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http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/20/world/taliban-fast-facts/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11451718
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12024253
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The Kite Runner in Context
Sources:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/20/world/taliban-fast-facts/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11451718
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12024253
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Arindam "mak" Ghosh
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Afghanistan, 1979
Soviet Union invades Afghanistan and props up Communist gov't
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peretzp
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1980s
US, China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran supply money and arms to mujahideen to fight Soviets
By 1985, half of Afghanistan's pop. displaced by war
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brian.ch
4.
1989-93
Last Soviet troops leave, but country falls into civil war
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Julian Carvajal
5.
1994
Mujahideen vet Mullah Omar forms the Taliban
Taliban aims to impose its fundamentalist version of Islamic law on Afghanistan and remove foreign influence
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jorr81
6.
1996-2001
Taliban seize control of Kabul (at one point control 90% of Afghanistan)
Institute hard-line Islamic law on populace
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peretzp
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The Taliban
predominantly Pashtun & Sunni Muslim
outlawed: kite flying, tv, music, internet
women: forbidden to attend school or work outside home
public executions and punishments
profited from opium and electronics
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jorr81
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Oct-Nov 2001
Operation Enduring Freedom: after bombardment, Taliban lose Afghanistan to US and Northern Alliance forces
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DVIDSHUB
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2004-2005
Hamid Karzai elected president
Afghan people vote in first parliamentary elections in over 30 years
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AfghanistanMatters
Jarrod Neff
http://theneffwork.weebly.com
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