| Term | Definition |
| before 1919, 1919 | Afghanistan owned by england-soviet union helped afghanistan-king amanullah declared independence in afghanistan. |
| 1929 | afghanistan went through conservative and liberal leaders |
| cold war | afghanistan sided with soviet union. soviet union recruited afghani men |
| 1965 | afghan constitution. elections allowed. |
| prince Daoud | vital to Afghanistan's political movement. elected president in 1977. |
| july 18 1973 | radio announcement by daoud: afghan monarchy ended, republic set up. |
| april 18 1978 | Russians mad at daoud, attacked afghanistan. daoud family killed. marxist Gov. established after murder. |
| 1979 | new Gov. signs peace treaty with soviet union. russians invade and there are mass killings. |
| 1989 | peace made, soviets [russia] withdraw from afghanistan after mass murders. |
| 1994 | taliban created. start killings and enforcing laws made by them. |
| 1998 | taliban massacre thousands of innocent hazaras in afghanistan. |
| 2001 | US blames taliban for attacks on World Trade Center. US declares war on Taliban wand Al Qaeda. |
| 2004 | Afghanistan adopts new constitution and is now republic with three branches of government. |