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Khan becomes President
Khan overthrows the king and declares himself President. He ends the monarchy and makes, "...firm ties to the USSR". Mohammad Zahir Shah was the last king. -
Assef bullies Amir and Hassan
Assef and his friends bully Amir and Hassan, calling Hassan "... Flat-Nose" and shaming Amir for being his friend. Hassan fights back by pulling out his slingshot and threatening Assef. -
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Khan's new constitution
Khan makes a new constitution that gives women rights, as well as "crack[ing] down on opponents" taking those who go against him out of government. -
Amir and Hassan's friendship ends
After Hassan is raped, he and Amir stop talking because Amir feels so guilty. They hiked up their hill, but Amir feels "[he] shouldn't have come up the hill" (87). -
Amir gets rid of Hassan and Ali
Amir hid money under Hassan's bed to get rid of him. Hassan pretends he stole it as, "...Hassan's final sacrifice for [Amir]
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Khan is killed
Khan is killed by a communist group. Nur Mohammad Taraki becomes president and base their policies. off, "Islamic principles, Afghan nationalism and socioeconomic justice." -
Baba and Amir are forced to leave to America
Baba and Amir are forced to immigrate to America, and on the bus across the border, Amir gets carsick, which gives Baba endless amounts of humiliation, when "[he] was apologizing to the other passengers. As if cat sickness was a crime" (111). -
People flee to Pakistan
"Some 2.8 million Afghans have fled from the war to Pakistan". Soviet troops and guerillas take control. -
Amir graduates high school
Amir graduates high school as the oldest in his class, at "...the age of twenty, by far the oldest senior" (131). -
Osama bin Laden makes his first trip to Afghanistan
Islamist makes trip to Afghanistan to help anti-Soviet fighters. "The United Nations investigates reported human rights violations in Afghanistan." -
Amir meets the General
Amir meets General Taheri, and his daughter Soraya, who will later become his wife, whose, "...hair spilled to one side when she kneeled among boxes of old records and paperbacks" (141). -
Baba gets sick
Baba learns he has cancer, and has a seizure. They go to the doctor and find out that, "...the cancer's metastasized" (159) -
Amir finishes his first book
Amir finishes his first novel, which he wrote with the type writer gifted by the general. An agency in New York published the novel, which was, "...a father son story set in Kabul" (182). -
Amir and Soraya try to have a child
Amir and Soraya start trying to have a child, but it doesn't work. They consider adoption but Soraya refuses. She knew something was wrong, saying, "Something's wrong, I know it" (184). -
Rahim Khan is sick
Amir knows, "[he] ha[s] to go to Pakistan" (191) because Rahim Khan is very ill. He says Rahim was the first grownup he saw as a friend.
