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| 1985 |
| | | Seven groups of Afghan mujaheddin form a united front against the Soviet army | |
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| 1988 |
| | | The Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev announces that Soviet troops will leave Afghanistan, handing victory to the mujaheddin | |
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| c. 1988 |
| | | Osama bin Laden's involvement in the fight against Soviet forces in Afghanistan leads to his development of al-Qaeda | |
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| 1989 |
| | | The USSR completes the phased withdrawal of its troops from Aghanistan | |
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| 1992 |
| | | Mohammad Najibullah, Russia's puppet ruler in Afghanistan, is finally overwhelmed in Kabul by the mujaheddin | |
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| 1992 |
| | | The mujaheddin, after removing from power the Soviet-backed president Najibullah, proclaim an Islamic state | |
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| c. 1994 |
| | | Mullah Mohammed Omar, in Kandahar, forms a group devoted to fundamentalist Islam and calls it Taliban (meaning students of the Qur'an) | |
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| 1996 |
| | | Expelled from Sudan, Osama bin Laden moves to Afghanistan where he builds training camps for al-Qaeda | |
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| 1996 |
| | | The Taliban capture Kabul, driving out rival Afghan guerrilla groups | |
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| 1996 |
| | | The Taliban hang ex-president Najibullah and his brother at Kabul's major traffic intersection | |
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