Modern Afghan History

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  • Soviet War in Afghanistan

    Soviet War in Afghanistan
    The soviet war in afghanistan was a nine year long war. Also, the war was a part of the Cold War and the result of the war was that most Afghans left afghanistan and went to other places. From Wikipedia.com
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  • Operation Storm-333

    Operation Storm-333
    The Troops of the Soviet Union came in like a storm. They took over political, social, as well as military buuildings while Prime Minister Amin was executed. From - wikipedia.com Picture from red-alliance.net
  • Soviet War in Afghanistan

    Soviet War in Afghanistan
    On this day the Geneva Accords were signed by the Soviets . Basically it was a schedule of when to take away troops.
  • Soviet War in Afghanistan

    After Nine years of fighting, Finally the soviets were able to take all of the remaining troops out of afghanistan. Wikipedia
  • Durand line treaty

    Durand line treaty
    This treaty had ended and it was a treay of land. Pakistan had some of Afghanistans land and refused to give it back . From wikipedia
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  • Torturing of Abdul

    Torturing of Abdul
    Abdul Ali Mazari was married and he had three kids. However, he was tortured and killed by the Taliban for no reason. wikipedia.com
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  • Operation Infinite Reach

    American missiles struck Afghanistan bases .The American missiles were fired in the Red Sea . This was a reaction to bombings.
  • Suicide Bomb Attack

    Suicide Bomb Attack
    Ahmad Shah Massoud was killed by two Arabs who were disguised as news reporters in a Suicide Bomb attack. from- wikipedia
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  • War in Afghanistan

    War in Afghanistan
    NATO and other high powers went to afghanistan to destory the Al Queda after the attack .Also to take power from the Taliban because they helped Osama. wikipedia .com
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  • Dasht-i-Leili massacre

    The Dashti-i-Leili massacre was when the US forces invaded Afghanistan and killed or suffocated the Taliban prisoners in truck containers. wikipedia.com
  • Battle of Tora Bora

    Battle of Tora Bora
    The US went to Taliban and Al Qaeda to try to find and kill Osama, unfortuenately they were not successful. wikipedia.com
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  • Afghan Election

    Hamid Karzai won Afghanistans first direct election. He beat out Yunus Qanuni for the presidency. Wikipedia.com
  • Afghanistan Compact

    This compact was the result of the London Conference, which was basically a meeting with Afghanistan and its international allies.
  • Shinwar Shooting

    This is a shooting where the US marines are involved. The US marines killed civilians of Afghanistan.
  • Granai airstrike

    The Granai airstrike is also known as a massacre due to the number of people killed during these bombings. Majority of the caualties were women and children. Wikipedia.com