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King of Afghanistan.
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The King's cousin and brother in law becomes prime minister.
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Born in 1963 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Born in 1964 Hazarajat, Afghanistan.
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Hassan has surgery to fixed his cleft lip.
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Hassan and Amir win the competition. Hassan is later raped by Assef.
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Amir sabotages Hassan and tells Baba he stole Amir's new watch and some money. This is Hassan's 'last sacrifice' for Amir when he admits to this even though it did not happen. Ali knows that what happened to Hassan and leaves with Hassan.
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Baba throws a party for Amir's 13th birthday.
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Baba sets off with Amir to Pakistan to find safety away from the Russians invading Afghanistan.
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They arrive in San Francisco, USA.
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Baba gets a job in a gas station which he struggles with as he was such high status in Kabul.
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Graduates in San Francisco, USA.
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This is were Amir meets Soraya.
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Soraya admits prior to the marriage she ran away with an Afghan man in which they lived together for a month before her dad found her and brought her home. Amir accepts Soraya is not a virgin and still marries her because he is aware he is also not perfect.
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Amir and Soraya move in with Baba while he is sick. Baba decides not to take his medicine and that night he dies.
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Amir embarks on a successful career as a novelist.
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Hassan now has a son called Sohrab, after the book Amir used to read to Hassan.
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Hassan and his wife Farzana are shot by the Taliban. Hassan is shot first for refusing to leave Baba's house and Farzana is shot shortly after.
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Amir has just gotten off the phone with Rahim Khan, who is in Pakistan and is very sick. He wants Amir to come see him, and says “there is a way to be good again.” suggesting he knows about what happened to Hassan and what Amir did.