Event Civil war in Afghanistan (1989-92)

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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.

Chronology

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  • April 1992: General Abdul Rashid Dostum of the Afghan National Army defected the next day, allied with Hezb-i Wahdat and Jamiat-e Islami mujahideen forces, and took control of Mazar-i-Sharif.
  • April 1992: Ahmad Shah Massoud with his Jamiat-e Islami forces had conquered parts of Parwan Province.
  • April 1992: The Islamic State of Afghanistan was the government established by the Peshawar Accords on 26 April 1992.
  • April 1992: Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin invades Kabul.
  • April 1991: Khost is besieged by the Mujahideen.