
Amir meets Sohrab
Assef shouts, "PUT IT DOWN" (Hosseini). Sohrab used his slingshot to shoot Assef in the eye in order to protect Amir and himself. -
Amir runs Sohrabs kite
Amir says, "For you a thousand times over"(Hosseini 371). This is the same thing Hassan tells Amir in the beggining of the book. -
Soraya figures out how to get Sohrab to America
Amir states, "Thats really great news"(Hosseini 334). Sohrab can finally be adopted by Amir. -
Chairman Of an Interim Goverment
Harmid Karzai "was named chairman of an interin government that replaced the defeated taliban"(New York Times 3). -
save the troops
The american governments goal is to get all of the troops out of Afghanistan by "the end of 2014"(New York Times 4).