After Amir and Baba emigrate to America following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Hassan and Amir no longer have contact with each other with the other. When Amir finally learns some information about Hassan, it is with an old business friend of Baba's that Amir goes to Afghanistan. “Two Taliban officials came to investigate and questioned Hassan... The Taliban said he was a liar and a thief like all Hazaras and ordered him to take his family out of [Baba's house] before bedtime of the sun” (Hosseini 230). After Hassan refused to leave the house, the situation became even worse and is the latest example of Hassan's courage. “Hassan protested again. So they took him to the street…and ordered him to kneel…and shot him in the back of the head” (230). Hassan's courage, even in the face of certain death, to protect property that did not actually belong to him, is the latest example of Hassan's indirect protection.