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Event that shows U.S./afghanistan relationship
British forces invade, install King Shah Shujah. He is assassinated in 1842. British and Indian troops are massacred during retreat from Kabul. -
birth of afghanistan
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Event that shows U.S./afghanistan relationship
General Daud is overthrown and killed in a pro-Soviet coup. The People's Democratic Party comes to power but is paralyses by violent infighting and faces opposition by US-backed mujaheddin groups.
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Event that shows U.S./afghanistan relationship
Taliban seize control of Kabul and introduce hard-line version of Islam, banning women from work, and introducing Islamic punishments, which include stoning to death and amputations.
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Event that shows U.S./afghanistan relationship
5 Afghan Children Are Killed in Explosion of Stray Ordnance https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/world/asia/afghanistan-children-explosion.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FAfghanistan&action=click&contentCollection=world®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection&_r=0 -
ally or enemy
ally the u.s and afghanistan are friends http://nationalinterest.org/feature/when-americas-enemies-are-also-its-friends-10675 -
vocab
treaty:a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries.
Democratic:relating to or supporting democracy or its principles.
ordnance: mounted guns; artillery.
stoning:throw stones at.
amputations:the action of surgically cutting off a limb.