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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.
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Operation Storm was the name of the attack in which the Soviet Special Forces stormed the Tajbeg Palace in Afghanistan.
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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.
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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.
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By demand of Colonel- General Boris Gromov, the last of the Soviet troops marched out of Afghanistan. The Soviet rule was finally over.
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After the fall of the Communists in Afghanistan, the Islamic State of Afghanistan is formed.
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The Taliban tortured and killed Abdul Ali Mazari, leader of the Hazara people.
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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.
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The United States launches cruise missles into four Afghanistan training camps and a warehouse.
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Ahmad Shah Massoud, a fighter against the Soviets and the Taliban, was assassinated by Al Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden.
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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.
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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
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Afghan leaders begin to draft a new constitution, that consisted of 502 delegates, for the peoples of Afghanistan.
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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.
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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.
