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Afghan President Daoud is assassinated in a coup by the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) in the Presidential Palace.
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President Taraki is murdered by Prime Minister Amin, who begs the Soviets to enter Afghanistan and put an end to rebellion against the communist policies of the PDPA.
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The Soviet Union (USSR) land troops in Kabul and organise a coup to get a communist party headed by Barbrak Karmal after they realize Amin is to radical.
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15 months into the invasion, the Soviets decided to increase the occupation force from 75,000 to 120,000.
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The United States starts to discreetly supply the mujahedeen (rebel fighters) with state of the art Stinger surface-to-air missiles.
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The last Soviet troops return to Russia and the 10 year Soviet-Afghan war ends, but turmoil continues in Afghanistan.
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Bombs explode at American embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Tanzania killing 200 people and injuring thousands. Terrorist group Al-Qaeda takes responsibility.
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Al-Qaeda terrorists hijack three planes and crash them into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, killing thousands. Another plane heading for the White House crashes in Pennsylvania.
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Osama bin Laden is killed in a Navy SEAL raid on his Abbottabad Compound in Pakistan.
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US President Barrack Obama announces plans to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012.
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The United States starts the bombing and invasion of Afghanistan.
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