A Thousand Splendid Suns Timeline

By marekg

  • Mohammed Daoud becomes prime minister of Afghanistan

    Mohammed Daoud becomes prime minister of Afghanistan
    Daud turned to Soviet Union for economic and military assistance

  • Mariam is born

  • Laila's parents move to Kabul

  • Daoud resigns as prime minister

  • King Zahir Shah overthrown by his cousin, Daud Khan

    Zahir Shah had ruled Kabul for fourty years before being overthrown by his own cousin in a military coup.

  • Mariam leaves the kobla and travels to Herat

  • Nana commits suicide

    Nana commits suicide after Mariam left her to be with Jalil

  • Mariam marries Rasheed

  • Mariam suffers her first miscarriage

  • Mir Akbar Khybar was found murdered

    Mir Akbar Khybar was the leader of the Parcham faction of the communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

  • Fourth Amored Division seize Kabul. Daoud Khan killed

  • Laila is born

  • Afghanistan becomes "Democratic Republic of Afghanistan"

    Afghanistan becomes "Democratic Republic of Afghanistan"

  • Soviets invade Afghanistan

    Soviets invade Afghanistan

  • Noor and Ahmad leave to join the jihad against the Soviets

  • Tariq looses his leg due to land mine

  • Mujahideen come together in Pakistan to form alliance against Soviets

  • the U.S. begins to supply mujahideen with missiles

  • Jalil dies

  • Soviets sign peace agreement with Afghanistan

  • The last Soviet convoys exit Kabul

    The last Soviet convoys exit Kabul

  • The Soviet Union collapses

  • Najibullah agreed to step down in favor of a transitional government

    Mohammad Najibullah was the fourth and last president of The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

  • Civil war begins in Afghanistan, entrance of Mujahideen groups into Kabul

  • Tariq leaves Kabul for Pakistan

  • Laila's parents die

  • Laila marries Rasheed

  • Aziza is born

  • Hekmatyar and Dostum's forces coordinate an artillery and rocket assault on Kabul

  • Mariam, Laila and Aziza attempt to leave Kabul

  • The Taliban comes in power in Afghanistan

    The Taliban imposed strict laws on the people of Afghanistan and provided women with almost no rights

  • The Taliban arrives in Kabul

    The Taliban arrives in Kabul

  • Zalmai is born

  • Drought begins in Afghanistan

  • Summer of the Titanic, "Titanic City" is born

    Summer of the Titanic, "Titanic City" is born

  • Aziza is sent to the orphanage

  • Tariq returns to Kabul

    Laila realises that Tariq is not dead and that the story of his death was fabricated by Rasheed.

  • Mariam murders Rasheed

  • Mariam dies

  • Laila, Tariq, Aziza and Zalmai move to Pakistan

  • 9/11

    9/11
    19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners, crashing intentionally into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and into the Pentagon, just outside Washington D.C.

  • American president Bush declares war on Afghanistan

  • American troops force Taliban out of power

  • Taliban blows up giant Buddah statues mentioned in the novel

    Taliban blows up giant Buddah statues mentioned in the novel

  • Laila and her family return to Kabul

    Laila also makes a stop to visit where Mariam lived as a child.

  • Drought in Afghanistan ends

  • Laila renovates orphanage

    Laila renovates the same orphange where Aziza had lived a few years prior

  • Hamid Karzai becomes the first elected Afghan president

    Hamid Karzai becomes the first elected Afghan president