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On December 24, 1979, Afghanistan is invaded by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union violated the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty of 1978 by going in Afghanistan.
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On this day, the US, Soviet Union, Pakistan, and Afghanistan signed an accord in Geneva. Under the treaty, Afghanistan and Pakistan said that they wouldn't intervene in each other's dealings.
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On this day, the last Soviet soldiers left Afghanistan. This official ends a nine-year war that left 15,000 Soviet troops dead.
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On this day, Afghan political groups signed the Peshawar Accord. This agreement formed the Islamic State of Afghanistan and named Sibghatullah Mojaddedi as its temporary president.
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The Taliban turtured and murdered Abdul Ali Mazari and nine people that were loyal to hime. He was the leader of the Hazara people
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The Taliban takes control of Kabul, and now they have control of most of Afghanistan. While there, they created the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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America launched cruise missiles into Afghanistan and Sudan. This is the United States' reply for the lethal bombings on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania on August 7.
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Ahmad Shah Massoud, an Afghan political and military leader, was killed in a bombing by two Arabs who were disquised as news reporters.
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The United States and the United Kingdom started a in-flight bombing operation against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
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The UN security board formed the International Security Assistance Force to assist authority in maintaining control in Kabul.
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Karzai was chosen as the leader of the Afghan Interim Administration temporarily until the Loya Jirga, could be assembled to form a government and draft a new constitution.
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A 502 delegate loy jirga met in Kabul to begina a draft for the new constitution for Afghanistan.
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Hamid Karzai was elected as the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. He received 55.4% of the votes and beat his closest competitor by over 3 million votes.
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President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, visit Afghanistan to lauch the newly renovated U.S. Embassy in Kabul.
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Mullah Dadullah, a top ranking Taliban commander, is killed in a combined operation by NATO and Afghan forces.
