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Friends and relatives were being murdered, and their way of life was being wiped out ( Kabul was no longer a safe place for them to live). They fled to Pakistan and eventually settled in America.
Why were Amir and Baba forced to flee Kabul? Where did they go?
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Via force of a coup (‘’a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power’’).
How did Mohammad Daud Khan dethrone the monarchy?
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Mohammad Daud Khan overthrew Mohammad Zahir Shah's monarchy in Kabul and declared himself the first President of the Republic of Afghanistan.
What historical event was triggering the gunfire that frightened Hassan so much?
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A revolt against the government's pro-communist government.
Rural areas were bombed and depopulated.
Who were the Mujahideen, and how did the Soviets try to suppress them?
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Amir was foreshadowing the future Soviet invasion and how the following generation will be threatened.
The generation of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of bombs and gunfire was not yet born," says Amir.'' "What exactly did he mean by this?
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1989.
when did the Soviets withdraw ?
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