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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

Afghanistan Timeline

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334BC

 

Alexander the Great used the country of Afghanistan as the gateway to India

700's

 

Afghanistan conquered by Islam forces

1218

 

Genghis Khan conquers the country

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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