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Afghan Mujahideen is formed
The US had funded Mujahideen. They had multiple little groups of fighters -
Operation Cyclone
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Period: to
Operation Cyclone
When the US was supplying the Jihadi Warriors in Afghanistan with arms and finances -
Soviet-Afghan War
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Period: to
Soviet-Afghan war
Mujahideen forces fought against the Soviet Union and afghanistan -
Al-Qaeda is formed
Osama Bin Laden and some other people from other countries started it. -
First Al Qaeda attack on Somalia
At the Gold Mohur hotel where US troops were staying but they were gone when the bomb exploded -
World Trade Center bombing
6 people were killed and thousands were injured -
Taliban allows Al-Qaeda into afghanistan
Trained Taliban from 1996 to 2001. 70% of the Taliban don't like Al-Qaeda. They never really got along but they would help each other out when needed. -
United States Embassy Bombings
224 people died. Car bombs. One was in Dar es Salaam Tanzania, and the other one happened in Nairobi Kenya. -
Osama Bin Laden died
He was killed in Pakistan by US troops. His body was buried in the North Arabian sea
