![]() Gandhara: Place of Light / Chandahara / Kandahar Province: Kandahar City-Mundigak Panjsher / Panjshir Province: Persian for 5 Lions Ĭham Tala (128)īalkh: Turkish for Mountain / Bactria / Daxia įaryab: Persian for Irrigated River Water 2 million+ flee to Iran, 1 million to Pakistan, others to Tajikistan.īlack sites are secret prisons in Afghanistan. 1990s: Drought, starvation, 70% unemployment, 400,000+ receiving charity wheat, fields dotted with landmines while 3,400 tons of opium produced. Transportation route into Afghanistan is the Khyber Pass in Pakistan. by Iranġ1,700 miles of road damaged & made unusable. by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, & Tajikistan, NE by Chinese Turkestan, E. Tajiks & most other groups speak Dari Persian, the other official language.īordered N. Pashto-Pakhto, 1 of Afghanistan’s 2 official languages. Most Pashtuns live near the Pakistan border. The largest ethnic groups are the Pashtuns-Pakhtuns & Tajiks who make up 75% of the population. Fields dotted with landmines.ġ996: Taliban seize Kabul & forbid growing opium poppiesĢ001: US Invasion called OEF: Operation Enduring FreedomĢ002-2009: President Hamid Karzai of the Duranni Clan a top adviser to the UNOCAL Corporation, CentGas: Central Asia Gas pipeline from Turkmenistan through W. ![]() Mountstuart Elphinstone vs Kabul Kingdom: Pashtun Barakzai Dynasty & Balkh Kingdom: Qajarid Persiaġ880-1901: Emir Abdur Rahman Khan: Anglo-Russian Commission establishes boundary between Afghanistan & Russian Turkestan.ġ893: Sir Mortimer Durand: Pashtun territories divided by Durand Line between Afghanistan & British India-Pakistanġ901-1919: Emir Habibullah Khan (assasinated)ġ919-1929: 3rd Anglo-Afghan War: King Amanullah Khan (attacks English troops in India): Independanceġ929-1933: King Muhammad Nadir Khan (assasinated)ġ973-1978: King Muhammad Daoud Khan (assasinated in the Saur: April Revolution)ġ979-1989: Nur Muhammad Turaki (assasinated): USSR invades: 100,000+ troops. ![]() Zarathustra-Zoroasterġ46 BC- 400 AD: Kushan: Guishuang / Yueh-Chih Empireġ001-1026 AD: Ghaznavid Empire: Emperor Mahmud Ghazni invades & forces half a million people into slaveryġ550-1747 AD: Savafids from Persia & Mughals from India struggle for control.ġ747-1826 AD: Afghan Tribes Unite: Duranni: Pearl Empire: Ahmad Shah Durraniġ826-1880: Emir (Prince): Dost Muhammed Khanġ839-1842: 1st Anglo-Afghan War: Russia vs England.ġ878-1901: 2nd Anglo-Afghan War. ![]() Slavery48,000 BC: Farming Communities found by SmithsonianĢ000-1000BC: Avesta: Sacred texts of Zoroastrianism. Tartan Day - Customs - Games - Legends - Rings - E-CardsĪppendix F: Concentration Camps: Endlösung – The Final Solution Afghanistan: Land of the Afghans ![]()
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