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US begins support of Mujahideen
US support to Afghan rebel groups lasted nearly 10 years. Through out those years, the US supplied nearly $630 million per year in training and supplies. It was this training that built up the rebel army that would later become the focus of America's war on terroism, since the group had grown so big. -
Babrak Karmal installed as Afghan ruler
Babrak Karmal installed as ruler marked the beginning of a Soviet communist puppet government in Afghanistan, and the start of the need for a rebellion, which would later call themselves Mujahideen. -
Mujahideen Alliance
The Mujahideen alliance was the start of the rebellion against the Soviet-established communist government in Afghanistan, and essentially the start of the Afghan civil war of the 20th century. -
Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords were the peace agreements between Afghanistan and Pakistan, that were sort of looked after by the US and the USSR. The agreements were essentially a timetable for the withdrawal of Soviet troops, among other things. Afghanistan rebels weren't happy with the conditions, and this led to the civil war after the Soviets left. -
Afghanistan Civil War
The fight between the government that took over after the end of Soviet support and the Mostly Muslim leaders would still felt like they were being done wrong. -
Taliban seizes Kabul, Afghanistan capital
The Taliban rebllion group were growing more and more powerful and gained popular support for their promises of new freedoms. The Taliban, before turning to strongly corrupt ways, seized crime ridden cities in hopes of turning them around. The capture of Kabul, however, showed a change in tides of the civil war. -
UN air embargo on Afghanistan
In October 1999 UN Security Council Resolution imposed a ban on air transport related to and a freeze of all assets of one group in Afghanistan, the Taliban. This was done in response to the Taliban being involved in human rights abuses, the killing of Iranian diplomats, opium trade and providing a safe haven for Osama bin Laden and his associates. -
Bin Laden attacks the World Trade Center
O September 11, 2001 several individuals in extremist al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out attacks on the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hitting the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. -
US invades Afghanistan
The Taliban, the ruling power in Afghanistan, were accused by the US of protecting Bin Laden. Taliban requests for negotiations with the US were rejected in favor of military action, and on 7 October 2001 the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom began in Afghanistan. The aim of Operation Enduring Freedom was to find Osama Bin Laden, remove the Taliban from power, and prevent the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist haven. The US had support of Canada and Britian.
