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"The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict during the Cold war involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan[18] against the Afghan Mujahideen guerrilla movement and foreign "Arab–Afghan" volunteers"
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"The Soviet war in Afghanistan seemed like a war that would never end. The Soviet Union looked very bad in the eyes of the world for trying to control this country. Inside the Soviet Union also, most people did not support this war. Finally, after ten years with no end in sight, the Soviets decided to get out of Afghanistan."
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On this day Kabul fell to Mullah Omar and his followers. By October , the civil war had resulted in the formation of The nation named the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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U.S invades Iraq with the goal of diverting the attention from resources in Afghanistan.
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President Bush instructs the U.S to finance the reconstruction of Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan finally agrees on a constitution that would help aid the Presidential system and executive powers.
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New calculations have been made and have found that 93% of the worlds' opium comes from Afghanistan. These numbers have doubled from last year.
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President Obama announces to deploy 17, 000 more troops to Afghanistan shortly after his inauguration.
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Osama bin Laden is killed in Pakistan by the United States.
