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Invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to support the communist regime against the Mujahideen rebels. -
The US begin supplying the Mujahideen with weaponry
The U.S. began supplying the Mujahideen with weapons such as; stinger missiles enabling them to shoot down Soviet helicopter gunships. -
Soviets anounce the departutre of the last Soviet troops
Over 1 million Afghans and 13 thousand Soviet troops were killed during the Soviet war in Afghanistan; Civil war continues as the Mujahideen attempt to overthrow President Najibullah. -
Fall of the Najibullah regime
Afghan political parties agreed on a peace and powersharing agreement; the Peshawar Accords. Which created the Islamic State of Afghanistan appointed an intermin government to rule the state for a transitional period. -
Taliban seized control of Kabul
Introduced versions of Islamic Law. -
Mohammad Najibullah killed by Taliban
Mohammad Najibullah was taken from a UN compound located in Kabul by Taliban. He was then beaten and tortured before being brutally murdered and hung in Aryana Square in Kabul. -
The 9/11 Attacks
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U.S. and British forces begin airstrikes in Afghanistan
Result of the Taliban's refusal to hand over Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden who was blamed for the 9/11 attacks. -
Hamid Karzai elected by grand council as head of state
Hamid Karzai elected head of state for intermn government in Afghanistan. -
NATO deployed troops to Kabul for peacekeeping mission
NATO deployed some 11,000 troops while the U.S. has more than 10,000 troups fighting in Afghanistan. -
Karzai wins Presidential elections of the Islamic Repiblic of Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai is elected the first President of Afghanistan since the Taliba regime. -
U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan increase
Shortly after president Barrack Obama's inauguration U.S. troops in Afghanistan are increased to 36,000. NATO forces increase to 32.000. -
Osama Bin Laden Killed
U.S. President Barrack Obama announces that the leader of terrorist group Al Qaeda has been killed.