History of Afghanistan

By PinkUnicornMonsterBunny

  • Soviet War

    "The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year war during the Cold war fought by the Soviet Army and the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the Afghan Mujahideen guerrilla movement and foreign Arab–Afghan volunteers"

  • The soveits withdrew

  • the Islamic rebellion is formed

  • : A number of people that were Islamic calling themselves the Taliban take control of Kabul

  • The Taliban take over the government in Afghanistan

  • U.S. cruise missiles were launched at a terrorist training camp and destroyed it they believe it was funded by Osama Bin Laden

  • Anti-Taliban leader Ahmed Shah Masoud was killed by suicide bombers

  • Al Qaeda members launch an attack on the world trade centres

  • The Taliban refuse to hand over Osama so the U.S. start launching air strikes against Afghan military installations

  • The Taliban regime collapsed

  • Hamid Karzai became president of Afghanistan

  • Peacekeeping forces are put into the country

  • Nato assumed command of Peacekeeping troops

  • US offensive along the Pakistan borders against Al Qaeda

  • Hundreds of people die due to harsh winter weather

  • Violent anti US protest in Kabul

  • Battles between the Taliban fighters and Afghan and coalition forces

  • Nato troops take over leadership of military operations

  • Obama watches US seals enter a house that is believed to have Osama Bin Laden in it and he see Osama getting shot on a head cam of one of the Us seals