Afghanistan

By keemerz

  • Women

    July 27th: A woman from the small village of Khig, named Malalai, played a major role in the battle of Maiwand during the second Anglo-Afghan war. When the tide turned against the Afghan fighters and their morale dropped, Malalai cried out: (AFGHAN ONLINE)

  • Women

    1899 (November 24th): Soraya Tarzi, daughter of Afghan intellectual Mahmud Tarzi, wife of King Amanullah and future Queen of Afghanistan was born. As Queen, she worked hard for women's rights and freedoms in Afghanistan. She became one of the most influential women in the Muslim world at the time, and she helped her husband in his modernization efforts - despite major resistance from the conservative elements of Afghan society.(AFGHAN ONLINE)

  • Reform & Reaction

    Kng Amanullah , moved to end the traditional ilsolation of the country. with major countries Amanullah crated diplomatic relations (1919-29) only had year not date[ U.S department of State]

  • Independence

    Afghanistan got it's independence .
    (U.S department of State)

  • women

    1941: First secondary female school was established in Kabul.
    (ONLY YEAR< AFGHAN ONLINE)

  • the right to votee

    1964: The constitution gave women the right to vote, and allowed them to enter politics. (ONYL YEAR AFGHAN ONLINE)

  • Daoud & Family

    the communist coup, also know as the April Revoultion. President Daoud and his family were shoty dead and Mohammd Taraki took place as the 1st Marixist government, Bringing and end to the 200 yr reign of the Shah and Daoud Family (BBCNEWS)

  • Soviet union

    Soviet Occuptaion, Lasted until the withdrawl of the Red Army in 1989, Millions lost their lives as as the Red Army tried to impose controlfor it puppet Afghan Government (BBCNEWS ONLY YEAR)

  • Help the children

    * 1993: Suraya Sadeed established "Help the Afghan Children, Inc." The organization's goal is to improve the lives of children in Afghanistan.( AFGHAN ONLINE) ONLY YEAR

  • Taliban

    Taliban capture Kabul. (only year) {BBCNEWS}

  • Change

    Afghan groups agreed a deal in Bonn for an interm government at head which Pashtun royalist Hamid Karzai was sworn in(BBCNEWS)

  • MR. KARZAI

    loya jirga, or grand council, elected Mr Karzai as interim head of state. (BBCNEWS)

  • Near Death

    September, 2002, Mr Karzai survived an assassination attempt in Kandahar blamed on the Taleban. There have been other near misses since. A number of his ministers and other senior figures have been less fortunate

  • Vida Samadzai

    November: Vida Samadzai caused controversy after unofficially representing Afghanistan and posed in a revealing red bikini during the Miss Earth beauty pageant in 2003. Samadzai did not win the Miss Earth beauty pageant, however, the coordinators of the event presented her with a special "beauty for a cause" award.

  • Malalai Joya

    December 17th: Malalai Joya gained international attention when as an elected delegate to the Loya Jirga convened to ratify Afghanistan's constitution, made a brief speech in which she criticized her "compatriots" as to why they were bringing the legitimacy of the Loya Jirga into question by including the presence of criminals, and that they instead should be put on trial for their crimes. By criminals she was referring to the former Mujahideen leaders who fought against the Soviets, and were

  • New Constitution

    A second loya jirga in January 2004 adopted a new constitution.

  • Female Boxing

    November 7th: For the first time, a female boxing federation was established by Afghanistan's National Olympic Committee.