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Babrak Karmal Installed as Ruler
He became the third President of Afghanistan on December 27, 1979 after the Soviets raided Afghanistan. -
US Support of Mujahideen
In 1981 the new Reagan administration, with the backing of the committees, began to increase the funding of the Mujahideen program significantly and to provide the mujahedin with more sophisticated weapons and other forms of assistance. -
Mujahideen Alliance
A group of guerrilla fighters in Islamic countries. -
Geneva Accords
The accords called for USSR to leave Afghanistan, for Afghanistan and Pakistan to leave each other alone, and refuges return to their countries voluntarily. -
Taliban take Kabul
Taliban forces seized Kabul from the famous Afghan military chief Ahmad Shah Massoud and his troops, a victory that would mark the start of five years of Taliban rule in Kabul and large parts of Afghanistan. -
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Civil War
The Soviet withdrawal in 1988 led to the collapse of the Communist Regime causing the power to be unclaimed leading to the civil war in 1992. -
UN Air Embargo on Afghanistan
The first time that the United Nations has used sanctions to pursue a suspected terrorist since 1992. -
Attack on World Trade Center
A Tuesday and two jets crashed into the Twin Towers in NY, NY a plane hit the Pentagon and another crashed into a field in PA. -
US Invasion of Afghanistan
The September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, directed by al-Qaeda, prompted retaliation by U.S. and allied forces, which swiftly ousted the Taliban regime for harboring the terrorist group’s leadership.
