The+Kite+Runner+v.+Afghan+History

=Timeline=

=1933:= Baba is born. //Nadir Khan is assassinated. His son Zahir Shan inherits the throne, but his uncles serve as principal rulers until 1953.// =1963:= Amir's birth. Amir's mother, Sofia Akrami, dies giving Amir birth. The following year Hassan was born. //The United States rejects Afghanistan's request to buy weapons. Afghanistan turns to Russia and Russia provides help with weapons. Communist Party formed.// =1975:= Amir wins the kite contest. Hassan is raped. The following year Hassan and Ali leave. //Coup dethrones Zahir Shan while he is on vacation in Europe. Momammad Daoud Khan abolishes monarchy, declares himself President, and establishes Republic of Afghanistan.// =1978:= //Communist Coup kills President Daoud. Afghan guerills (Mujahideen) movement born.// =1981:= Baba and Amir leave Afghanistan. //Russia invades Afghanistan.// =1982:= Baba and Amir come to San Francisco. //Mujahideen continues revolts. United Nations investigates human rights violations.// =1983:= Amir graduates from Hight School. =1984:= Amir meets Soraya. Ali is killed by a land mine. =1986:= Amir and Soraya marry. Baba dies. =1988:= Amir has first novel accepted. //Peace agreement signed in Geneva. Soviet Union withdraws. Mujahideen continue to resist government which they say is "puppet" of the Soviet Union. They declare their own "government-in-exile" leader.// =1989:= Amir and Soraya begin trying to have a family. =1990:= Hassan's mother, Sanaubar, returns. =1992:= //The Mujahideen take Kabul and liberate Afghanistan, form an Islamic state, and elect Professor Burhannudin Rabbani as President.// =1995:= Sanaubar dies. //The birth of the Taliban militia.// =1996:= //Taliban takes over.// =2000:= Hassan and Farzana are killed. =2001:= Amir returns home with Sohrab. =2002:= Amir and Sohrab fly the kite. Amir runs the kite for him. //Afghanistan adopts a new constitution with three-branch government. Harmad Karzai is elected President.//