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Leonid Brezhnev
The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, ruling over the country from 1964 to 1982. He died from a heart attack. -
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Babrak Karmal
He became the ruler because the soviets overthrowing of Amin. Karmal ruled in Afghanistan December 1979 to May 4, 1986 due to his health he resigned. Barbrak died at age 67 December 1996 due to liver failure. He was replaced by the head of the secret police. -
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Cold War
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Osama Bin Laden
May 2, 2011 Died from a covert operation constructed by the United States. The group of Navy Seals 6 broke into his house in Pakistan and shot him. Thy took his body and threw it in the ocean. He was the Amir of Al-Qaeda. He served from 1984 to 2011. He was suspected to be involved in the 9/11 attacks. -
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Leonid Brezhnev In Office
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Creation of the Taliban
A Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan currently fighting a war in its own country. The taliban was created on October 10 1994. The Taliban came to power because of the civil war in Afghanistan. They are part of a group called the “holy fighters” or the “freedom fighters” -
Jimmy Carter Inaugurated
President from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981. JImmy only served one term as the 39 President. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize. He found peaceful ways to solve international conflicts. -
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Jimmy Carter
President from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981. JImmy only served one term as the 39 President. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize. He found peaceful ways to solve international conflicts. -
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Operation Cyclone
Mujahideen means one involved in Jihad. Jihad means to persevering and struggling. Most Jihadist are terrorist that are fulfilling their religious duties. The United states funded the Mujahideen before the Soviet war. This was called operation cyclone a code name used by the CIA. -
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Barbrak Karmal Rule
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Leonid Brezhnev Death
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Peace Accords
The Geneva Accord was created to reach an agreement on Afghanistan. This meant that the United States and the Soviet Union would be world policemen. This also meant that the Soviet Union would remove its troops from Afghanistan. This ended nine years of Soviet involvement. This meant that America would intervene. -
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1992 Civil War
The war began after Mohammed Najibullah resigned. The Peshawa accord united all the Afghanistan states except for Hekmatyar. Hekmatyar started a bombing campaign. The targeted the major cities. They were supported by Pakistan. The war lasted for four years, the Afghanistan States won. -
Taliban Siezes Kabul
September 27, 1996 the tacloban seized Kabul. They had control of Kabul until 2001. The Taliban left the city in ruins. -
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UN air Embargo
The UN created this embargo to make the Taliban surrender and capture accused terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Embargo means to cut off trade with a country. The UN believed that an embargo would cripple the economy in Afghanistan so that they would have to surrender Osama Bin Laden to them. -
9/11
A series of four terrorist attacks on United States landmarks. Two of the planes flew into the world trade center. This made the 110 story North and South buildings collapse. A third plane crashed into the pentagon. The fourth plane was taken over by terrorist but the people took the plane back and crashed it into a field in Pennsylvania. The fourth plane was headed towards the White House. -
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War on Terror
People didn’t know what to call the muslims Islamism or Islamic fundamentalism. The term Islamism is more commonly used today. This is because of 9/11. Ever since that day Americans would rather use Islamism over Islamic fundamentalism. Islamism is a political movement of Islam. The Islamic fundamentalist are ones that go through the fundamentals of islam. -
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US Invades Afghanistan
United states started to invade October 7, 2001 because of the 9/11 attacks. This started the war on terror. In 2001 George W Bush demanded that the Taliban hand over Osama Bin Laden. In 2011 seal team six went to Osama Bin Laden’s home in Pakistan to kill him and they succeeded. President Obama withdrew troops in 2014. -
Osama Bin Laden Death
May 2, 2011 Died from a covert operation constructed by the United States. The group of Navy Seals 6 broke into his house in Pakistan and shot him. Thy took his body and threw it in the ocean. He was the Amir of Al-Qaeda. He served from 1984 to 2011. He was suspected to be involved in the 9/11 attacks.
