Afghanistan Timeline
 

Afghanistan Timeline

Afghanistan Timeline
Important people, dates and events in Afghanistan
Genghis Khan conquers the country
The Anglo-Afghan wars
Afghanistan became a Marxist regime
The Taliban take over the government of Afghanistan
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  334BCAlexander the Great used the country of Afghanistan as the gateway to India 
     
  700'sAfghanistan conquered by Islam forces 
     
  1218Genghis Khan conquers the country 
     
  1400'sTamerlane conquered the country 
     
  18391839–1842 Anglo-Afghan war 
     
  18781878–1880 Anglo-Afghan war 
     
  1893Great Britain established an unofficial border separating Afghanistan from British India 
     
  1919Afghanistan became independent 
     
  1926Emir Amanullah founded an Afghan monarchy 
     
  1950'sAfghanistan developed close ties with the Soviet Union during the cold war 
     
  1978Military coup Afghanistan became a Marxist regime 
     
  1979Russia launched an invasion of Afghanistan 
     
  1989Soviet withdrawal 
     
  1992Islamic rebellion 
     
  1996A number of Islamic students calling itself the Taliban seized control of Kabul 
     
  1996The Taliban took over the government of Afghanistan but the government was only recognised by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates 
     
  1998August 20, 1998, U.S. cruise missiles struck a terrorist training complex believed to have been financed by Osama bin Laden 
     
  2001September 2001 anti-Taliban guerrilla leader Ahmed Shah Masoud of the Northern Alliance was killed by suicide bombers 
     
  2001September 11 - Taliban terrorists - al-Qaeda members - attacked the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon 
     
  2001October 7 - The Taliban refused to turn over Bin Laden and the U.S. and its allies began air strikes against Afghan military installations 
     
  2001December 7 - the Taliban regime collapsed 
     
  2001December: Afghanistan interim government formed 
     
  2002June : Hamid Karzai became President 
     
  2002Peacekeeping forces enter the country 
     
  2003March: US Offensive against Kandahar and al-Qaeda members 
     
  2003August : NATO assumed command of peacekeeping troops 
     
  2004January 4: New constitution introduced 
     
  2004April: US Offensive along the Pakistan border against al-Qaeda members. 
     
  20052005 February - Hundreds of people are killed due to the harsh winter weather 
     
  20052005 May - Alleged prisoner abuse by US forces at detention centres. 
     
  20052005 September - First parliamentary elections in more than 30 years. 
     
  20062006 February - International donors pledge more than $10bn in reconstruction aid over a period of five years. 
     
  20062006 May - Violent anti-US protests in Kabul 
     
  20062006 May-June - Battles between Taleban fighters and Afghan and coalition forces 
     
  20062006 July onwards - Nato troops take over the leadership of military operations in the south 
     
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