TSS-Time+line+with+commentary

Time line of //A Thousand Splendid Suns// Click on enabled links to read a character's commentary on the event.

Part 1 Spring 1959 - Mariam born Mariam's growing up years - Visitors included Jalil, Nan, Mullah Faizullah, Bibi 1973 - King Zahir Shah overthrown 1974 - Mariam runs away to Jalil, Nana commits suicide, Mariam forced to marry Rasheed 1975 - Mariam's first pregnancy and miscarriage 1978 - Mariam's seventh pregnancy and miscarriage April 1978 - Laila born April 27, 1978 - Soviets invade Afghanistan Part 2 1981 - Tariq, age 5, loses his leg in an explosion 1983 - Soviet/Afghan fighting escalates 1983 - Laila's older brothers leave for war 1987 - Laila's brothers killed in action 1989- Soviets leave Kabul April 1992 - Soviet Union crumbles April 1992 - Laila turns fourteen; Laila and Tariq's first kiss June 1992 - Fighting in west Kabul between Pashtuns and Hazaras June 1992 - <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Laila's friend Gita dies August 1992 - <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Tariq and Laila's passionage goodbye August 1992 - <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Laila's home bombed, her parents killed <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Part 3 Fall 1992 - <span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);">Mariam and Rasheed nurse Laila back to health after the bombing Fall 1992 -Laila told of Tariq's "death"<span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);"> Fall 1992 - <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Laila becomes Rasheed's second wife <span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);"> <span class="wiki_link">Fall 1992 - Mariam and Laila's first fight May 1993 - <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Laila's daughter Aziza born Spring 1993 - <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Tariq arrested for running drugs and jailed <span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);">Rasheed starts to beat Mariam ;<span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);"> <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Laila intervenes <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">Mariam and Laila become friends and drink tea together <span style="color: rgb(0,128,0);">January 1994 - Warlord fighting escalates in Kabul. Spring 1994 - <span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);">Mariam and <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Laila attempt to run away and are returned to Rasheed <span style="color: rgb(0,128,0);">October 1994 - Taliban overthrows warlords in Kandahar. September 1996 - Taliban establishes rules regarding beards, professions and women's subjugation 1997 - Taliban won't allow women into hospitals. September 1997 - <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Laila's son Zalmai is born <span style="color: rgb(0,128,0);">Fall 1999 - Drought and starvation Summer 2000 - <span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);">Mariam finds out her father died years before <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">Rasheed's shoe shop burns down and his temper worsens regarding his wives. <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Laila's daughter Aziza is sent to the orphanage Winter 2000 - <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Tariq released from prison and returns to Kabul to see Laila <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Spring 2001 - <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">Rasheed beats Mariam and strangles Laila over Tariq's visit <span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);">Mariam kills Rasheed Mariam turns her self in, goes to jail to await sentencing Mariam is executed <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Laila, Tariq, and the two children leave for Pakistan <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Part 4 <span style="color: rgb(0,128,0);">September 2001 - Almed Sha Massoud is killed September 11, 2001 - Al-Qaeda attacks U.S. with four planes July 2002 - Taliban is driven out of every major city ino the mountains of Afghanistan <span class="wiki_link">Late 2002 - Enroute home, Laila visits Mariam's kolba <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Laila, Tariq and the two children return to Kabul. April 2003 - <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Aziza turns 10, Zalmai is almost 6 Spring 2003 - <span style="color: rgb(255,91,0);">Laila is pregnant