<Li> Rahim Khan is Baba's loyal friend and business partner, as well as a mentor to Amir . Rahim persuades Amir to come to Pakistan to inform him that Hassan is his half brother and that he should rescue Sohrab . </Li> <Li> Soraya is a young Afghan woman whom Amir meets and marries in the United States . Hosseini originally scripted the character as an American woman, but he later agreed to rewrite her as an Afghan immigrant after his editor did not find her background believable for her role in the story . The change contributed towards an extensive revision of Part III . In the final draft, Soraya lives with her parents, Afghan general Taheri and his wife, and wants to become an English teacher . Before meeting Amir, she ran away with an Afghan boyfriend in Virginia, which, according to Afghan tradition, made her unsuitable for marriage . Because Amir also had his own regrets, he loves and marries her anyway . </Li> <Li> Sohrab is the son of Hassan . After his parents are killed and he is sent to an orphanage, Assef buys and abuses the child . Amir saves and later adopts him . After being brought to the United States, he slowly adapts to his new life . Sohrab greatly resembles a young version of his father Hassan . </Li> <Li> Sanaubar is Ali's wife and the mother of Hassan . Shortly after Hassan's birth, she runs away from home and joins a group of traveling dancers . She later returns to Hassan in his adulthood . To make up for her neglect, she provides a grandmother figure for Sohrab, Hassan's son . </Li>

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