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Name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Type: Polity
Start: 1956 AD
End: 2022 AD
Nation: pakistan
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Islamic Republic of Pakistan
This article is about the specific polity Islamic Republic of Pakistan and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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Is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country. Pakistan gained its independency with the partition of British India in 1947. Initially, it controlled also present-day Bangladesh, which seceded in 1971. Pakistan became a Republic in 1956.
Establishment
Chronology
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1. Bajaur Campaign
An armed conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan that took place from September 1960 to September 1961 in Bajaur, Pakistan.
2. Indo-Pakistani conflicts
Is an ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan, two countries that emerged fromt he partition of British India in 1947.
2.1.Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Was a border conflict betweenn Pakistan and India that took place in Kashmir.
2.2.Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Was a war between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971.
2.2.1.Bangladesh Liberation War
Was the war of independence of Bangladesh (at the time known as East Pakistan) against Pakistan.
Was the theatre of war in Punjab during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Was a peace treaty between India and Pakistan that ended the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
Was a military conflict between India and Pakistan over the disputed 1,000-square-mile (2,600 km2) Siachen Glacier region in Kashmir.
3. Partition of India
Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.
4. Afghan Civil War
Was a civil war in Afghanistan between the end of the 1970's and 2022 that included a series of related conflicts. The first phase of the civil war were two coups d'état that resulted in the establishment of the Socialist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. In order to support the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, the USSR invaded the country. Two years after the Soviet withdrawal, in 1992, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan was ended by the Mujahideen, an Islamic rebel group. This was followed by a conflict mainly between the Mujahideen and the Taliban forces (another Islamic militia). Until 1996 Taliban took control of Kabul and most of Afghanistan, and established of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The civil war continued between the Islamic State of Afghanistan and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, two governments recognized by different international actors. This phase was ended by the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. The invasion's goals were to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda militants, as well as replace the Taliban with a U.S.-friendly government. With support of the US the Talibans were initially defeated and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was established. However, the Talibans started a counteroffensive and in 2021 recaptured whole Afghanistan and established again the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
4.1.War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)
An US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and a phase of the wider Afghan Civil War. The invasion's goals were to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda militants, as well as replace the Taliban with a U.S.-friendly government. With support of the US the Talibans were initially defeated and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was established. However, the Talibans started a counteroffensive and in 2021 recaptured whole Afghanistan and established again the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
5. Waziristan War
A revolt in Waziristan (Pakistan).
