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Baba was born and Zahir Shah began his forty year rule
In the 1930 "Baba was born and Zahir Shah began his forty year rule"(24). -
Baba's orphanage
In the late 1960's " Baba decided to build an orphanage."(13). -
Hassan is born
Hassan was born in "the winter of 1964" -
Monarchy is overthrown
" Kabul awoke... to find that the monarchy was a thing of the past."(!36). -
Communist coup d'état
The communist coup d'état happened at "1979 when Russian tanks..."(36) rolled in and attacked. -
Soviet invasion
Afghanistan suffered an "Invasion by the Soviet Union"(New York Times). The first "Soviet troops parachuted into Kabul on Dec. 27, 1979,(New York Times). -
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Amir and Baba flee Afghanistan
They flee as the soviets take over, Amir feels like his "innards had been rolling"(110) -
Amir and Baba go to Fremont, USA
Baba says that he "loved the idea of America" -
Amir and Baba go to Fremont, USA
Baba says that he "loved the idea of America" -
Amir graduates from High School
Amir had "graduated from High School"(131) when he was "20" -
Soviet troops left
The last "Soviet troops left Afghanistan in February 1989"(New York Times). -
Farzana becomes pregnant
Hassan's wife had "Become pregnant again"(209) -
Afghanistan falls into chaos
Power was divided to "competing war lords and individual fiefdoms."(New York Times). -
Kabul is atacked with rockets
This was done by " the warlord Dostram"(245) and left Kabul in ruins -
Shorawi were defeated and there were faction wars
"Shorawi were defeated"(212) Due to this, there were faction wars taking place. -
Taliban take over Afghanistan
The Taliban had taken over Afghanistan "by 1996...imposing scrict enforcement..."(New York Times. -
Amir has to go to Pakistan
Amir has to go to Pakistan since "Rahim Khan is very sick."(191) -
9/11 attacks
Al Qaeda attacked the "World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001"(New York Times). -
Hamid Karzai
He was president of Afghanistan and was "elected to a five-year term as president in 2004"(New York Times -
United States forces will stay till the end of 2014
President Obama said he "Will have forces in the country until at least the end of 2014 -
Taliban is formed
After a man named Mullah Omar was injured in battle, he went after several warlords who had committed atrocities. By 1994, "Muller Omar had nearly 12000 followers"(New York Times). -
Pakistan starts aiding Taliban
Around 1994, "Pakistani intelligence officers began funneling arms,money and supplies to Muller Omar's men,"(New York Times). -
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