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Babrak Karmal was placed in office as a president after the soveits raided Afghanistan.
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The Islamic Alliance of Afghan Mujahideen was a loosely organized group of underground fighters that sought the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.
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During the Carter Administration.
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The US unded a rebel group, which started a civil war between the communists and the Mujahideen.
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• An Islamic fundamentalist group within the Middle East, primarily Afghanistan.
• Protected Al-Qaeda after 9/11
• Formed in 1994 – Still active today
• Got weapons from the Mujahideen, which had received aid from the US initially to remove the Soviets
• Indirectly were aided by the US -
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• September 11, 2001
• 19 militants in relation to the Islamic extremist group Al-Qaeda hijacked 4 airliners in a suicide attack
• 2 flew into the World Trade Center in NYC
• 1 hit the Pentagon just outside Washington DC
• 1 crash landed in a field
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Us invades Afghanistan in defense of the attack on 9/11. Goal is to take down Al Queda
