Cold War Afghanistan Timeline -E Block by

Cold War Afghanistan Timeline -E Block by https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k Made with a curious mind en-us 2022-01-06 19:55:51 UTC 2026-01-20 21:00:43 UTC hello@padlet.com 1921 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981185363 Independence of Afghanistan from British control]]> 2022-01-07 21:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981185363 1933 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981186911 Zahir Shah became the King]]> 2022-01-07 21:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981186911 1995 Taliban rose to power. The US refused to recognize Taliban. https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981188448 2022-01-07 21:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981188448 1956 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981188893 Beginning of alliance with the USSR]]> 2022-01-07 21:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981188893 1965 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981190051 Formation of the Afghan Communist Party]]> 2022-01-07 21:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981190051 1973 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981192097 The establishment of the Republic of Afghanistan under the rule of Mohammed Daoud Khan with a close relation to the USSR]]> 2022-01-07 21:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981192097 Oct 2001 - US Invades Afghanistan https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981192499 The US begins with a bombing campaign but the Taliban didn't have air support. So, they pursued peace quickly.

In October 2001, they offer to hand over Osama bin Laden in return for an end to the bombing campaign. The Bush administration disregarded it and then made a formal invasion.

]]> 2022-01-07 21:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981192499 1978 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981192666 The leader of Afghanistan (Kahn) is overthrown and replaced with a Marxist-Leninist government. This prompts US intervention in the form of money given to anti-communist militias and resistance groups.]]> 2022-01-07 21:09:41 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981192666 2000 Taliban refused to extradite bin Laden. The US punished Afghanistan with sanctions. https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981192795 2022-01-07 21:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981192795 2021 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981194594 America removes its troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban regains control]]> 2022-01-07 21:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981194594 2001. 911 attack. bin Laden hid in Afghanistan. https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981195050 2022-01-07 21:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981195050 1979 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981198530 The funneling of money to Pakistan’s intelligence services, who then funneled it into the hands of the resistance, eventually prompted a Soviet invasion. ]]> 2022-01-07 21:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981198530 1947 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981198900 1947 - Pakistan had been founded in as a secular democracy.]]> 2022-01-07 21:13:52 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981198900 1978 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981198987 Saur Revolution

Mohammed Daoud ordered the arrest of Communist students protesting his rule. This resulted in Daoud being shot dead. Afghanistan's government began a new Communist regime after his death.

]]> 2022-01-07 21:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981198987 1979 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981199313 The Iranian Revolution over-threw a dictatorship and replaced it with an Islamic republican government. The Iranians hoped to export their revolution and form of Islam throughout the region.

]]> 2022-01-07 21:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981199313 1989 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981199683 Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan because but they were unable to defeat the mujahideen and their likelihood of succeeding seemed very low. Additionally, the war was very costly, and the war was very unpopular. This withdraw coincided with the end of the Cold War. ]]> 2022-01-07 21:14:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981199683 1991 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200026 The Soviet Union collapsed, and the US government didn’t want to keep providing resources to Afghanistan. Because of this the rivalries between mujahideen groups grew into a civil war for power and control of Kabul. This resulted in the death of tens of thousands of citizens deaths. ]]> 2022-01-07 21:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200026 1979 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200036 The United States throws its full backing. It goes from meddling and funneling and agitating to outright saying, “Okay, we need to support the mujahedeen,” and allying themselves with the anti-communist resistance movement.]]> 2022-01-07 21:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200036 1979 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200313 Moscow Nur Mohammed Taraki, a communist leader, met with Soviet Premier Brezhnev for advice on reducing hostility among groups in Afghanistan. Brezhnev recommended killing the president of Afghanistan, Hafizullah Amin. Amin killed Taraki instead.

]]> 2022-01-07 21:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200313 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200472 The US wanted to rebuild Afghanistan, but most of the money they sent went to the military contractors and warlords, leaving the Afghan people in poverty]]> 2022-01-07 21:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200472 September 1988 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200649 Osama bin Laden formed the group al-Qaida (“the base”) to continue their jihad against the Soviets and others who held opposite goals against a pure nation governed by Islam.]]> 2022-01-07 21:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200649 1979 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200892 USSR invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 and installed a new leader provoking violent resistance lasting 10 years. More than 1,000,000 Afghans were killed and 5-7 million fled to Iran and Pakistan.

]]> 2022-01-07 21:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981200892 1977 – 1988 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981201984 Pakistan was ruled by a military dictator named Muhammed Zia al-Haq, a political Islamist. ]]> 2022-01-07 21:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981201984 Dec 2001 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981202345 Taliban leaders surrender the group’s final Afghan territory on Dec 9. The rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan has ended. ]]> 2022-01-07 21:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981202345 1992 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981204914 The Mujahadeen and other rebel groups stormed the capital, Kabul, and oust Najibullah from power]]> 2022-01-07 21:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981204914 2002 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981205720 The grand council elected U.S.-backed Hamid Karzai as interim leader]]> 2022-01-07 21:21:46 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981205720 US Impact on Afghanistan (post 2001) https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981206181 It offered an opportunity to think of the future in a different way because there was a sense of hopelessness with the Taliban. There is a great activity of optimism and an attempt to really reform society. but the US was still a major aggressor "And so young Afghans would grow up with the experience of, okay, I can go to school today, something I may not have been able to do under the Taliban. But that also means that if the skies are blue, I might get droned." (Stewart). It caused a lot of tension and anxiety for Afghans. ]]> 2022-01-07 21:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981206181 Present Day https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981206664 Although US troops are gone, US drone strikes are going to continue. No expert can definitely say what the future is going to be like for Afghanistan. ]]> 2022-01-07 21:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981206664 2004 https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981207225 The interim leader Karzai was elected as the president. ]]> 2022-01-07 21:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981207225 Early 1980s https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981216933 As insurgency groups ( also calledthe Mujahideen) intensify and the Afgan Army fails to deal with them effectively, the Soviet Union takes matters into their own hands and begin bombing the countryside and the mujahideen. This will lead to a refugee crisis in 1982]]> 2022-01-07 21:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/Webbhumanities/wzoi9hqxbr945n3k/wish/1981216933