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Timeline of Central Asian History from 1980-present day

Post-Soviet Central Asia

By Kallie Szczepanski, About.com

Timeline of modern Central Asian history, from 1980 to the present day.

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1980-1989 Iran-Iraq War

1989 Soviet retreat from Afghanistan

1991 Central Asian Republics gain independence from crumbling Soviet Union

1991 Soviet-era leaders remain: Nazarbayev, Niyazov, Karimov, Akayev

1992-1997 Tajik Civil War

1994 Rise of Taliban in Afghanistan

1996-2001 Taliban control Kabul, capital of Afghanistan

2001 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington D.C.

2001-present U.S.-led Invasion of Afghanistan; Taliban ousted from Kabul

2004 First free elections in Afghanistan

2006 Turkmen President Niyazov (Turkmenbashi) dies

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