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Subject: RE: happy? - Mar 31 (crossing Kabul River) From: GUEST,Osama bin Liner Date: 31 Mar 06 - 11:21 AM The US invaded and ousted the Taliban in 1996 I don't think they did. |
Subject: happy? - Mar 31 (crossing Kabul River) From: Abby Sale Date: 31 Mar 06 - 08:04 AM 46 officers and men of the 10th Hussars drowned in a night crossing of the Kabul River 31 March 1879. There were three Afghan Wars in which Great Britain sought to extend its control over Afghanistan and to oppose Russian influence there. The first war demonstrated the ease of overrunning Afghanistan and the difficulty of holding it. The USSR occupied Kabul 12/27/1979 and withdrew from Afghanistan on Feb. 15, 1989. 50,000 died in Kabul in the 1992-6 civil war until the Taliban won control. The US invaded and ousted the Taliban in 1996. It remains to be seen how the US will do. Kabul has existed for some 3,500 years. It is mentioned in the Rigveda c.1500 BCE.
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