List of Rump States - Since World War II

Since World War II

  • The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia after the independence of Slovenia and Croatia in 1991 and then Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia in 1992. Restructured in 1992 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, consisting of Serbia and Montenegro only, then as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro from 2003 until its final dissolution in 2006.
  • The Islamic State of Afghanistan, reduced to the northern parts of Afghanistan (under the aegis of the Northern Alliance) after the Taliban established power in most of the country and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Northern Alliance subsequently retook the rest of the country and overthrew the Taliban in 2001, following a heavy aerial bombing campaign by the United States, and the United Kingdom following the September 11th attacks.

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