The
Afghan monarchy ended in 1973 and was replaced by the Afghan Republic that
lasted until 1978 when Communists took over.
The
Afghan government from 1978 to 1987 was a Soviet-backed Marxist government that
was replaced in 1987 by a Marxist Islamist government that ruled from
1987-1992.
The Soviet
Union engaged in military action in Afghanistan from 1978 to 1992 and was
opposed by Islamic fighters led by Osama Bin Laden.
The US
CIA gave Osama Bin Laden some military equipment in the early 1980s for their
fight with the Soviet military. This was a mistake.
The
collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 left Afghanistan open to a power vacuum
that was filled by Taliban Islamic Terrorists.
In 1994,
the Taliban captured Kandahar. In 1996 the Taliban captured Kabul and took
control of 12 of 34 Provinces.
In 2001,
Osama Bin Laden coordinated the 911 attacks on the World Trade Center in NY and
the Pentagon in DC, killing 3000 US citizens. In 2002 the US invaded
Afghanistan.
The US
has maintained a troop presence in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2019 protecting the
Afghan central government from continued Taliban attacks.
The
Taliban is an Islamic Extremist Terror Organization that began in Afghanistan
in 1979 with Islamic Fundamentalist from Pakistan and other Arab
countries. The Taliban is a Drug Cartel
that is funded by the continued availability of opium sales from the Afghan
poppy crop.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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