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On Christmas Eve of 1979, the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. This invasion was unsuccessful due to the poor terrain in this country.
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Afghanistan, USSR, the US and Pakistan sign peace accords and Soviet Union begins pulling out troops, which was not finalized until February of the following year.
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US launches missile strikes at possible bases that practiced the ways of Osama bin Laden, whom led the bombing of US embassies in Africa.
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Non-Tabilan rebel and member of the North Alliance, Ahmad Shah Massoud, was assassinated by a group of suicide bombers.
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Early in the morning, nineteen al-Qaeda members hijacked two airplanes and intentionally flew them into the twin towers, immediately killing nearly 3,000 people.
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The United States and the United Kingdom began a bombing campaign against al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
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Kandahar was the final city that the Taliban had the opportunity to control, but Taliban regime collapsed and they handed over their weapons to Mullah Naqibullah.
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Hamid Karzai was elected as the temporary president for Afghanistan for two years used as a transitional period.
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United States offensive began against Iraq, members of al-Qaeda, and Kandahar. This offensive came to be known as "Operation Iraqi Freedom."
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, took control of peacekeeping groups, such as the International Security Assistance Force. It was its first operation outside of North America or Europe.
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Afghanistan adopted a new way of conducting the country's affairs which marked the end of the "transitional period," after President Hamid Karzai signed the constitution.
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United States controlled Afghan forces and Pakistanians were organizing and preparing dozens of troops for the search of the Taliban and al-Qaeda members that were scattered throughout Pakistan.
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Suicide bomb attack on Indian embassy in Kabul kills more than 50 innocent people.
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At least 58 people are killed in twin attacks at a Shia shrine in Kabul and a Shia mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif.
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Hakimullah Mehsud gave the "thumbs up" and allowed a BBC journalist to interview him, and the rest of the group agreed openly to answer the questions presented to them.
