Impact
The Mujahideen took a stand when Soviet Russia decided to invade Afghanistan in 1979. In 1989, the Soviets finally withdrew from Afghanistan and the Mujahideen surrounded the capital, Kabul, and after three years of the Soviets departure, took power from President Sayid Mohammed Najibullah. The Mujahideen, after overthrowing the old government, began to make their own government style but eventually began fighting each other when political unity could not be achieved. During the time when the Soviets were still present in Afghanistan, a branch of the Mujahideen was created known as the Taliban. The Taliban was created as a resistance movement against Soivet troops, but didn't have much power. After the ejection of the Soviets, Pakistan supplied the Taliban with weapons, military training, and financial support in order to guard a convoy traveling from Pakistan to Central Asia. The Talibs, with the support of Pakistan, realized their opportunity and took control over several Afghanistan cities leading up to taking over Kabul in 1996. Osama Bin Laden, a member of the Taliban, began to recruit and train militants causing the United Nations Security Council to pass two resolutions: UNSCR 1267 and 1333. These resolutions asked the Talibs to stop partaking in terror activities and to hand over Bin Laden. The Taliban refused to comply and did the complete opposite of what the UNSC asked; They bombed U.S. embassies in both Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 and both the world trade centers and the Pentagon in 2001. This sparked a retaliation from the U.S. who bombed the Taliban's strategic military sites and as a repercussion, eventually lost control of Kabul.
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