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
Around 1996
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
- Reunification of Germany (1990)
- Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) (2006)
- I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston) (1992)