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1963
Mohammed Daoud forced to resign as prime minister -
1964
Constitutional monarchy introduced -
1965
The Afghan Communist Party secretly forms. -
1965
The group’s principal leaders are Babrak Karmal and Nur Mohammad Taraki. -
1973
The Republic of Afghanistan is established with firm ties to the USSR. -
1973
Mohammed Daoud launched a successful coup. His coup was dependent on pro-soviet military and political factions -
1973
A third of active troops that have trained on Soviet soil -
1975
Khan proposes a new constitution that grants women rights and works to modernize the largely communist state -
1978
Khan is killed in a communist coup. -
1978
Hafizullah Amin becomes president -
1978
Nur Mohammad Taraki, one of the founding members of the Afghan Communist Party, takes control of the country as president, and Babrak Karmal is named deputy prime minister. -
1979
American Ambassador Adolph Dubs is killed. -
1979
The United States cuts off assistance to Afghanistan -
1979
Soviet Army invades and props up communist government -
2001
3 foreign aid workers who had been arrested by the Taliban regime, which accusing them of preaching Christianity to Afghans. -
2001
The Taliban stronghold of the southern city of Kandahar falls. -
2001
CIA officer Johnny "Mike" Spann is killed during a prison uprising in Mazar-e-Sharif, becoming the first US combat casualty of the campaign. -
2001
The US begins bombing Afghanistan, to root out bin Laden and his Taliban protectors -
2001
Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and Bin Laden escape -
2001
One of the 80 fighters found at the prison turns out to be an American, John Walker Lindh