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Events relating to afghanistan
Alexander marries Roxana after subduing the territories of her father, a Bactrian chief in the modern region of Aghanistan
Kanishka rules the Kushan empire of Afghanistan and northern India from his capital at Peshawar
Mahmud, a Turk, builds an empire based on Ghazni (in modern Afghanistan)
The Seljuk Turks win a victory at Dandanqan, which gives them a base in the north of Iran and Afghanistan
Timur begins twenty years of almost continuous conquest with the capture and destruction of Herat
Shah Rukh, son of Timur, begins rebuilding the city of Herat
Herat, under Timurid princes, succeeds Tabriz as the main centre of Persian art
Babur captures Kabul, making it and eastern Afghanistan the first possession of the Mughal empire
Humayun, driven west into Afghanistan by Sher Shah, loses his family's new inheritance in India
A tribal leader, Ahmad Shah Abdali, is elected king of the Afghans in an event seen as the foundation of the Aghan nation
A British army invades Afghanistan and instals a puppet ruler, Shuja Shah, as the Afghan amir
The British abandon Kabul, losing most of the garrison force in the withdrawal to India and bringing to an end the first Anglo-Afghan war
Three British armies invade Afghanistan, beginning the second Anglo-Afghan War
The British withdraw from Afghanistan, having achieved nothing in the Second Anglo-Afghan War
Afghanistan finally achieves international recognition as an independent nation
Zahir Shah allows the first elections in his kingdom of Afghanistan
A military coup deposes Zahir Shah and brings to an end the hereditary monarchy in Afghanistan
Communist measures in Afghanistan provoke a Muslim jihad and the murder of more than 100 Russians in Herat
Soviet troops invade Afghanistan to suppress anti-communist anarchy
The Saudi fundamentalist Osama bin Laden joins the mujaheddin in their fight against the Soviet occupiers of Afghanistan
Seven groups of Afghan mujaheddin form a united front against the Soviet army
The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev announces that Soviet troops will leave Afghanistan, handing victory to the mujaheddin
Osama bin Laden's involvement in the fight against Soviet forces in Afghanistan leads to his development of al-Qaeda
The USSR completes the phased withdrawal of its troops from Aghanistan
Mohammad Najibullah, Russia's puppet ruler in Afghanistan, is finally overwhelmed in Kabul by the mujaheddin
