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Mohammed Daoud forced to resign as prime minister
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Constitutional monarchy introduced
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The Afghan Communist Party secretly forms.
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The group’s principal leaders are Babrak Karmal and Nur Mohammad Taraki.
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The Republic of Afghanistan is established with firm ties to the USSR.
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Mohammed Daoud launched a successful coup. His coup was dependent on pro-soviet military and political factions
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A third of active troops that have trained on Soviet soil
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Khan proposes a new constitution that grants women rights and works to modernize the largely communist state
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Khan is killed in a communist coup.
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Hafizullah Amin becomes president
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Nur Mohammad Taraki, one of the founding members of the Afghan Communist Party, takes control of the country as president, and Babrak Karmal is named deputy prime minister.
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American Ambassador Adolph Dubs is killed.
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The United States cuts off assistance to Afghanistan
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Soviet Army invades and props up communist government
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3 foreign aid workers who had been arrested by the Taliban regime, which accusing them of preaching Christianity to Afghans.
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The Taliban stronghold of the southern city of Kandahar falls.
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CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann is killed during a prison uprising in Mazar-e-Sharif, becoming the first US combat casualty of the campaign.
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The US begins bombing Afghanistan, to root out bin Laden and his Taliban protectors
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Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and Bin Laden escape
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One of the 80 fighters found at the prison turns out to be an American, John Walker Lindh