1989 Soviet pullout of Afghanistan
This BBC News timeline of Afghanistan provides an excellent chronology of that country’s modern political events. It will help you easily situate A Thousand Splendid Suns within the sweep of history to better understand the book’s national context. Here is the link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/1162108.stm
Dr. Janis Judson, Professor of Political Science
