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Baba is born
"In 1933, The year Baba is born..." (24) This is important because he is Amir's dad -
Zhair Shah rules Afghanistan
The last king of Afghanistan "In 1933... the year Zhair Shah began his forty-year reign of Afghanistan..." (24) this is the last time Afghanistan -
Amir is born
"I became what i am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975" (1)If you subtract 12 years from 1975 you get 1963 so that is the year Amir is born. -
Hassan is born
In the shack that Hassan and his dad live in is when "Hassan was born in the winter of 1964" (6) Hassan is a year younger than Amir -
Baba builds an orphanage
Baba is a nice person so "In the late 1960s... Baba decides to build an orphanage" Baba respects his community and wants every kid in the community to have a place to live if they do not have a home -
Zahir is no longer king
When the king was away in Italy "...that night of July 17, 1973. Kabul awoke the next morning to find that the monarchy was a thing in the past." the king's cousin ended the his rule over Kabul. -
Hassan stands up for Amir
Assef and his friends approached Amir and Hassan, as "Assef raised his fist and came for me... I turned around and came face to face with Hassan's sling shot" Hassan has done a really big favor for Amir and has saved both Amir and his own life. -
Hassan gets his lip fixed
"It was Hassan's birthday... Dr. Kumar is a plastic surgeon."' This is when Hassan gets his cleft lip fixed -
Amir and Hassan win kite flying tournament
As Amir pulls his kite back towards him "people rushed to congratulate [him]" (67) Amir has won the kite tournament and all the spectators are there to congratulate him. -
Hassan gets raped
Amir watches as "Assef motioned with is hand, and the other boys separated, forming a half circle, trapping Hassan in the ally... He unzipped his jeans. Dropped his underwear. He positioned himself behind Hassan" (73 & 75) Amir has done nothing to help Hassan because he was to afraid to do so. -
Amir turns 13 years old
"I turned thirteen that summer of 1976"
Baba throws a party for amir because he has reached the age of 13 -
soviet union invasion on Afghanistan
Afghanistan knew "little peace since 1979" when the soviet union invaded them -
Amir and his dad arrive in America
Baba and Amir reach america " Fremont, California. 1980's" (125) -
Amir finishes his first novel
"In the summer of 1988,... finished my first novel..." Amir will write many more novels in the future -
soviet union troops leave
After peace talks "the last soviet troops left Afghanistan in February 1989" -
Sohrab is born
Hassan's wife "In early 1990, Farzana became pregnant again... It was Sanaubar who delivered Hassan's son that winter of 1990" this is Hassan's last child. -
Pakistan helps Mullah Omar and his men
Pakistan intelligence helped by "funneling arms, money, and supplies to Mullah Omar's men" -
Taliban takes control
Even with the help of Pakistan "the Taliban by 1996 had taken control of Afghanistan" -
usa military involved in Afghanistan
"since 2001" United States military has been involved in Afghanistan -
Sohrab movesd in with Amir and Soraya
"We arrived home about seven months ago, on a warm day in August 2001... Soraya had turned the study upstairs into a bedroom for Sohrab" (358) Sohrab had no where else to go so Amir took him in. -
Hamid Karzai is leader
"in December 2001, Hamid Karzai... replaced the the defeated Taliban, making him leader of the country" -
General Petraeus taking charge
General Petraeus a successful iraq commander "had taken charge of United States Central Command in 2008 -
Obama's speech on additional troops being deployed
Obama's speech "announced his plan to deploy 30'000 additional troops" -
American forces coming home from Afghanistan
Obama has "vowed to start brining American Forces home from Afghanistan in the middle of 2011