History of Afghanistan

By Thomas.VanderBruggen
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    Afghanistan is ruled by Iranian Achaemenian Dynasty

    Afghanistan is ruled by Iranian Achaemenian Dynasty
    Earliest known written history of Afghanistan Actual date is in the 500 BC
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    Afghanistan invaded by Muslim

    Afghanistan invaded by Muslim
    Afghanistan got invaded and recontrolled by Muslims.and Mongols.

  • Durrani Dynsasty starts to rebel

    Durrani Dynsasty starts to rebel
    Durrani Dynasty starts to rebel against the Hotaki Dynasty.

  • Britain establishes diplomatic relations with Afghanistan

    Britain establishes diplomatic relations with Afghanistan
    Following the First Anglo-Afghan War, Britain establishes relations with Afghanistan

  • Britain invades Afghanistan a second time

    Britain invades Afghanistan a second time
    Britain invades Afghanistan starting the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

  • Britain invades Afghanistan a third time

    Britain invades Afghanistan a third time
    Britain invades Afghanistan a third time starting the Third Anglo-Afghan War.

  • Mohammed Zahir Shah Reigns after Father's death

    Mohammed Zahir Shah Reigns after Father's death
    Mohammed Zahir Shah reigns until 1973

  • Prince Mohammed Nadir Khan assassinated

    Prince Mohammed Nadir Khan assassinated
    Prince Khan was trying to gradaully modernize Afghanistan and assassinated by a student in Kabul

  • Mohammad Sardar Daoud Khan Takes control

    Mohammad Sardar Daoud Khan seizes control in a non-violent coup

  • Nur Mohammad Taraki overrthrows the government

    Nur Mohammad Taraki overrthrows the government

  • Hafizullah Amin becomes the Prime Minister

    Hafizullah Amin becomes the Prime Minister
    Hafizullah Amin becomes the PM after killing Taraki

  • Amin establishes Marxist laws forbidding beards, chadors, and mosques

    Amin establishes Marxist laws forbidding beards, chadors, and mosques

  • PDPA get in agreements with USSR to prevent revolutions

    PDPA get in agreements with USSR to prevent revolutions
    PDPA get in a deal with the USSR to help the PDPA with preventing revolutions

  • Afghan government (PDPA) hires USSR contractors to build roads

    Afghan government (PDPA) hires USSR contractors to build roads

  • Unrest grows in Afghanistan

    Unrest begins in many provinces.

  • US ambassador murdered in Kabul

  • Civil war in Afghanistan

    United States tries to help and rid Afghanistan of USSR support

  • Civil war ends and restarts in Afghanistan

    Many smaller battles are fought for control of Afghanistan

  • Taliban gains control of Afghanistan

  • UN creates allied forces trying to help north Afghanistan from attacks

  • 150,000 Iranian troops die to Taliban forces

    As Iran tries to fight the Taliban 150,000 Iranians die

  • US forces conclude that 40% of Afghanistan's government fighters are from Pakistan

  • Afghan based Taliban fighters hijack planes and murder 3,000 Americans

  • Taliban forces are overthrown forming the New Afghan Government

  • UN allies try to rebuild war-torn afghanistan

  • NATO is training Afghan soldiers

  • Taliban leaders are regrouping in order to regain control

  • 328 Afghan refugees are resettled by US

  • Taliban forms shadow government to try to regain control

  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai tries to talk to Taliban leaders

  • Following Bin Laden's death many Afghan leaders are assassinated

  • Afghan and US forces are fighting Taliban and ISIS