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=== It-tielet parti ===
FromMingħand Rahim Khan, Amir learnsisir thatjaf Alili wasAli killedkien byinqatel aminn land mine andu thatli Hassan andu hismartu wife werenqatlu killedwara afterli Hassan refusedma toriedx allow theiħalli lit-Taliban tojikkonfiskaw confiscateid-dar Babata' andAmir Amirf's house in Kabul. Rahim Khan furtherjgħidlu revealsukoll thatli Ali, beingma sterile,kienx wasil-missier notbijoloġiku Hassanta's biologicalHassan, għax Ali kien fathersterili. Hassan wasfir-realtà actuallykien iben Baba's, sonu andallura ħu Amir's. halfFl-brother.aħħar Finally,jgħid he tellslil Amir thatli theriedu reason he called Amir tojiġi l-Pakistan wasbiex tojeħles rescuelil Sohrab, bin Hassan's son, fromminn an orphanage inorfanatrofju f'Kabul.
Amir, accompaniedflimkien byma' Farid, an Afghanxufier tat-taxi driverAfgan andu veteran oftal-gwerra themar-Russi, warimorru withjfittxu the Soviets, searches forlil Sohrab. TheyIsiru learnjafu thatli auffiċjal tat-Taliban officialspiss comeskien toimur the orphanage oftenfl-orfanatrofju, bringsu cash,jieħu andmiegħu usuallywaħda takes amit-tfal, girlxi awaydrabi withanke himtifel. OccasionallyDan hel-aħħar chooseskien aqed boy,jieħu recentlylil Sohrab. TheId-direttur directorjgħid tellslil Amir howkif toisib findlil thedan official,l-uffiċjal andu Farid secures an appointment at his home by claiming to have "personalAmir business"jagħmel withappuntament himmiegħu.
Amir jiltaqa' miegħu u jsir jaf li dan ma kien ħadd għajr Assef. Assef kien qed iżomm lil Sohrab f'daru, ilibbsu ħwejjeġ tan-nisa u jabbużah sesswalment. Assef jaqbel li jeħilsu iżda għal prezz: li jsawwat lil Amir. Sohrab iwaqqaf is-swat bla ħniena ta' Assef billi bl-iżbandola jaqla' l-għajn ix-xellugija ta' Assef, u hekk iwettaq it-theddida li missieru kien għamel snin qabel.
Amir meets the man, who turns out to be Assef. Sohrab is being kept at his house, where he is sexually abused and made to dance dressed in women's clothes. Assef agrees to relinquish him, but only for a price: severely beating Amir. Sohrab interrupts the beating by using his slingshot to shoot out Assef's left eye, fulfilling Hassan's threat made many years before.
Amir jgħid lil Sohrab bil-pjan tiegħu li jieħdu l-Amerika u jaddottah. Iżda l-awtoritajiet Amerikani jitolbu evidenza li Sohrab kien orfni. Amir jgħid lil Sohrab li se jkollu jikser il-wegħda tiegħu għal xi żmien sakemm l-affarijiet ikunu ċċarati, u Sohrab jipprova jneħħi ħajtu. Amir sa fl-aħħar jirnexxilu jieħdu l-Istati Uniti. Wara li jaddottawh, Sohrab ma jkunx irid jinteraġixxi ma' Amir jew Soraya sakemm Amir ifakkru f'missieru Hassan u t-tajra u jurih ftit mit-tricks ta' missieru. Fl-aħħar, fuq wiċċ ta' Sohrab tfeġġ daqxejn ta' tbissima, iżda għal Amir din tfisser dinja.
Amir tells Sohrab of his plans to take him back to America and possibly adopt him. However, American authorities demand evidence of Sohrab's orphan status. Amir tells Sohrab that he may have to temporarily break his promise until the paperwork is completed, and Sohrab attempts suicide. Amir eventually manages to take him back to the United States. After his adoption, Sohrab refuses to interact with Amir or Soraya until the former reminisces about Hassan and kites and shows off some of Hassan's tricks. In the end, Sohrab only gives a lopsided smile, but Amir takes it with all his heart as he runs the kite for Sohrab, saying, "For you, a thousand times over."
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