Afghanistan timeline
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Updated: 19 May 2021
All the way back to 1926-2000
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Created byMASON MOHR
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Afghanistan Gets its independanceAmunullah declares Afghanistan a monarchy instead of an empire.Zahir Shah becomes king and rules for 40 more yearsThe United States recognizes AfghanistanPakistan makes a long largly uncontrolable border with AfghanistanSoviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agrees to help Afghanistan and they become close alliesThe afghan Communist party secretly forms. The groups leaders are Babrak Karmal and Nur Mohammad Taraki.Khan overthrows the last king, Mohammed Zahir Shah in a military coupKhan is killed in a Communist coup. Nur Mohammad Taraki one of the leaders in the Communest groups takes over as presidentAmerican Ambassador was killed and the US cuts off assistance to AfghanistanThe USSR invades Afghanistan to bolster the Communist regime. on the 27th Amin and many of his men are executed.The united nations investigates human rights violations in afghanistanOsama bin laden starts to focus on the US saying that they are the remaining obsticle until the state is IslamPakistan,US and Afghanistan Sign a peace agreementThe taliban army Executes NajibullahFollowing the bombings of the two american embassies president Clinton sends cruise missiles to Afghanistan training camps. The missiles miss saudi and other leaders of the terrorist groupPeriods
Khan makes it so that women can work modenly. But he also cracks down on his opponents and now they dont support him out of the government.Drought makes it very hard for the farmers to grow crops in Afghanistan.
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