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british forces invade
British forces invade, install King Shah Shujah. He is assassinated in 1842. British and Indian troops are massacred during retreat from Kabul.
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second Anglo-afghan war
Second Anglo-Afghan War. A treaty gives Britain control of Afghan foreign affairs. -
King Amanullah sent people to Washington
King Amanullah, the reformist monarch of Afghanistan, dispatched the first Afghan envoy to Washington following independence from Britain.
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Full Diplomatic Relations Were Only Established
Full diplomatic relations were only established in 1934 and 1935, when the two countries designated ambassadors to the respective diplomatic missions. -
Mohammed Daud seizes power
Mohammed Daud seizes power in a coup and declares a republic. Tries to play off USSR against Western powers. -
September 11 attacks
October - US-led bombing of Afghanistan begins following the September 11 attacks on the United States. Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul shortly afterwards. -
agree on bonn
December - Afghan groups agree deal in Bonn, Germany for interim government. -
suicide bombers
September 2001 anti-Taliban guerrilla leader Ahmed Shah Masoud of the Northern Alliance was killed by suicide bombers
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Afghanistan Presidency
September - The two rivals for the Afghan presidency, Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, sign a power-sharing agreement, following a two-month audit of disputed election results. Ashraf Ghani is sworn in as president. -
Election deals
January - A bomb attack in Kandahar kills six UAE diplomats.
February - Rise in Islamic State activities reported in a number of northern and southern provinces.
March - Thirty people are killed and more than 50 wounded in an attack by so-called Islamic State on a military hospital in Kabul.
