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Russia and Britain competed for control here, leaveing in 1919 after fighting 3 seperate wars. (Afghanistan declared itself an independent nation)
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Afghanistan failure to hold out communism resulted in military leaders overthrowing the Gov.
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The rival group stopped controll in the country, most of the population opposed the group.
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The Soviet troops went into Afghanistan to conquer the country but ended up coming out with nothing due to its defeat by the Afghanis.
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The Soviet Union collapsed and its conquered republics formed into 15 independent nations; The Transcaucasian Republics and Central Asia Republics.
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The Talibans fought and won controll of 90% of Afghanistan bringing positive order to the war-torn nation.
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The U.S. began bombing taliban's air supplys and al-Qaeda training camps forcing Taliban from power.
