Brief Timeline of Afghan Politics
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Government operation in Afghanistan historically has consisted of power struggles, bloody coups and unstable transfers of power. The country has been governed by many systems of government, including a monarchy, republic, theocracy, dictatorship, and a pro-communist state.
- 1709 - Mirwais Hotak declares Afghanistan (land of the Afghans) an independent state and establishes the Hotaki dynasty at Kandahar.
- 1747 - Ahmad Shah Durrani expands Afghanistan and establishes the Durrani Empire.
- 1838 - British India invades the land during the First Anglo-Afghan War and begins to influence the politics of Afghanistan.
- 1919 - King Amanullah Khan takes the throne after the Third Anglo-Afghan War, British influence ends.
- 1973 - Mohammed Daoud Khan, Prime Minister and a member of the royal family, seizes power while King Mohammad Zahir Shah is in Italy.
- 1978 – The leftist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) seizes power during the Saur Revolution. Daoud Khan is assassinated along with his family and supporters.
- 1979 – President Nur Muhammad Taraki, leader of PDPA, is assassinated and replaced by Hafizullah Amin. Amin is then assassinated and the Soviet Union invades. Babrak Karmal is installed as president.
- 1987 - Mohammad Najibullah replaces Babrak Karmal as president.
- 1989 – Soviet army withdraws all troops from the country, and the United States also abandons Afghanistan.
- 1992 – Kabul falls to mujahideen factions. Burhanuddin Rabbani becomes president of the new Islamic State of Afghanistan and a civil war starts.
- 1996 – Kabul along with most part of the country falls to the Taliban.
- 2001 – United States and coalition forces invade Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai is appointed leader of the nation at the International Conference on Afghanistan in Germany.
- 2003 - Loya Jirga adopts new constitution, restructuring the government as an Islamic republic.
- 2004 - Hamid Karzai is elected President of Afghanistan.
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