kite runner and the history of afghanistan

By 16brownloww31

  • baba is born

    hosseini explained that baba was born "in 1993." (hosseini 24)

  • baba allegedly fought a bear

    baba was an extremely tough man and people say he "once wrestled a black bear in Baluchistan with his bare hands." (hosseini 12)

  • zahir shah is overhtrown

    while zahir shah was gone, "his cousin daoud Kan had ended the king's forty-year reign with a bloodless coup." (hosseini 36)

  • hassan and amir would play in the neighborhood

    as children, "Hassan and [amir] used to climb the poplar trees" and play around. (hosseini 3)

  • amir prepares for kite flying tournament

    amir was very excited because' "every winter, districts in kabul held a kite-fighting tournament." (hosseini 49)

  • hassan is violated by assef

    amir said that that "[he] could hear Assef's quick, rhythmic grunts." while he assaulted hassan. (hosseini 77)

  • amir and baba go ot Jalalabad

    Amir and baba had been getting along better, so amir asked him "if [they] could go to jalalabad on Friday." (hosseini 81)

  • amir's birthday

    on amir's birthday, he "ripped open box after box of presents." (hosseni 101)

  • soviets invade afghanistan

    the soviet union first invaded when "troops parachuted into kabul on Dec. 27, 1979" (new york times pg.2)

  • baba and amir begin their move

    amir had gotten car-sick and "threw up over the side of the moving truck." (hosseini 111)

  • baba and amir get to america.

    "Baba loved the idea of america," the author remarked. (hosseini 125)

  • amir and baba work at the market

    one fine day in the summer, "the market was crowded that day and sales had been strong." (hosseini 144)

  • us supplied afghanistan

    the united states funded afghanistan with weaponry that made the soviet air force "render largely useless." (new york times, pg. 2)

  • soviet troops leave afghanistan.

    the soviet union's rtroops pulled out of afghanistan after "peace talks moderated by the united nations." (new york times pg. 2)

  • baba dies

    one day when he fell asleep' "baba never woke up." (hosseini 172)

  • pakistanis funded troops

    people from pakistan had started to "funnel arms, money and supplies to omar's men" in 1994. (new york times pg.3)

  • afghanistan goes into "dark age"

    the new york times said, "afghanistan descended into vicious internecine strife; by the summer of 1994." (new york times pg.2)

  • mullah omar has followers

    omar "had nearly 12,000 followers and was rolling up to the north and east" by the end of the 1994 year (new york times pg.2).

  • taliban takes over

    the taliban had taken over afghanistan by 1996, "buoyed by pakistan aid." (new york times pg.3)

  • hassan dies

    the taliban nrught hassan into the the street, "and hot him in the back of the head." (hosseini 218)

  • rahim khan calls amir

    in june of 2001, rahim khan called amir because he "[was] very sick." (hosseini 191)

  • al qaeda attacks

    in 2001, afghanistan "led an invasion" on the twin towers. (new york times pg. 1)

  • sohrab shoots assef

    assef had attack amir, and sohrab shot assef with a slingshot that "made a thwiiiiit sound when sohrab released it." (hosseini 291)

  • hamod karzai elected

    in 2004, "mr. kazai was elected to a five-year term as president." after he was exiled. (new york times pg.3)

  • projected end in afghanistan

    obama says that he intends to "pass responsibilty for the security to the afghan government" and pull the troops oput in 2014. (new york times pg.1)