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Afghanistan 1989-Present

Mackenzie De Rosa, Haley Eichhorn & Braydyn JohnsAfghanistan 1989-Present

1989: Soviet Troops withdrawal from Afghanistan

1991: The u.s. and soviet union cut off aid to their afghan clients. Soviet union dissolves.

1992: The mujahideen overthrow president najibullahThis for U.S. helps train muhajideen to over throw their president1994: Taliban takes control of afghan

1997: Osama bin laden returns to afghan

Praises terrorist attacks against Americans in a CNN interview

Taliban violence

2001: terrorist attack on u.s. world trade center

October 2001: U.S. launches air attacks of Afghanistan for 9/11

2002: International Security assistance force is sent to Afghanistan

2003: NATO takes control of ISAF in Afghanistan to help defend against Taliban

2004: first democratically elected president in afghanistan, named karzai

2004 elections

2005: George bush & karzai sign declaration.Declaration states that the U.S. can intervene in any violent terror attacks or extremism.

Pakistan signs an allegiance with the Taliban.An allegiance is agreeing that one group is inferior to another. Pakistan agreed to let the Taliban take control of their region.

2006

2007: Mullah dadullah, a taliban commander, is killed

2011: Osama bin Laden is killed by U.s. special forces.

Present: troops leaving afghsnistan

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