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He became the third President of Afghanistan on December 27, 1979 after the Soviets raided Afghanistan.
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In 1981 the new Reagan administration, with the backing of the committees, began to increase the funding of the Mujahideen program significantly and to provide the mujahedin with more sophisticated weapons and other forms of assistance.
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A group of guerrilla fighters in Islamic countries.
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The accords called for USSR to leave Afghanistan, for Afghanistan and Pakistan to leave each other alone, and refuges return to their countries voluntarily.
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Taliban forces seized Kabul from the famous Afghan military chief Ahmad Shah Massoud and his troops, a victory that would mark the start of five years of Taliban rule in Kabul and large parts of Afghanistan.
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The Soviet withdrawal in 1988 led to the collapse of the Communist Regime causing the power to be unclaimed leading to the civil war in 1992.
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The first time that the United Nations has used sanctions to pursue a suspected terrorist since 1992.
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A Tuesday and two jets crashed into the Twin Towers in NY, NY a plane hit the Pentagon and another crashed into a field in PA.
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The September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, directed by al-Qaeda, prompted retaliation by U.S. and allied forces, which swiftly ousted the Taliban regime for harboring the terrorist group’s leadership.
