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USSR takes control
The USSR took control of the Afghan capital, Kabul, and tried to advance control over the whole country and its people. This invasion, however, was a letdown. It cost thousands of lives and serious consequences that are still a problem till today. -
Soviet war in Afghanistan
The Soviet government signed the Geneva Accords, which involved a schedule for diminishing the armed forces. -
Jamiat-e Islami
Jamiat-e Islami, the frontrunner Burhanuddin Rabbani, took over as President approved decided upon in the Peshawar Accord. -
Military Movement
The Taliban, started a military crusade against the Islamic State of Afghanistan and the capital Kabul. -
Abdul Ali Mazari
The Taliban was tortured and slaughtered by Abdul Ali Mazari, the trailblazer of the Hazara people. -
UNited States fights back
US launches missile strikes at mistrusted bases of militant Osama bin Laden, the suspect of bombing US delegations in the country of Africa. -
Taliban changes mind
When the Taliban decided not to turn over Bin Laden, the U.S. with its allies began air strikes against Afghan military installations. -
Kandahar
Taliban troops abandon their final stronghold in Kandahar as the militia group's hold on Afghanistan endures to collapse -
Loya Jirga
Just about 500 delegates for loya jirga were apprehended to reflect a new Afghan constitution. -
Karzai creates new elections
Council agrees to adopts a contract creating Islamic state under presidential system sought by Karzai, opening way for elections. -
Pakistan Skirmishes
Skirmishes began with Pakistan which are the "worst bout of fighting that has happened in the last ten years. -
Pakistani Taliban
The Pakistani Taliban prolonged from the Swat Valley into the city of Buner which is only 60 miles from Islamabad. That same week in an interview with Fox News, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expresses the administration's alarm. -
Mehsud
In late August Pakistani Taliban leaders authorize Mehsud's death, which sets off a command scuffle. -
Osama Bin Laden is KIlled
Osama Bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda was killed by United States troops. Bin Laden is murdered in a firefight with covert US forces in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. -
Afghanistan soldier was captured in Pakistan
The Afghanistan national army soldier was charged in killing three Australian soldiers at a patrol base was captured in Pakistan and brought to trial in Afghanistan.
