Afghanistan

History

Independent _________________________ __________________________ was established in 1926.

1973- Afghanistan's _______________ was overthrown by his cousin who declared a republic with himself was the president.

1978- hes assassinated and replaced with a ____________________________-leaning government.

1979- The _______________ invaded Afghanistan in 1979 to support the ________________________ Partys push for

power to take over as much _________________ as possible.

The side that fights against the communists???

o Islamic Fundamentalist Group, ___________________________ by the United States. (Missiles, money, etc.)

o (________________ bin Laden is a part of this group)

1989- Soviets ___________________ from Afghanistan leading to the __________________ of the Afghani Taliban

The Rise of the Afghani Taliban

Taliban- a group of ___________________ militants that became popular with many ___________________ people. Many

Afghan people initially ___________________ the Taliban. The Afghan people hoped that returning to

__________________________ customs of their ancient land would erase the unhappiness of past ____________________.

1996- the Taliban had gained ______________________ of much of Afghanistan.

They ruled Afghanistan according to very _________________ Islamic law. People whom the Taliban believed violated the

laws were given harsh public punishments. They outlawed television, radios, & even kite-flying!

Womens rights were severely_____________________: no jobs, cant see male doctors who arent in their immediate family,

cant be seen in public without coverings

The Taliban

The Taliban also _________________ other countries by allowing suspected terrorists to ___________ and _____________

in Afghanistan. Among them were Osama bin Laden and members of his terrorist organization, ________________________.
9/11

Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network, sought to use ________________________ to drive the U.S. _____________

of the Middle East. On September 11, 2001, members of the Al Qaeda network hijacked four ____________________,

crashing two into the World Trade Center Towers in New York, one into the Pentagon, and one, as the passengers fought for

control of the plane, into a field in Pennsylvania killing ___________________ people.

At the time, Al Qaeda and its central leadership was based out of ________________________ and was being

__________________________ by the Afghani Taliban Government.

The U.S. lent its support to _________________ groups in Afghanistan in 2001 in order to _____________________ the

Taliban and _____________________ Osama bin Laden.

While the initial invasion was ____________________ in overthrowing the Taliban, the Taliban continues to ______________

against the new Afghani government today and Osama bin Laden was not captured in Afghanistan but remained at large for

eight years until he was killed in ______________________.

The U.S. is involved in the Middle East to disrupt terrorist groups.