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Name: Islamic State of Afghanistan

Type: Polity

Start: 1992 AD

End: 2001 AD

Nation: afghanistan

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Was established in Afghanistan by the Peshawar Accords of 26 April 1992 by several Afghan mujahideen parties after the fall of the socialist government.

Establishment

  • April 1992: The Islamic State of Afghanistan was the government established by the Peshawar Accords on 26 April 1992.

    • Chronology

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    1. 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.

    1.1.Civil war in Afghanistan (1989-92)

    Was a phase of the wider Afghan Civil War. After the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the socialist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan was ended by the Mujahideen, an Islamic rebel group.


    1.2.Civil war in Afghanistan (1992-1996)

    Was a phase of the wider Afghan Civil War. It was a conflict mainly between the Mujahideen (an Islamic militia that had ended the socialist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) 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.

  • November 1994: The Talibans captured Kandahar city.
  • January 1995: Southern Afghanistan conquered by Talibans.
  • January 1995: In late January, Ghazni fell to the Taliban.
  • February 1995: The Taliban began to approach Kabul, capturing Wardak.
  • February 1995: Maidan Shar conquered by Talibans.
  • February 1995: Hekmatyar was forced to abandon his artillery positions at Charasiab.
  • March 1995: Charasiab conquered by Islamic State of Afghanistan.
  • May 1995: Ismail Khan and Rabbani's forces recaptured Farah from the Taliban.
  • August 1995: The Government captured Girishk and Helmand from the Taliban.
  • September 1995: The Taliban were able to capture Farah.
  • September 1995: Shindand conquered by Talibans.
  • September 1995: Taliban conquest of Herat.
  • October 1995: On 11 October, the Taliban retook Charasiab.
  • October 1995: On 15 October, Bamiyan fell to the Taliban.
  • April 1996: The government captured Saghar District in Ghor Province from the Taliban.
  • August 1996: Government forces captured Chaghcharan.
  • August 1996: Chaghcharan conquered by Talibans.
  • September 1996: On 11 September, Jalalabad fell to the Taliban.
  • September 1996: The Taliban captured Mihtarlam in Laghman province.
  • September 1996: Kunar province fell to the Taliban.
  • September 1996: The strategic town of Sarobi, an eastern outpost of Kabul, fell to the Taliban.
  • September 1996: The Taliban conquered Kabul.

    • 1.3.Civil war in Afghanistan (1996-2001)

    Was a phase of the wider Afghan Civil War. A continuation of the Civil war in Afghanistan of 1992-1996, it was a struggle 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.

  • May 1997: Malik attacked Dostum's forces in Jawzjan and occupied Dostum's stronghold of Sheberghan.
  • May 1997: On May 25, the Taliban entered Mazar-e Sharif.
  • May 1997: On May 30, heavy fighting broke out around Syedabad. Taliban fighters were ambushed. Thousands of Taliban soldiers were taken as prisoners in Maimana, Sheberghan and Mazar-e Sharif.
  • August 1997: The Taliban entered Mazar-e Sharif.
  • September 1997: Hairatan was captured by the Taliban in 1997, directly across from Termez in Uzbekistan.
  • September 2001: Expansion of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by September 2001.

    • 1.4.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.

    1.4.1.US/Northern Alliance Offensive

    Was a military offensive by the Northern Alliance with US support during the War in Afghanistan (2001-2021).

  • November 2001: Mazari Sharif was taken by Northern Alliance fighters.
  • November 2001: The inhabitants of the town of Tarinkot revolted and expelled their Taliban administrators.
  • November 2001: Northern Alliance fighters took over Kabul.
  • November 2001: After the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif, Kabul and Herat were conquered by the Northern Alliance.
  • November 2001: The Northern Alliance gained control of Kunduz.
  • December 2001: Fall of Kandahar.
  • December 2001: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is overthrown by the US and Northern Alliance during the Battle of Tora Bora.
  • December 2001: In December 2001, after the Taliban government was overthrown, the Afghan Interim Administration under Hamid Karzai was formed.

    • Disestablishment

  • September 2001: Expansion of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by September 2001.
  • November 2001: Mazari Sharif was taken by Northern Alliance fighters.
  • November 2001: The inhabitants of the town of Tarinkot revolted and expelled their Taliban administrators.
  • November 2001: Northern Alliance fighters took over Kabul.
  • November 2001: After the fall of Mazar-i-Sharif, Kabul and Herat were conquered by the Northern Alliance.
  • November 2001: The Northern Alliance gained control of Kunduz.
  • December 2001: Fall of Kandahar.
  • December 2001: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is overthrown by the US and Northern Alliance during the Battle of Tora Bora.
  • December 2001: In December 2001, after the Taliban government was overthrown, the Afghan Interim Administration under Hamid Karzai was formed.

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