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Afghanistan time line

By fgonzalez@student.cbr.edu.co
  • Independent nation

    Independent nation

    Afghanistan is established as an independent nation
  • Period: to

    First war

    Anglo-Afghan Wars
  • Period: to

    Second war

    Anglo-Afghan Wars

  • Independent from Braitain

    Independence is declared from Britain

  • King

    Zahir Shah becomes king

  • King's actions

    The king is overthrown in a coup and Afghanistan is declared a republic

  • President

    The Afghan president is killed in an army coup. There is violent protest throughout the country

  • Soviet union

    Soviet Union invades Afghanistan

  • Civil war

    Soviets withdraw; civil war breaks out

  • Taliban

    Taliban take over Kabul, the capital city

  • 90%

    Taliban control 90% of Afghanistan

  • October

    US-led military force invade Afghanistan. Taliban regime collapses

  • Death of the leader

    Leader of main Taliban opposition is assassinated

  • Parliamentary

    First parliamentary elections for 30 years but violence continues

  • NATO 1

    NATO forces try to keep peace

  • NATO 2

    NATO agrees plan to hand full control to Afghan security forces by 2014

  • US

    Taliban move towards peace talks with the US and Afghan governments