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Invasion of Afghan by the Soviets
On the night of December 24, 1979, approxiamately 30,000 troops were sent by the Soviets to invade Afghanistan and ruin the short-lived presidency of Hafizullah Amin. -
Operation Storm
Operation Storm was the name of the attack in which the Soviet Special Forces stormed the Tajbeg Palace in Afghanistan. -
Agreement signed between Afghanistan and Pakistan
A bilateral agreement that included preventing a refugee from publishing an agreement with his/her government, was signed on the principles of non-interference and non-intervention. -
Osama Bin Laden creates al-Qaida
September 1988Osama Bin Laden and fifteen other Muslims create the group "al-Qaida" to continue their Jihad against the Soviets and others opposing a nation governed by Islam. -
Soviet Troops leave Afghanistan
By demand of Colonel- General Boris Gromov, the last of the Soviet troops marched out of Afghanistan. The Soviet rule was finally over. -
Islamic State of Afghanistan formed
After the fall of the Communists in Afghanistan, the Islamic State of Afghanistan is formed. -
Abdul Ali Mazari
The Taliban tortured and killed Abdul Ali Mazari, leader of the Hazara people. -
Taliban seizes Kabul
With the support from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the Taliban seize Kabul (turning it into the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan), take control, and force their laws upon the citizens. -
U.S. launches cruise missles
The United States launches cruise missles into four Afghanistan training camps and a warehouse. -
Ahmad Shah Massoud Assassination
Ahmad Shah Massoud, a fighter against the Soviets and the Taliban, was assassinated by Al Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden. -
Downfall of the Taliban
After the terrorist attack by Al Qaeda on the United States, the United States, along with anti-Taliban forces, invaded the country and conquered the Taliban, bring about its extinction. -
Hamid Karzai becomes Afghanistan President
Hamid Karzai is placed into the Afghan presidency in hopes of rebuilding the country's political structure into a democracy. He still holds his position today -
New Constitution
Afghan leaders begin to draft a new constitution, that consisted of 502 delegates, for the peoples of Afghanistan. -
Mohammad Zahir Shah Dies
Mohammad Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan, dies after reigning for four decades, and is said to be the "Father of the Nation," despite his exile in 1973. -
Osama Bin Laden killed
Osama Bin Laden was killed by Navy-Seals, after the intense attempt to track him down for the ten to eleven years prior. The Navy-Seals stormed the compound where he was located in the middle of the night, while helicopters used evade radars.
