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Soviet Troops parachute into Kabut
To assist Babrak Karmal, who became president ina coup within the afghanistan Commpunist leadership, the first Soviet troops parachuted into Kubut. -
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Afghanistan - An Overview
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Soviet Troops leave Afghanistan
After peace talks are moderated by United Nations, the last Soviet troops left leave. Afghanistan. They left behind a country that was not only devastated by the war but that had become a beacon to Islamic extremists from across the globe who had come to assist in the fighting, including Osama Bin Laden, and a group that helped find Al Qaeda. -
The Taliban Takeover
The taliban grew out of a student movement dedicated to purifying the country, based in the southeast, the home of the dominant ethnic group, the Pashtun. By the end of 1994 Mullah Omarhad nearly 12,000 followers and was rolling up the warlords to the north and east. -
Taliban continued...
In 1994, Pakistani intellegiance officers began funneling arms, money and supplies to Mullah Omar's men. By 1996, the Taliban had taken control of Afghanistan, imposing strict enforcement of fundementalist Islamic law, banning movies, and music and forcing women out of schools and into all- enveloping burqua clothing. The Taliban also provided a haven for Mr. Bin Laden, who arrived by chartered jet at Jalalabad Airport in May 1996. -
Attacks by Al Qaeda
The United States has been militarily involved in Afghanistan since 2011. The group had been given safe haven in the country by the Taliban. The 2001 invasion succeeded in dislodging Al Qaeda and removing the Taliban from power, but not in eradicating either group. -
Post 9/11 Invasion
After the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, President George W. Bush gave the Taliban an ultimatum to hand over Mr. Bin Laden. -
Taliban Resurgence
The Taliban continued to wage a guerrilla warfare from a base in the mountainous and largely lwaless tribal area on the Pakistan Afghanistan border. -
Hassan Dies
Hassan Dies while trying to take over the Taliban to save baba -
Hassan and his wife have a child
Hassan and his wife have a child -
The End
Amir shows Hassan's son the kites. And he smiles for the very first time. -
Hassan Dies
Hassan dies -
Hassan is violate
After the kit tournament, Amir finds Hassan trapped by Assef in the alley. Hassan is violated. -
Baba and Amir move to America
Baba and Amir finally leave Afghanistan and move to America. It is a tough transition, because they're not as rich as they were before. Their socioeconmic status decreased. -
Baba tells the truth
We find out that Hassan and Amir are half brothers -
Amir finds Sohrab
Amir leaves Kabul and finds Hassan's son -
Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, a supporter and relative of Mohammad Zahir Shah, the exiled former king of Afghanistan was named chariman of an interim government that replaced the defeated Taliban, making him the leader of the country, -
Baba dies
Baba dies after being diagnosed with cancer. -
American Combat Forces
Through initial plans called for American combact forces to being withdrawing from Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, the Obama administration increasingly emphasizes the idea that the US will have orces in the country until at least the end of 2014. -
Soviet forces depart
After departing, Afghanistan descended into visious internecine strife; by the summer of 1994.