Kite Runner History Connections by Andrea Martin https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf Connect real historical moments with KR events en-us 2016-12-31 12:14:45 UTC 2025-10-11 06:08:04 UTC hello@padlet.com amartin35 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/144917209 2016-12-31 12:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/144917209 1973 amartin35 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/144917244 History: Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan, is overthrown by secret Communist party. 

Book: Amir, Hassan, and Ali have to huddle together all night while shootings and explosions are going on in Kabul (36). That same night is when Zahir Shah's monarchy is overthrown.
Also, just in general, Baba really admires this king - this is also the same king that Soraya's dad, the general, served.]]> 2016-12-31 12:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/144917244 amartin35 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/144925658 2016-12-31 21:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/144925658 2001 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511264 Airplanes crash into the World Trade Center the Pentagon a Pennsylvania field. Days later, U.S. officials say bin Laden, 
believed to be hiding in Afghanistan, is the prime suspect in the attack.
]]> 2017-01-11 14:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511264 1975 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511310 2017-01-11 14:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511310 1976 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511316 (chapter 8)

Mohammed Daoud Khan proposed a new constitution that grants women rights and also forces those not supporting Khan to support him. ]]> 2017-01-11 14:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511316 1992-1996 in the Book https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511337 Rahim Khan told Amir how,  when the Northern Alliance took over Kabul between these years, different factions claimed different parts of Kabul. Rahim also told him how people knocked holes in the walls of their homes so they could bypass the dangerous street and would move down the block from hole to hole.]]> 2017-01-11 14:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511337 1981 180842 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511352 History: Stalemate in the Afghan crisis continues. By March, 1.7 million afghans flee Pakistan.President Babrak Karmal gives up prime minister. 
Book- Baba and Amir are leaving for freedom, and are on the truck with Karim/couple. Their journey is bad because of the Soviets and the gas tank truck.]]> 2017-01-11 14:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511352 1989 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511353 The Soviets left Afghanistan which ended one fight but another started between the Mujahedin and the remaining communist government. In the end the Taliban would take over.]]> 2017-01-11 14:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511353 1933-History https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511361 Zahir Shah becomes king. The new king brings a semblance of stability to the country and he rules for the next 40 years.]]> 2017-01-11 14:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511361 1975 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511379 Same as 1976.]]> 2017-01-11 14:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511379 1998 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511437 (Chapter 15)
Book: Rahim Khan went to a soccer game at the Ghazi Stadium and got hit in the head by a Tiliban]]> 2017-01-11 14:21:22 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146511437 1933-Book https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146512239 This is the year Baba was born. This is also the year that Ali's parents were killed and Baba's father took Ali in as his own.]]> 2017-01-11 14:23:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146512239 1998 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146513323 al-Qaida's bombing to two American embassies in Africa.  Which caused the "operation infinite reach" where US attacked al-Qaidas bases in Afghanistan. 
There was also a earthquake in Afghanistan.]]> 2017-01-11 14:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146513323 2001 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146513790 Amir boards a plane to travel back to pakistan.]]> 2017-01-11 14:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146513790 1992-1996 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146514053 1992- The Mujahadeen and other rebel groups, with the aid of turncoat government troops, storm the capital, Kabul, and oust Najibullah from power.
1993- The Afghans believed the Taliban takeover was a good thing at first because they were promised peace and traditional Islamic values after years of drought and war.
1995- Women are required to be fully veiled and are not allowed outside alone. Islamic law is enforced via public executions and amputations. The United States refuses to recognize the authority of the Taliban.]]> 2017-01-11 14:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146514053 2001 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146515087 2017-01-11 14:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146515087 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146515765 2017-01-11 14:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146515765 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146516214 2017-01-11 14:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146516214 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146518937 2017-01-11 14:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146518937 https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146518974 2017-01-11 14:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amartin35/14uugm5p6kqf/wish/146518974