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Mohammed Daud receives power
General Mohammed Daud "seizes power in a coup and declares a republic" (BBC) -
Hassan's Birthday Gift
For Hassan's birthday, Baba gave him a surgeon by the name of " Dr.Kumar " who was a " plastic surgeon" who would help Hassan fix his cleft lip.This was a facial problem that Hassan had since he was a child and was the reason why his mother left him as a child to later bond with him again. -
Amir and Hassan: KIte Flying
Amir and Hassan had entered into a local kite flying tournament and later "I [Amir] was screaming ... We won!We won! was all that I could say" (Hosseini 66). Amir and Hassan both won the kite flying contest that showed a bond between Baba and Amir -
Hassan Gets Raped
After Amir and Hassan won the tournament, "Assef yelped as he flung himself at Hassan, knocking him to the ground" (Hosseini 73). Hassan got beaten up by Assef because he was a lower class than him. -
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Kite Runner Abhishek Patel
Some brief historical events on the country of Afghanistan to show background for the book "Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini -
takedown of General Daud
This was when he was "overthrown and killed in a pro-soviet group" (BBC). -
Soviets Take Power
This was when the "Soviet army and props up communist government" (BBC) . -
Baba and Amir's trip from Danger
There was an invasion in Afghanistan at the time. So Baba and Amir moved to America because "Baba loved the idea of America. It was the living in America that gave him an ulcer" (Hosseini 125). Altogether, Both of them moved to America because of the Russian invasion in Afghanistan at the time. -
Amir: High School Graduate
After Amir and Baba moved to America, Amir "graduated from high school at the age of twenty, by far the oldest senior" (Hosseini 131)that day. This event made Baba proud of Amir and for Amir to meet the real work field. -
Amir and Soraiya
After a meeting with Baba and General Ikbar, Amir starts thinking about her "sickle-shaped birthmark, her gently marked nos, and the way her luminous eyes had reflected. This would lead to more relations between them. -
resistance group created in Pakistan
A Pakistani resistance group by the name of the "Mujahideen" resistance group created to "form alliance against Soviet Forces" (BBC). -
The US Suppliers
The United States start "supplying Mujahideen" groups "with Stinger missiles," (BBC) -
Violent Group Takes over Afghanistan
The terror group by the name of the " Taliband seize control of Kabul and enforce hard-line version of Islam" (BBC). -
Taliban:Rulers of Afghanistan
The Taliban are now the " legitamate rulers by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia" with " two-thirds of the country" (BBC) of Afghanistan. -
The Terror Attacks on 9/11 responding by US
The US responded by a "US led bombing of Afghanistan "(BBC) after the 9/11 terror attacks led by Osama Bin Laden. -
Opium Production
The production of opium has "soared to a record high"(BBC). -
Suicide Bomb Attack in India
Afghanistan sent a bomb attack on the "Indian Embassy in Kabul" (BBC) that had killed over 50 people.
