Afghanistan

  • british forces invade

    british forces invade
    British forces invade, install King Shah Shujah. He is assassinated in 1842. British and Indian troops are massacred during retreat from Kabul.
    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12024253
  • second Anglo-afghan war

    second Anglo-afghan war
    Second Anglo-Afghan War. A treaty gives Britain control of Afghan foreign affairs.
  • King Amanullah sent people to Washington

    King Amanullah sent people to Washington
    King Amanullah, the reformist monarch of Afghanistan, dispatched the first Afghan envoy to Washington following independence from Britain.
    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/asia-jan-june11-timeline-afghanistan/
  • Full Diplomatic Relations Were Only Established

    Full Diplomatic Relations Were Only Established
    Full diplomatic relations were only established in 1934 and 1935, when the two countries designated ambassadors to the respective diplomatic missions.
  • Mohammed Daud seizes power

    Mohammed Daud seizes power
    Mohammed Daud seizes power in a coup and declares a republic. Tries to play off USSR against Western powers.
  • September 11 attacks

    September 11 attacks
    October - US-led bombing of Afghanistan begins following the September 11 attacks on the United States. Anti-Taliban Northern Alliance forces enter Kabul shortly afterwards.
  • agree on bonn

    agree on bonn
    December - Afghan groups agree deal in Bonn, Germany for interim government.
  • suicide bombers

    suicide bombers
    September 2001 anti-Taliban guerrilla leader Ahmed Shah Masoud of the Northern Alliance was killed by suicide bombers
    http://www.datesandevents.org/places-timelines/02-afghanistan-timeline.htm
  • Afghanistan Presidency

    Afghanistan Presidency
    September - The two rivals for the Afghan presidency, Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, sign a power-sharing agreement, following a two-month audit of disputed election results. Ashraf Ghani is sworn in as president.
  • Election deals

    Election deals
    January - A bomb attack in Kandahar kills six UAE diplomats.
    February - Rise in Islamic State activities reported in a number of northern and southern provinces.
    March - Thirty people are killed and more than 50 wounded in an attack by so-called Islamic State on a military hospital in Kabul.