Taliban capture Kabul
1996 · Event
The Taliban seize Afghanistan's capital and impose a harsh Islamist emirate, later sheltering al-Qaeda.
On these timelines: Master, Islam, Major Religions, 9/11 and the War on Terror
Around 1996
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Gulf War (1990)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- That's The Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson) (1993)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)