2014 Event The United States and allied forces end the combat mission in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.; about 13,000 troops will stay to train Afghan police and military forces in their fight against the Taliban 2014 Event Pakistani officials have arrested suspects in the Taliban's military school attack that killed 148 people; the government has lifted a death penalty moratorium and has bombed militant strongholds along the Afghan border to address terrorist violence 2014 Event U.S. officials return four Afghan prisoners to Afghanistan after more than ten years of detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; the Obama administration is working to clear and release remaining prisoners in order to close the facility 2014 Event Afghan officials have signed a pact with the U.S. to maintain troops in the country beyond the end of 2014 and provide Afghanistan with funding; former Afghan President Hamid Karzai would not sign the agreement due to his opposition to U.S. presence 2014 Event Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani agree to an election vote recount to settle allegations of fraud after Ghani was declared the winner; the process could take weeks, requiring the inauguration ceremony to be postponed 2014 Event President Barack Obama plans to keep 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015 and then reduce this number over the following two years to a small force; the troops will train Afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism operations 2011 Event Prince Harry of Wales is cleared to return to service in the Afghan War 2010 Event Results from the Afghan parliamentary election are announced since September balloting 2010 Event Afghan archeologists discover the remains of a Buddhist site located south of Kabul 2010 Event Director of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, announces plans to release remaining Afghan War Diary documents from War in Afghanistan 2010 Event NATO airstrikes on August 5 resulted in the deaths of at least 32 Afghan civilians 2010 Event Afghan officials remove 150 bodies of people killed by avalanches in the Salang Pass in the Hindu Kush mountains earlier in the week 1995 Death Abdul Ali Mazari, Afghan shite leader, shot to death 1993 Event Afghan Antonov AN-32 crashes at Tashqurgan, kills 76 1993 Death Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies 1988 Event Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane 1988 Event U.S.S.R. launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir 1929 Event Afghan King Amanullah forced to resign 1879 Event Afghan's emir Mohammed Yakub forced to resign 1879 Event Treaty of Gandamak to set up Afghan state between Russia and English 1761 Event Battle at Panipat India: Afghan army beats Mahratten 1722 Event Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia
