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The Soviet Union intruded in the Afghan government by sending 30,000 troops and overthrew their leader, Hafizullah Amin.
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Babrak Karmal was placed as ruler by the Soviet Troops. This causes tension between Mujahideen groups and they begin fighting the Soviet forces.
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The Mujahideen go to Pakistan to form an alliance to fight the Soviet forces. Afghans relocated to either Iran or Pakistan during this war.
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Afghanistan, Soviet Union, the United States, and Pakistan sign a peace agreement and Soviets agree to pull their soldiers out of Afghanistan.
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Taliban begins to be recognized as the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and now is ruling two-thirds of the country.
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The leader of the Taliban in the Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Massoud, has been assassinated.
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The United States led in the bombing of Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Shortly after that, the Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance goes into Kabul.
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The Afghanistan groups make a deal with Bonn, Germany for an interim government headed by Hamid Karzai.
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NATO takes control over the security in Kabul, which is their first operational commitment outside of the country.
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NATO begins to take responsibility for the security around Afghanistan with a U.S led coalition.
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Barack Obama reveals a new strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan to train the Afghan army and police and to also support in their development in civilians.
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An Al-Qaeda agent kills seven CIA agents on a suicide mission on a United States base in Khost.
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Burning of the Quran by a United States pastor starts country wide protests, resulting in foreign workers and several Afghans killed.
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Two former Kabul Bank chiefs, Sherkhan Farnood and Khalilullah Ferozi, are put in jail for a multi-million dollar scheme that almost resulted in the decline of the bank as well as the Afghan banking system.
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The Afghanistan army takes control over all military and security operations once run by the Nato forces.
