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Central Asia Timeline

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Timeline of Central Asian history from the Aryan invasion through the fall of the Soviet Union.

1939-1940 Cyrillic script replaces Latin Alphabet in Soviet Central Asia

1973 Military coup in Afghanistan abolishes monarchy

1978 Communist coup in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic established

1979 Ayatollah Khomeini leads Islamic Revolution in Iran

1979-1980 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

1980-1989 Iran-Iraq War

1989 Soviet retreat from Afghanistan

1991 Central Asian states gain independence from Soviet Union

1994 Rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan

1997 Taliban seize Maraz-e-Sharif, pushed out by Northern Alliance

2001 9/11 Attacks, U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan

2004 First free elections in Afghanistan

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