num_pages: 12
description: The text of this easy-to-read Kindle edition equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 16 pages first appeared in the U.S. Department of States 2011 publication Background Note: Afghanistan. Learn about the history of Afghanistan from ancient times to the present day.Sample passage:From the mid-1990s the Taliban provided sanctuary to Osama bin Laden a Saudi national who had fought with the mujahideen resistance against the Soviets and provided a base for his and other terrorist organizations. Bin Laden provided both financial and political support to the Taliban. Bin Laden and his al Qaeda group were charged with the bombing of the U.S. Embassies in Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam in 1998 and in August 1998 the United States launched a cruise missile attack against bin Ladens terrorist camp in southeastern Afghanistan. Bin Laden and al Qaeda acknowledged their responsibility for the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States.Following the Talibans repeated refusal to expel bin Laden and his group and end its support for international terrorism the U.S. and its partners in an anti-terrorist coalition began a military campaign on October 7 2001 targeting terrorist facilities and various Taliban military and political assets within Afghanistan. Under pressure from U.S. military and anti-Taliban forces the Taliban disintegrated rapidly and Kabul fell on November 13 2001.
language: English
title: A Brief Guide to the History of Afghanistan
publisher: A. J. Cornell Publications