Afghanistan Timeline

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

Afghanistan Timeline

Afghanistan Timeline
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