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He served as Prime minister for 10 years. His time in office greatly improved living conditions of those in Afghanistan.
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In the Spring of 1959, Mariam is born to Jalil and Nana.
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Mohammed Daoud was forced to resign as Prime Minister because of a crisis involving the closure of Pakistanian borders.
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Shah was exiled after his cousin, Mohammed Daoud Khan, formed a new republican government while Shah was in Italy.
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In Spring of 1974, Nana commits suicide because Mariam leaves her to go see Jalil in Herat.
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A week after Nana dies, Jalil and his wives force Mariam to marry Rasheed, and they move to Kabul.
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After the assassination of Daoud and until Mujahideen takes over, women are able to have certain freedoms.
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Akbar Khyber a leader of the Parcham faction of People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. He was assassinated, but there is an uncertainty about who did it.
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The Presidential Palace where Daoud and his family were staying was attacked by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. President Daoud and his family were all assassinated.
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Laila is born to Mammy and Babi on the same night of Daoud's assassination.
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The Mujahideen fought the Soviet army while being allied with Afghan forces. Many Afghans fled to Pakistan and Iran during this war.
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Mujahideen unite to form alliance against the Soviets
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By mid-1987, the Immediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed and the Soviet forces began to leave Afghanistan.
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Due to a peace agreement formed between the Soviets and the Mujahideen, the Soviets began to remove their troops in May of 1988 and finished in early 1989, leaving the country to the Taliban.
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In April of 1992, Mujahideen take over and enforces strict Islamic laws. These laws oppressed women by forcing them to wear a burqa in public, forbidding them to travel without a male relative, and were stoned for commiting adultery.
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The Mujahideen troops begin to enter Afghanistan.
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Shortly after her parents' deaths, Laila marries Rasheed because she is pregnant with Tariq's baby.
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8 months later, Aziza is born. This dissapoints Rasheed because she is a girl.
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While attempting to leave, Mariam finds a man who she believes will be willing to act as her male family member so that she can leave without suspection. However, as they were getting onto the train, the man tells the guard and Mariam, Laila, and Aziza are forced to go back home.
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The Taliban enforced strict laws upon the Afghan people, leaving the women with little to no rights.
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Najibullah is presdient of Afghanistan until he is assassinated by the Taliban in 1996. He died by being dragged behind a truck on the streets. After his death, he was hanged on display to show the public the power the Taliban.
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Laila is in labor and cannot go to a hospital because most hospitals don't tend to women.
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Laila finds out that Rasheed lied to her and that Tariq is stil alive
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Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked 4 planes, purposely crashing into the two World Trade Center towers in New York and into the Pentagon.
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Laila and her family help renovate the same orphanage that Aziza lived a few years earlier.
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Karzai becomes the first elected Afghan president
