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Surely there is some meaning behind it for Hosseini to start the chapter with headaches.

I have a hunch that the headaches is the tragedy that happened to Tariq and to everyone close to him or Tariq's regrets.The headaches started before he entered the prison. He might have already heard of what happened to his hometown when he left and might have regretted leaving Laila. He might have thought that he's the cause of Laila's sufferings and regretted it.

However, if that's the case, then why is he still having headaches even when he now knows that Laila's safe in his arms?