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Formation of the terrorist group al-Qaeda by Osama bin-Laden -
After the dissolution of the Afghan republic, a major civil war between various sides that supported different forms of government.
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Mullah Mohammad Omar founds the group in his hometown village in Kandahar, Afghanistan -
The World Trade Center Twin Towers are attacked by Planes as well as the US Pentagon
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As a result of 9/11 attacks, the president at that time, George Bush, declares the War on Terror, invading Afghanistan to wipe out al-Qaeda groups that are established there
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Al-Qaeda bombs the city of Bali, in Indonesia
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The US government decided Iraqis because of their collaboration in international terrorism. Spain participated in this war. -
Al-Qaeda plants bombs in various train stations in Madrid as a result of Spanish participation in Afghanistan and Iraq. -
Protests inside the Arab world against governments. It resulted in major protests, governments overthrown and civil wars
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Ongoing civil war in Syria with many sides and belligerents that has caused massive destruction in this country. -
US Special Operations forces kill Osama bin Laden in his complex in Pakistan -
The Islamic State, a former branch of al-Qaeda, in its greatest territorial extent in Syria and Iraq.