Rise of Taliban movement
Event | Time | Description |
|---|---|---|
1994 11 25 | Taliban take control of two southern provinces, Lashkargarh and Helmand. | |
1995 01 01 | 3,000 Pakistani Taliban from Peshawar leave for افغانستان Afghanistan. | |
1995 02 02 | Taliban move into Wardak Province, 25 miles from Kabul. | |
1995 02 11 | Taliban capture Logar province. Nine provinces out of 30 captured by Taliban. برهان الدين رباني President Burhanuddin Rabbani sends delegation to meet Taliban. | |
1995 02 14 | Taliban take Charasyab and گلبدين حكمتيار Gulbuddin Hikmetyar flees without a fight. | |
1995 02 18 | Taliban put three conditions on joining possible interim government: neutral force made up of Taliban; only good Muslims will participate; and all 30 provinces must be represented. | |
1995 03 07 | Taliban advance on Nimroz, Farah, try to capture Herat. Taliban move into south كابل Kabul as Hazaras vacate their positions. | |
1995 03 11 | مسعود Masud attacks Taliban near كابل Kabul. Taliban pushed back to Charasyah. | |
1995 03 13 | Hazara leader Abdul Ali Mazari captured by Taliban and dies in helicopter crash while being taken to كندهار Kandahar by Taliban. Taliban take Farah. | |
1995 04 04 | Taliban capture part of Shindand airbase near Herat. | |
1995 03 29 | Government forces push back Taliban 80 miles from Shindand. | |
1995 05 12 | Taliban pushed out of Farah. | |
1995 05 31 | Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki visits كابل Kabul and كندهار Kandahar. | |
1995 07 10 | Deputy chief of Saudi intelligence tours Afghan cities in peace mission, meets with Taliban. | |
1995 09 02 | Taliban capture Shindand. كابل Kabul reshuffles military command and demotes Ismael Khan as troops airlifted in Herat. | |
1995 09 03 | Taliban capture Shindand. كابل Kabul reshuffles military command and demotes Ismael Khan as troops airlifted into Herat. | |
1995 09 05 | Taliban capture Herat. Ismael Khan flees to ايران Iran without a fight. | |
1995 09 06 | Pakistan embassy in كابل Kabul sacked and burnt down. ايران Iran warns Taliban not to cross Iranian border. | |
1995 10 10 | Taliban shift 40 tanks to كابل Kabul from Kandahar, prepare for assault on city. | |
1995 10 11 | Taliban begin major attack and recapture Charasyah. | |
1995 11 11 | كابل Kabul rocketed by Taliban. 36 killed, 52 wounded in worst day of rocketing by طالبان. | |
1995 11 26 | Worst ever bombing of كابل Kabul by Taliban. 39 civilians dead, 140 wounded. Government forces push back طالبان from كابل. | |
1996 03 03 | Rabbani starts visit to ايران Iran, Türkmenistan and Uzbekistan. | |
After this, the Taliban organized into a state structure: the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. | ||