2014 Event Afghans show up at the polls in spite of potential violence to vote for their next president; this is the third such election since the 2001 removal of the Taliban from power 1994 Event 3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage 1760 Event Afghans defeat Marathas in battle of Barari Ghat 1529 Event Battle at Gogra: Mogol emperor Babur beats Afghans and Bengals
