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Mujahedeen is formed
They rebelled against the government. They didn't establish a United government. Many groups of the Mujahedeen started fighting eachother. -
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Operation Cyclone
Code name for U.S. Central Intelligence Agency program. Was founded to arm and finace Afghan Mujahideen prior to and during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. -
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Soviet-Afghan war
Fought against Soviet-led Afghan forces against a multi national in surgent groups called the Mujahideen. this resulted in millions of Afghans fleeing their country mostly to Pakistan. Hundreds of civilians were killed in addition to the rebels at war. -
Al-Qaeda is formed
A global militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in Peshawar. Operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and ceradical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jahad. This means "The Base". -
First Al-Qaeda attack in Somalia
Bombed against the U.S. forces, operation was to bomb a hotel where U.S. troops were staying. But almost at the same time a group of Al-Qaeda operatives were caught at Aden airport in Yemen, as they were about to launch a rocket at a U.S. military planes. -
World Trade Center Bombing
Truck bomb deonated below the north tower. Was intended to knock the north tower into the south tower. In the end only 6 people died but 10's of thousands of people got injured. -
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Taliban allows Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
Taliban is a Islamic extremist group that ruled Afghanistn. U.S. led the invasion toppled the regime for providing rufuge to the Al-Qaeda terrorist grop and its leader Osama bin Laden. -
United States Embassy Bombings
It left 258 people dead and more then 5,000 injurerd Osama bin Laden was allegedly the one behind the bombings and as well as an international terrism network targeting by the United States.
