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Events relating to afghanistan
The mujaheddin, after removing from power the Soviet-backed president Najibullah, proclaim an Islamic state
Mullah Mohammed Omar, in Kandahar, forms a group devoted to fundamentalist Islam and calls it Taliban (meaning students of the Qur'an)
Expelled from Sudan, Osama bin Laden moves to Afghanistan where he builds training camps for al-Qaeda
The Taliban capture Kabul, driving out rival Afghan guerrilla groups
The Taliban hang ex-president Najibullah and his brother at Kabul's major traffic intersection
Thousands of Shia Muslims are massacred by the Taliban in Mazar-e-Sharif, in a brief spell before they are driven from the city
The Taliban recapture Mazar-e-Sharif, giving them control of 90% of Afghanistan
US cruise missiles attack al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical factory in Khartoum
Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Afghan Northern Alliance, is fatally wounded in an attack by two suicide bombers
US and UK forces launch military action against Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan
The Northern Alliance, the army of the Afghan resistance to the Taliban, drives the Taliban from Kabul
A month after the fall of Kabul, the Northern Alliance drives the Taliban from their power base in Kandahar
The US-led invasion of Afghanistan sweeps the Taliban from power, ending their protection of al-Qaeda
In spite of a massive military operation, the terrorist leader Osama bin Laden escapes US pursuit in Afghanistan
Afghan aristocrat and politician Hamid Karzai heads an interim government in his country
Hamid Karzai becomes the first democratically elected president of Afghanistan
The Taliban fail in an assassination attempt on Afghan president Hamid Karzai
The website Wikileaks publlishes more than 90,000 classified internal reports about US involvement in Afghanistan since 2004
An American soldier leaves his barracks and kills 17 villagers, including 9 children, in Afghanistan
The Taliban response to the murder of villagers is to suspend peace talks with the US and the Karzai government
The Afghan Taliban attempt to project a new image, opening an office in Qatar
Afghanistan holds a successful first-round presidential election with an unexpectedly high turn-out (about 60%) and low levels of violence in defiance of Taliban threats
Two mudslides bury a remote village in the Argo district in northeast Afghanistan, causing more than 2000 deaths
