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The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to support the communist regime against the Mujahideen rebels.
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The U.S. began supplying the Mujahideen with weapons such as; stinger missiles enabling them to shoot down Soviet helicopter gunships.
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Over 1 million Afghans and 13 thousand Soviet troops were killed during the Soviet war in Afghanistan; Civil war continues as the Mujahideen attempt to overthrow President Najibullah.
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Afghan political parties agreed on a peace and powersharing agreement; the Peshawar Accords. Which created the Islamic State of Afghanistan appointed an intermin government to rule the state for a transitional period.
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Introduced versions of Islamic Law.
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Mohammad Najibullah was taken from a UN compound located in Kabul by Taliban. He was then beaten and tortured before being brutally murdered and hung in Aryana Square in Kabul.
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Result of the Taliban's refusal to hand over Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden who was blamed for the 9/11 attacks.
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Hamid Karzai elected head of state for intermn government in Afghanistan.
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NATO deployed some 11,000 troops while the U.S. has more than 10,000 troups fighting in Afghanistan.
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President Hamid Karzai is elected the first President of Afghanistan since the Taliba regime.
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Shortly after president Barrack Obama's inauguration U.S. troops in Afghanistan are increased to 36,000. NATO forces increase to 32.000.
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U.S. President Barrack Obama announces that the leader of terrorist group Al Qaeda has been killed.