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On December 24, 1979, Soviet forces entered Afghanistan and took control of Kabul to encourage the Parcham faction.
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Babrak Karmal is made Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Council and is backed by the Soviets.
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Afghanistan, USSR, the US, and Pakistan sign the Geneva Accord and Soviet Union begins removing soldiers.
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The Soviet Union forces their troops to come out of Afghanistan in a signed agreement.
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September 1996 the Taliban army seizes Kabul from the Northern Alliance and kills former president Najibullah.
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The United States launched missile strikes at the suspected bases of militant Osama Bin Laden.
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Ahmad Shah Masood, anti Taliban guerilla leader of the Northern Alliance killed by suicide bombers.
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Al-Quaeda terrorists attack the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon.
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The Taliban refuses to give up Osama Bin Laden and the US and allies begin air strikes.
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The entireTaliban regime falls after the war of Tora Bora left 200 Al-Quaeda terrorists dead.
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In December of 2001, Hamid Karzai becomes the new leader of the interim power sharing Government.
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NATO officially takes control of the International Security Assistance Force for Afghanistan in Kabul in August 2003.
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The Grand Council meets in Kabul and adopts a new consitution for the Democratic Islamic Republic.
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Afghanistan has first parliamentary and provincial elections for the House of Representatives since the year 1988.
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Last King of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, dies in his bed from a long illness.
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The last major British deployment into Afghanistan began and UN votes on final mandate for Afghan forces.
