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