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Historic Timeline
of Afghanistan
| 1747: |
Ahmad Shah durrani unify Pashtun tribes and found Afghanistan. |
| 1800s: |
Hub of British-Russian battle for regional dominance. |
| 1919: |
Afghanistan gains independence from limited British control. |
| 1973: |
Democracy experiment ends in coup. |
| 1978: |
Communist counter-coup. |
| 1979: |
Soviets invade; mujahadeen rebels fight back with help from US, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. |
| 1989: |
Communists fall; mujahadeen factions wage civil war. |
| 1994: |
The Taliban, a Pakistan-sponsored hard-line Islamist movement, emerges. |
| 1996: |
Taliban seize Kabul; northern alliance emerges as primary opposition. |
| 2001: |
Taliban toppled after US invasion; Taliban leaders retreat to Pakistan to regroup. |
| 2003: |
Taliban guerrilla factions start to harass occupying forces in Afghanistan. |
| 2003: |
NATO takes control of security in Kabul. |
| 2004: |
Taliban guerrilla factions joined by new generation of local recruits, radicalized by occupation. |
| 2004: |
Government adopts constitution; Hamid Karzai elected president (five-year term). |
| 2005: |
Harsh winter leaves hundreds dead. |
| 2005: |
National and provincial legislative elections. |
| 2006: |
Tensions with Pakistan increase; Afghan government accuses Pakistan of failing to control militants on Afghan border. |
| 2006: |
NATO takes control of all peacekeeping forces. |
FOR FURTHER REFERENCE
BBC News Afghanistan Timeline
SOURCES
CIA World Factbook and Wikipedia
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