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| | 334BC | Alexander the Great used the country of Afghanistan as the gateway to India | |
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| | 700's | Afghanistan conquered by Islam forces | |
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| | 1218 | Genghis Khan conquers the country | |
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| | 1400's | Tamerlane conquered the country | |
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| | 1839 | 1839–1842 Anglo-Afghan war | |
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| | 1878 | 1878–1880 Anglo-Afghan war | |
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| | 1893 | Great Britain established an unofficial border separating Afghanistan from British India | |
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| | 1919 | Afghanistan became independent | |
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| | 1926 | Emir Amanullah founded an Afghan monarchy | |
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| | 1950's | Afghanistan developed close ties with the Soviet Union during the cold war | |
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| | 1978 | Military coup Afghanistan became a Marxist regime | |
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| | 1979 | Russia launched an invasion of Afghanistan | |
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| | 1989 | Soviet withdrawal | |
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| | 1992 | Islamic rebellion | |
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| | 1996 | A number of Islamic students calling itself the Taliban seized control of Kabul | |
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| | 1996 | The Taliban took over the government of Afghanistan but the government was only recognised by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates | |
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| | 1998 | August 20, 1998, U.S. cruise missiles struck a terrorist training complex believed to have been financed by Osama bin Laden | |
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| | 2001 | September 2001 anti-Taliban guerrilla leader Ahmed Shah Masoud of the Northern Alliance was killed by suicide bombers | |
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| | 2001 | September 11 - Taliban terrorists - al-Qaeda members - attacked the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon | |
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| | 2001 | October 7 - The Taliban refused to turn over Bin Laden and the U.S. and its allies began air strikes against Afghan military installations | |
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| | 2001 | December 7 - the Taliban regime collapsed | |
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| | 2001 | December: Afghanistan interim government formed | |
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| | 2002 | June : Hamid Karzai became President | |
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| | 2002 | Peacekeeping forces enter the country | |
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| | 2003 | March: US Offensive against Kandahar and al-Qaeda members | |
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| | 2003 | August : NATO assumed command of peacekeeping troops | |
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| | 2004 | January 4: New constitution introduced | |
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| | 2004 | April: US Offensive along the Pakistan border against al-Qaeda members. | |
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| | 2005 | 2005 February - Hundreds of people are killed due to the harsh winter weather | |
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| | 2005 | 2005 May - Alleged prisoner abuse by US forces at detention centres. | |
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| | 2005 | 2005 September - First parliamentary elections in more than 30 years. | |
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| | 2006 | 2006 February - International donors pledge more than $10bn in reconstruction aid over a period of five years. | |
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| | 2006 | 2006 May - Violent anti-US protests in Kabul | |
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| | 2006 | 2006 May-June - Battles between Taleban fighters and Afghan and coalition forces | |
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| | 2006 | 2006 July onwards - Nato troops take over the leadership of military operations in the south | |
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