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Kite Runner & the History of Afghanistan

By 18mannixt85

  • Amirs birth

    Amir is born in Afghanistan."Now you have your own idiot child to do all your smiling for you!"(10)

  • Hassan

    Hassan is raped by Assef and his friends. "I just watched. Paralyzed" (73)

  • Flashback

    The beginning of the book starts with older Amir talking about his childhood. “And for the first time in my life, I couldn’t wait for spring. (87)

  • Amir and Baba

    amir and baba stop working for amir after hassan is accused of stealing."Did you steal Amir's watch, Hassan?"(105)

  • Little Peace

    "Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, has known little peace since1979, when the Soviet Union invaded."

  • Soviet union invasion of Afghanistan

    As stated in the New York Times Article, "The first Soviet troops parachuted into Kabul on Dec. 27, 1979, to assist Barak Karmal, who had become the president in a coup within the Adghan Communist Leadership."

  • california

    baba and amir go to live in fremont california. “For two years, I tried to get Baba to enroll in ESL classes to improve his broken English. But he scoffed at the idea.” (126).

  • Invasion

    the russians invade Afghanistan, and amir and baba leave. "He says this is a war. There is no shame in war."(115)

  • cancer

    baba finds out he has cancer and refuces treatment."Baba lit a cigarette an started fanning himself again."(145)

  • Wedding

    Amir and Soraya get married quickly because Babas health isn't good. "It was us to marry."(165)

  • Soviet troops leave

    The New York Times said "Eventually, after peace talks moderated by the United Nations, the last Soviet troops leftin Febuary 1989, in what was effecta unilateral withdraw."

  • Soviet Air Force

    "After 1989, the Soviet Air Force was also rendered largely useless by advancedStinger antiaircraft missles supplied by the United States to the rebels." said the New York Times in an article about Afghanistan.

  • Taliban

    Buoyed by Pakistan aid, the Taliban by 1996 had taken control of Afghanistan, imposing strict enforcement of fundamentalist Islamic law, banning movies, and music and forcing women out of schools and into all-envenloping burqa clothing.

  • Bin Laden

    Quoted by the New York Times "The Taliban provided a safe haven for Mr. Bin Laden, who arrived by charterjet at Jalabad airport in May 1996, and for Al Qaeda."

  • Aghanistan

    Said in the article Afghanistan - An Overview "The United Stateshas Been militarily involved in Afghanistan since 2001, when it led an invasion after sept. 11 attack on Al Qaeda."

  • 911

    "After the attack on the World Trade Center in New York city on Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush gave Taliban an ultimatum to hand over Mr. bin Laden."

  • Rahim khan

    rahim khan calls amir and asks him to come back to Pakistan and visit. "Rahim Khan is very sick." (191)

  • America

    amir and sohrab arrive in America."another half-dozen kites had taken flight."(368)

  • suicide

    Sohrab attepts to kill himself after amire tells hime he may have to go back to the orfanage? "Later they said I was still screaming when the ambulance arrived."(143)

  • Friend revised

    The thought of Hassan goes into Amir's head once he reads letter Hassan had written. "And I dream that someday you will return to Kabul to revisit the land our childhood.  If you do, you will find an old faithful friend waiting for you" (218)

  • Sohrab speaks

    Amir and Sohrab are flying kites together and Sohrab finally starts showing improvement after attempting suicide. “For you, a thousand times over,”( 371)

  • US troops

    "In a speech he delivered Dec. 1 2009, at WestPoint,President Obama announced his plan to deploy 30,000 additional troops." stated the New York Times.

  • US troops

    " Though initial plans called for american combat forces to begin withdrawing fromAfghanistan in the summer of 2011, the Obama administration increasingly emphasizing the idea that the United States will have forces in the countryuntil at least the end of 2014." The New York Times statedin 2011.

  • High school

    Amir graduates from high school when he is twenty."by far the oldest senior tossing his mortarboard on the football field that day.” (131).

  • First book

    Amir publishes his first succesful book. "he is still feeling all the guilt he has been carrying around all these years and wonders if he is worthy of his sucess."(183)