https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu Beginning With British Involvement en-us 2021-09-21 23:08:57 UTC 2023-03-16 06:47:11 UTC hello@padlet.com seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758554744 One of three wars that the British fought as they tried wrestle for control of Afghanistan against the Russians. ]]> 2021-09-21 23:21:11 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758554744 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758560091 After failures by the British and Russians to control Afghanistan, and the devastation of WW1, Afghanistan becomes an independent emirate. ]]> 2021-09-21 23:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758560091 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758564041 After instability and assassination's, Muhammad Zahir Shah becomes king, he quickly begins modernizing the country into the 1960's.]]> 2021-09-21 23:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758564041 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758564901 Remember this is the time of the Cold War, so the British and Soviet Union are still trying to control the country. ]]> 2021-09-21 23:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758564901 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758568576 Muhammad Zahir Shah's cousin, Muhammad Khan stages a coup because the ethnic group he belonged to (Pashtun) was being largely ignored and effected by Zahir Shah's modernizing programs. He immediately declares himself Prime Minister and President. ]]> 2021-09-21 23:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758568576 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758572363 The President Muhammad Khan is ousted because people did not agree with his form of Pashtun Ethnic nationalism, favoring the group over others. Khan cracked down on protests, which eventually led to a full revolution. The Communist Party takes full control. ]]> 2021-09-21 23:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758572363 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758576389 Amin begins to push more rights for all. Women's rights, more building projects, more socialism. This upset the rural population because they saw it as a threat to their traditional power structures. So they began to riot. Amin cracked down on the riots, which in turn led to more riots. ]]> 2021-09-21 23:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758576389 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758579082 Amin's president, Nur Muhammad Turaki turns to the Soviet Union for help in quelling the riots....and also to assassinate Amin. Amin finds, out, kills Turaki, declares himself President and PM. Weakening the government further. ]]> 2021-09-21 23:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758579082 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758581853 USSR decides to take control of Amin and the country. Amin is assassinated. Soviets install puppet. Tribal warlords that were rioting, forced to the mountains. ]]> 2021-09-21 23:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758581853 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758584248 After regrouping to fight "Jihad". The Taliban is one of many holy warrior guerilla groups fighting the Soviet invasion. ]]> 2021-09-21 23:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758584248 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758590150 The United States begin funding the Mujahadeen effort to overthrow the Soviet backed puppet government and install an Islamic Emirate. One of these fighters is Osama Bin Laden, son of wealthy Saudi construction company owner. ]]> 2021-09-21 23:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758590150 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758592087 The Soviets withdrawal from Afghanistan, and civil war breaks out between the Mujahadeen factions. ]]> 2021-09-21 23:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758592087 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758950081 Taliban win civil war, offer Afghanistan as a base of operations to Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda. ]]> 2021-09-22 03:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758950081 seanhannah https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758954354 Terrorists trained and funded by Al-Qaeda attack the World Trade Center buildings. The United States vows retribution. The war on terror begins. Afghanistan is invaded by the US and its allies in late 2001.]]> 2021-09-22 03:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/seanhannah/xgnvtfqnvo49yvuu/wish/1758954354