There is repetition on page 168 emphasizing Baba's statement of Amir being his only child. We know that Hassan is also Baba's son so maybe he's finally seeing the wrong in what he did and accepting Amir more and Hassan less. Although Baba makes a point of Amir being his only child, Amir "[remembers] with Rahim Khan [was].."at his wedding. When Amir was a child Rahim Khan was more of a father than Baba so even though Amir does his best to forget the past, he still hasn't been able to yet.
After Rahim Khan calls Amir, Amir later goes for a walk in the park and notices "a pair of kites, red with long blue tails." The long blue tail relates these kites to Hassan and his blue kite, but instead these kites' main color is red like blood, foreshadowing Hassan's death.
In the "small village just outside Bamiyan" where Hassan lived Hosseini description of the land is: "sunbaked bushes, gnarled, spiny tree trunks, and dried grass like pale straw. [Amir] passes a dead donkey rotting on the side of the road...that barren land [with]...mountains like jagged teeth." However, "the people in Bamiyan...told Amir [he] would find [Hassan] easily- he lived in the only house...that had a walled garden." This shows that Hassan in life in a barren land or light in darkness like Jesus was referred to.
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