Taliban Leaders Capture Capital of Afghanistan
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Military History
- Subcategories: Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Islam, Muslims, Mosques
- Curriculum: Middle Eastern History
- Geographical Location: Afghanistan, South Asia
- Date: September 27, 1996
Article abstract: Only four years after the establishment of an independent government in Afghanistan, the Taliban surprised the Afghan government and the world when it took the capital city of Kabul.
Problem of Political Stability in Afghanistan
By the time the Taliban, also known as the Taliban Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (TIMA), took control of Kabul, Afghanistan’s people had suffered many years of war and political turbulence. In the late nineteenth century, the British and Russian empires fought over control of Afghanistan. In 1919,...
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