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Protest of Murder of Communist Leader
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MiG-21 jets attack the presidential palace killing Daoud and his family
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Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan
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Russia dispatches 100,000 troops to stop rebellion.
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Death of Chernenko
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Last Soviet soldier retreats
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Osama bin Laden returns to Saudi Arabia
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Afghanistan is a major world supplier of Heroin
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USA financial support cut off
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Insurgents use CIA booklets on how to make bombs
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bin Laden flees to Khartoum, Sudan
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Omar organizes jira to eradicate roadblocks