Q: April 27, 1978: Pro-[...](superpower) leftists stage a coup in Afghanistan
A: Soviet

Q: April 27, 1978: [...](name) becomes prime minister
A: Nur Mohammad Taraki

Q: [...](year): Resistance to the Soviet occupation forms within Afghanistan by the mujahideen
A: 1980

Q: 1980: The groups resisting Soviets call themselves "[...]" from the Persian word: warriors
A: mujahideen

Q: 1980: The mujahideen resistance begins. The [...] begins supporting the rebels with arms supplied through Pakistan
A: CIA/US

Q: During the war with the Soviets, [...] million of the 15 million Afghan people left Afghanistan
A: 5

Q: Starting in May 1988, [...](country) troops pulled out of Afghanistan
A: Soviet (Union)

Q: Starting in May [...](year), Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan
A: 1988

Q: Afghanistan: [...] Soviet soldiers, 15,000 casualties
A: 100,000

Q: the capital of Afghanistan
A: Kabul

Q: April 15, 1992: Mujahideen guerrillas and other Islamic rebels move in on [...](city)
A: Kabul

Q: Dec. 30, 1992: More than 1,300 delegates meet in [...](city) to form an Islamic republic and elect Burhanuddin Rabbani as president
A: Kabul

Q: In [...](year), Rabbani was nominated president
A: 1992

Q: Sept. 19, [...]: The Taliban emerges from the southern province of Kandahar
A: 1994

Q: Sept. 19, 1994: The Taliban emerges from the southern province of [...]
A: Kandahar

Q: The Taliban are [Shiite/Sunnis]
A: Sunnis

Q: Sept. 27, [...]: The Taliban take Kabul
A: 1996

Q: The Supreme Leader of the Taliban, [...](name) was born to a poor farming family in 1962
A: (Mullah Mohammad) Omar

Q: Fall 1996: The Taliban take Kabul. They take [...] from his refuge in a U.N. compound, and torture him to death
A: Najibullah

Q: Mullah Mohammad Omar was born to a poor farming family in 1962, and is now the Supreme Leader of [...]
A: the Taliban

Q: Taliban Bans include: No converting from Islam under penalty of [...]
A: death

Q: Bin Laden began forming his network in 1979, when he went to Afghanistan to fight [...]
A: the Soviets

Q: Bin Laden left [...] in 1991 taking an inheritance worth an estimated $300 million with him
A: Saudi Arabia

Q: What does Afghanistan border with in the west (centrally)?
A: Iran

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood fought Mohammed Daoud, then the Soviets, then the [...]
A: Taliban

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood was the last obstacle to the Taliban's total control of Afghanistan. But he [...] the same week the twin towers fell
A: died / was killed

Q: Massood was a [...](ethnic origin), and was described as 'morally and financially pure'
A: Tajik

Q: April 15, 1992: President Najibullah agrees to step down, but before he can leave, Afghan rebels seize the city and [...].
A: keep him there

Q: Sept. 27, 1996: The Taliban take [...](strategic stronghold), forcing Hekmatyar, Rabbani and Massoud to flee
A: Kabul

Q: Dec. 30, 1992: More than 1,300 delegates meet in Kabul to form an [...] republic
A: Islamic

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood was described as 'morally and financially pure', wanting nothing but [...] for his country
A: democracy

Q: In 1996, [...] issued a "fatwah," a religious ruling urging Muslims to kill U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia and Somalia
A: Osama bin Laden

Q: Abdul Haq was captured by the Taliban on Oct 26, 2001, and [...](treatment) hours later
A: executed

Q: Osama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, [...](year) , bombings of the embassies in Dar Es Salaam and Nairobi
A: 1998

Q: Burhanuddin Rabbani is mainly backed by [...](ethnic group), which comprise about 25 percent of Afghanistan's population
A: Tajiks

Q: What form of paper cannot be recycled in Afghanistan?
A: Koran (Taliban ban)

Q: April 27, 1978: Nur Mohammad Taraki becomes prime minister, and [...] and Hafizullah Amin become deputy prime ministers
A: (Babrak) Karmal

Q: Bin Laden is the leader of al Qaeda (Arabic for "the [...]"), a worldwide terrorist network
A: Base

Q: During the war with the Soviets, 5 million of the 15 million Afghan people left Afghanistan for [...](main destinations)
A: Pakistan and Iran

Q: The Taliban are the rulers of Afghanistan, having taken control of [...] percent of the country (Oct 2001)
A: 90

Q: Taliban banned converting from [...](religion) under penalty of death
A: Islam

Q: Fall 1996: The Taliban take Najibullah from a U.N. compound, [...](cruelty), and hang his bloated body from a tank
A: torture him to death

Q: July 20, 1987: Gorbachev tells [...] that Soviet troops will be out of Afghanistan in 12 months
A: Najibullah

Q: Dec. 30, 1992: More than 1,300 delegates meet in Kabul to quickly form an Islamic republic. They elect [...] as president
A: (Burhanuddin) Rabbani

Q: Mullah Mohammad Omar: the Supreme Leader of the Taliban initially wanted nothing more than to [...]
A: study the Koran

Q: 1955: Afghanistan approaches the [...] for military ties, but Washington considers the country too far away to be important
A: United States

Q: Summer [...](year): Violent protests erupt over the Taraki reforms, many of which challenge Afghan cultural patterns
A: 1978

Q: In 1996, bin Laden issued a "[...]," a religious ruling urging Muslims to kill U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia and Somalia
A: fatwah

Q: Abdul Haq was captured by [...] on Oct 26, 2001, and shot dead hours later
A: the Taliban

Q: Rashid Dostum is largely supported by [...](country)
A: Uzbekistan

Q: Summer [...]: The Taraki regime announces Marxist-Leninist reforms such as the elimination of usury, equal rights for women, and land reforms
A: 1978

Q: May 28, [...]: Taliban forces retreat from Mazar-e Sharif; the first retreat in the Taliban's history
A: 1997

Q: What country borders with Pakistan in the north-west?
A: Afghanistan

Q: Abdul Haq was captured by the Taliban on Oct 26, [...](year), and executed hours later
A: 2001

Q: Oct. 10, [...]: Taraki assassinated by Amin supporters
A: 1979

Q: Hekmatyar formed the Hezb e Islami group after he [...] a Maoist student in 1972 and fled to Peshawar
A: killed

Q: When the Taliban took Kabul and hung [...] from a tank, they gained Rashid Dostum as an enemy
A: Najibullah

Q: Mullah Mohammad Omar: when the Russians invaded, he joined [...] rising to become the chief commander of the Taliban
A: the insurgents

Q: August 1998: The Taliban take Mazar-e Sharif again, but commit a slaughter of civilians. Many of the victims are [...] Muslims
A: Shiite (the Taliban are Sunnis)

Q: On Nov 9, 2001, Gen. [...] took control of Mazar-e Sharif for the second time after three years under the Taliban
A: Rashid Dostum

Q: Mohammed Daoud ushered in Afghanistan's current era of instability by [...] the 40-year reign of King Zahir in 1973
A: overthrowing

Q: Dec. 27, 1979: Amin killed. The Soviets throw their support behind [...](new leader)
A: (Babrak) Karmal

Q: April 15, [...]: Mujahideen guerrillas and other Islamic rebels move in on Kabul. President Najibullah agrees to step down
A: 1992

Q: May 4, [...]: The Kremlin removes Karmal in an attempt to find an internal political solution to the internal crisis
A: 1986

Q: The Supreme Leader of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar was born to a [poor/rich] family in 1962
A: poor

Q: Hekmatyar formed Hezb e Islami. The group would redefine itself in the 1980s to [...](military goal)
A: fight the Soviets

Q: Hekmatyar reached the peak of his prominence in the 1980s, when his [...] party became the most favored of the Afghan rebel factions nurtured by the CIA
A: Hezb e Islami (see: http://www.hezb-e-islami.org/)

Q: Abdul Haq was [supporting/opposing] bombing Afghanistan
A: opposing

Q: Even after Hekmatyar turned against him in 1993, [...] offered him a new seat in the government in 1996
A: Rabbani

Q: Bin Laden left Saudi Arabia in [...] after feuding with the Saudi monarchy
A: 1991

Q: May 4, 1986: The [...](force) removes Karmal to find an internal political solution
A: USSR/Kremlin/Soviets

Q: In 2000, cruise missile attacks on Bin Laden's tent camps in [...](country) only served to boost Bin Laden's image in the Islamic world
A: Afghanistan

Q: Sept. 27, 1996: [...](force) take Kabul, forcing Hekmatyar, Rabbani and Massoud to flee
A: (The) Taliban

Q: Ismail Khan was once the [...](circle of influence)'s greatest hope for an enlightened Afghanistan
A: West/US

Q: After his father died, Bin Laden's wealth and connections permitted him to pursue his interest in supporting the [...](Afghan force)
A: mujahedeen

Q: Hekmatyar formed the [...] group after he killed a Maoist student in 1972 and fled to Peshawar
A: Hezb e Islami

Q: July 20, [...]: In their first public meeting, Gorbachev tells Najibullah that Soviet troops will be out of Afghanistan in 12 months
A: 1987

Q: Dec. 30, 1992: More than 1,300 delegates from around the country elect Burhanuddin Rabbani as [...]
A: president

Q: Fall 1995: Thousands flee Kabul amid fierce fighting between [...] and Rabbani forces
A: Taliban

Q: Rashid Dostum: Before they were overrun by [...], cities controlled by Dostum were known to have been most liberal
A: the Taliban

Q: May 4, 1986: The Kremlin removes Karmal. He is replaced with [...]
A: (Dr. Sayid Mohammad) Najibullah

Q: Osama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States embassies in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, [...](country)
A: Kenya

Q: In 1996, bin Laden issued a "fatwah," a religious ruling urging Muslims to [...] in Saudi Arabia and Somalia
A: kill U.S. troops

Q: Oct. 10, 1979: Taraki assassinated by Amin supporters. Dec. 27, 1979: Amin and many of his followers are [...]
A: killed (most likely by Soviet troops flooding into Kabul)

Q: Dec. 27, 1979: [...] and many of his followers are killed, most likely by Soviet troops flooding into Kabul
A: Amin

Q: Oct. 10, 1979: Taraki assassinated by [...]
A: Amin supporters

Q: Dec. 30, [...]: More than 1,300 delegates from around the country, comprising rebels, religious leaders, and intellectuals meet in Kabul to form an Islamic republic
A: 1992

Q: Fall 1996: The Taliban take Najibullah from the U.N. compound, torture him to death, and [...] his bloated body in public
A: hang

Q: In 2000, cruise missile attacks on [...]'s tent camps in Afghanistan only served to boost Bin Laden's image in the Islamic world
A: Bin Laden

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood: The closest he came to long-term official office was as defense minister for [...]
A: (Burhanuddin) Rabbani

Q: April 15, 1992: Mujahideen move in on Kabul. President Najibullah agrees to [...], but the rebels seize the city and keep him there
A: step down

Q: May 4, 1986: The Kremlin removes [...] in an attempt to find an internal political solution
A: (Babrak) Karmal

Q: Mohammed Daoud ushered in Afghanistan's era of [Islam / occupation / instability / Shariat] by overthrowing King Zahir in 1973
A: instability

Q: Burhanuddin Rabbani was a popular theology [...](position) at Kabul University
A: professor

Q: May 25, 1997: The [...] takes control of Mazar-e Sharif
A: Taliban

Q: Summer 1978: The Taraki regime announces Marxist-Leninist reforms such as the elimination of usury, equal rights for [...], and land reforms
A: women

Q: Prof. Rabbani is mainly backed by Tajiks, which comprise about [...] percent of Afghanistan's population
A: 25

Q: Mullah Mohammad Omar is now the [...] of the Taliban
A: Supreme Leader (he is not actually a mullah)

Q: Oct. 10, 1979: [...] assassinated by Amin supporters
A: Taraki

Q: March [...]: Rebel groups outside Kabul designate Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as their prime minister
A: 1993

Q: What does Tajikistan border with in the south?
A: Afghanistan

Q: Oct. 10, 1979: Taraki assassinated by [...] supporters
A: Amin

Q: Sept. 14, 1979: A confrontation between Taraki and [...] removes Taraki from power
A: Amin

Q: On Nov 9, 2001, Gen. Rashid Dostum took control of Mazar-e Sharif for the [...] time after three years under the Taliban
A: second

Q: Dostum is not a former mujahideen, but an old-time warlord who actually sided with the [...]
A: Soviets/Russian

Q: Sept. 14, [...]: A confrontation between Taraki and Amin removes Taraki from power
A: 1979

Q: Does the former Soviet Union border with Pakistan?
A: no (it is separated narrowly by Afghanistan)

Q: Burhanuddin Rabbani's government was plagued by factional infighting until the day the Taliban drove them from [...](city)
A: Kabul (in 1996)

Q: In 2000, cruise missile attacks on Bin Laden's [...] in Afghanistan only served to boost Bin Laden's image in the Islamic world
A: training camps

Q: After his [...] died, Bin Laden's wealth and connections permitted him to support the mujahedeen
A: father

Q: Oct. 10, 1979: Taraki [...](fate) by Amin supporters
A: killed/assassinated

Q: June 19, 1996: Hekmatyar signs a peace pact with former enemy [...] becoming prime minister in Kabul
A: Rabbani

Q: What does Turkmenistan border with in the south to the east?
A: Afghanistan

Q: In 2000, [...] missile attacks on Bin Laden's tent camps only served to boost Bin Laden's image in the Islamic world
A: cruise

Q: Ismail Khan's successful era only lasted several years until [...] took Herat from him
A: the Taliban

Q: June 19, [...]: Hekmatyar signs a peace pact with Rabbani becoming prime minister (after losses inflicted by the Taliban)
A: 1996

Q: During the war with [...], 5 million of the 15 million Afghan people left Afghanistan
A: the Soviets

Q: Rashid Dostum: Before they were overrun by the Taliban, cities controlled by Dostum were known to have been among the country's most [...](characteristic)
A: liberal

Q: May 28, 1997: Taliban forces retreat from Mazar-e Sharif. This marks the first retreat in the [...]'s history
A: Taliban

Q: In 1996, bin Laden issued a fatwah urging Muslims to kill U.S. troops. A second fatwah in [...] called for attacks on American civilians
A: 1998

Q: Brigade 055 trained in bin Laden's [...] are the Taliban's most dedicated soldiers
A: (terror) camps

Q: What country do Northern Alliance territories border with (Oct 2001)?
A: Tajikistan

Q: Rashid Dostum once told The Washington Post he would never submit to a government where "there will be [...]"
A: no whiskey and no music

Q: Ismail Khan spent [...] years in a Taliban jail. He escaped in 2000
A: three

Q: Does Tajikistan border with Pakistan?
A: no (it is separated narrowly by Afghanistan)

Q: Dec. 27, [...]: Amin and many of his followers are killed, most likely by Soviet troops flooding into Kabul
A: 1979

Q: In 1994, the ISI shifted its support from Hekmatyar to [...]
A: the Taliban

Q: April 15, 1992: Mujahideen guerrillas and other Islamic rebels move in on Kabul. President [...] agrees to step down
A: Najibullah

Q: After the Russians left, [...] was invited by Burhanuddin Rabbani's new government to act as prime minister, but he turned against it, laying siege to Kabul
A: Hekmatyar

Q: April 27, 1978: Pro-Soviet leftists stage a new coup in Afghanistan. [...] becomes prime minister, and Babrak Karmal and Hafizullah Amin become deputy prime ministers
A: (Nur Mohammad) Taraki

Q: Taliban ruling: Women cannot wear [...](characteristic) socks (because they are considered a sexual lure)
A: white (also because Afghanistan's flag is a simple white sheet)

Q: In [...], bin Laden issued a "fatwah," a religious ruling urging Muslims to kill U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia and Somalia
A: 1996

Q: When [...](force) took Kabul and hung Najibullah from a tank, they gained Rashid Dostum as an enemy
A: the Taliban

Q: July 20, 1987: In their first public meeting, Gorbachev tells Najibullah that Soviet troops will be out of Afghanistan in [...](period)
A: 12 months

Q: 1980: Resistance to the Soviet occupation is formed. The groups call themselves "mujahideen," from the Persian word meaning "[...]"
A: warrior(s)

Q: Sept. 14, 1979: A confrontation with Amin removes [...] from power
A: Taraki

Q: [...]: The 'Lion of Panshir' was the last obstacle to the Taliban's total control of Afghanistan
A: (Ahmed Shah) Massood

Q: Summer 1978: The Taraki regime announces Marxist-Leninist reforms such as the elimination of usury, [...] for women, land reforms and administrative decrees
A: equal rights

Q: [...] is one of the three countries to have formal relations with the ruling Taliban. The others were Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
A: Pakistan

Q: Taliban does not allow of whistling or clapping during celebrations, but one is allowed to chant [...]
A: Allah-o-Akbar (God is Great)

Q: [...](period) 1995: Thousands flee Kabul amid fierce fighting between Taliban and Rabbani forces
A: Fall

Q: Bin Laden had issued a [confirmation/denial] of responsibility for the WTC attacks
A: denial

Q: Mullah Mohammad Omar was born to a poor farming family in [...](year)
A: 1962

Q: April 27, 1978: Pro-Soviet leftists stage a new coup in Afghanistan. Nur Mohammad Taraki becomes [...] and Babrak Karmal and Hafizullah Amin become deputy prime ministers
A: prime minister

Q: Bin Laden began forming his network in [...], when he went to Afghanistan to fight the Soviets
A: 1979

Q: What does Pakistan border with in the north (except for a stretch of Afghanistan)?
A: China

Q: Is photography permitted under the Taliban?
A: no

Q: March 1993: Rebel groups outside Kabul designate Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as their [...]
A: prime minister

Q: April 15, 1992: [...] guerrillas and other Islamic rebels move in on Kabul. President Najibullah agrees to step down
A: Mujahideen

Q: June 17, 1993: Hekmatyar is formally [...]
A: sworn in (as prime minister among rebel forces)

Q: March 1995: The Taliban decimates [...](leader)'s army
A: Hekmatyar

Q: When the Taliban took [...] and hung Najibullah from a tank, they gained Rashid Dostum as an enemy
A: Kabul

Q: Ismail Khan developed a reputation for his battles against the Russians. In a June [...] attack on Shindand air base, more than 20 aircraft were destroyed
A: 1985

Q: Can men be clean-shaven under the Taliban?
A: no

Q: What former Soviet republics border with Afghanistan (west to east)?
A: Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikstan

Q: Sept. 19, 1994: The Taliban emerges. Over the next [...] years, they overrun southern, western and eastern Afghanistan
A: two

Q: [...](leader) was captured by the Taliban on Oct 26, 2001 and executed hours later
A: Abdul Haq

Q: Rabbani government was plagued by [...] until the day the Taliban drove them from Kabul in 1996
A: (factional) infighting

Q: Over the years, [...](leader) consistently appeared as a member of the opposition: first fighting Mohammed Daoud, then the Soviets, then the Taliban
A: (Ahmed Shah) Massood

Q: [...](leader) was once the West's greatest hope for an enlightened Afghanistan
A: (Ismail) Khan

Q: Pakistan is one of the few countries to have formal relations with the ruling [...] regime in Afghanistan -- the others were Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
A: Taliban

Q: Rashid Dostum is supported by Uzbekistan and by cash from [...]
A: drug crops (hash and opium)

Q: Bin Laden left Saudi Arabia in 1991 after feuding with the Saudi monarchy, taking an inheritance worth an estimated $[...] with him
A: 250-300 million

Q: July 17, [...]: Afghanistan's Republican government is created with Khan as the first president of Afghanistan
A: 1973

Q: Ismail Khan spent three years in a Taliban jail. He escaped in 2000, and has now united with [...](force)
A: Northern Alliance / United Front

Q: After being chased out of Afghanistan for a time, Dostum is now trying to align himself with the [pro/anti]-Taliban forces
A: anti

Q: Hekmatyar is the leader of the Hezb e Islami, the most favored of all the rebel factions nurtured by the [...](foreign influence)
A: US/CIA

Q: Abdul Haq was a legendary Mujahideen in the 1980s. After Sep 11, 2001, he was a [...](ethnic group) hope for a broad-based government
A: Pashtun

Q: August 1998: The Taliban tries to take Mazar-e Sharif, but commit what has been called [...] in the Afghan civil war
A: the worst slaughter of civilians

Q: Dec. 27, 1979: Amin and many of his followers are killed, most likely by Soviet troops flooding into [...](city)
A: Kabul

Q: Dec. 27, 1979: Amin and many of his followers are killed, most likely by [...] flooding into Kabul
A: Soviet troops

Q: April 27, 1978: Pro-Soviet leftists stage a coup. Nur Mohammad Taraki becomes prime minister, and Babrak Karmal and [...] become deputy prime ministers
A: (Hafizullah) Amin

Q: August 1998: The Taliban takes [...] again, but commit what has been called the worst slaughter of civilians in the Afghan civil war
A: Mazar-e Sharif

Q: In 1992, shortly after the Russians withdrew from Afghanistan, over 1,300 delegates from around the country nominated Rabbani to serve a two-year term as [...] of Afghanistan
A: president

Q: Afghanistan: Where is the Kandahar province?
A: in the south (to the east)

Q: Can women be treated by a male doctor under Taliban?
A: no

Q: Sept. 1996: The Taliban take Najibullah from his refuge in [...], torture him, and hang his body from a tank
A: a U.N. compound

Q: What former Soviet Republic is located north-west of Afghanistan (south of Uzbekistan)?
A: Turkmenistan

Q: Afghanistan: What country does the Kandahar province border with?
A: Pakistan

Q: Abdul Haq was a legendary Mujahideen in the 1980s, and the minister of security in the years 1992-[...]
A: 1996

Q: Mullah Mohammad Omar was born to a poor [...](occupation) family in 1962
A: farming

Q: Summer 1978: Violent protests erupt over the [...]
A: Taraki reforms (many of which challenged Afghan cultural patterns)

Q: Fall 1996: The Taliban take Najibullah from a U.N. compound, torture him, and hang his body from a tank [...](Kabul location)
A: outside the presidential palace

Q: Fall 1995: Thousands flee [...](area) amid fierce fighting between Taliban and Rabbani forces
A: Kabul

Q: Rabbani's [...] party is not headed by a member of the Pashtun ethnic majority
A: Jamiat e Islami

Q: May 28, 1997: Taliban forces retreat from [...] after losing 100 men in 18 hours of fighting
A: Mazar-e Sharif (the first retreat in the Taliban's history)

Q: After becoming president in 1992, Rabbani attempted to bridge differences among the various groups of rebels. Unfortunately, his efforts were [...]
A: futile / in vain

Q: Ismail Khan. In 1997, he was betrayed by one of his commanders, and handed over to [...]
A: the Taliban

Q: Sept. 14, 1979: A confrontation between [...] and Amin removes the former from power
A: Taraki

Q: Hekmatyar is the leader of the [...]. Once the most favored of all the rebel factions nurtured by the CIA
A: Hezb e Islami

Q: June 19, 1996: Hekmatyar signs a [...] with former enemy Rabbani becoming prime minister in Kabul
A: peace pact

Q: Hekmatyar formed the Hezb e Islami group after he killed a Maoist [...] in 1972
A: student

Q: [...](leader)'s detractors say while Massood was fighting the Russians, he spent much of his time stockpiling CIA weapons and money
A: Hekmatyar

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood's detractors said he was a thug and a bully, and like [...], the Northern Alliance has also been accused of committing war crimes
A: the Taliban

Q: Even after Hekmatyar turned against him in 1993, Rabbani offered him [...] in 1996
A: a new seat in the government

Q: April 15, 1992: President Najibullah agrees to step down, but Afghan rebels with the assistance of Gen. [...], seize the city and keep him there
A: (Abdul Rashid) Dostum

Q: Fall [...]: Thousands flee Kabul amid fierce fighting between Taliban and Rabbani forces
A: 1995

Q: On Nov 9, 2001, Gen. Rashid Dostum took control of Mazar-e Sharif for the second time after [...] years under the Taliban
A: three

Q: Burhanuddin Rabbani: In 1992, shortly after [...] withdrew from Afghanistan, over 1,000 delegates from around the country nominated him to serve a two-year term as president
A: the Soviets

Q: Hekmatyar himself was also eventually betrayed. In 1994, the [...] reportedly shifted its support from him to the Taliban
A: ISI/Pakistan

Q: In 1996, bin Laden issued a "fatwah," a religious ruling urging Muslims to kill U.S. troops in [...](countries)
A: Saudi Arabia and Somalia

Q: Pakistan is one of the few countries to have formal relations with the ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan -- the others were Saudi Arabia and the [...]
A: United Arab Emirates

Q: Taliban Bans include: No [...](behavior) in celebrations
A: whistling/clapping/cheering (you can only chant Allah-o-Akbar)

Q: On Nov 9, 2001, Gen. Rashid Dostum took control of Mazar-e Sharif for the second time after three years under [...]
A: the Taliban

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood consistently appeared as a member of the opposition: first fighting Mohammed Daoud, then [...], then the Taliban
A: (the) Soviets

Q: August [...]: The Taliban takes Mazar-e Sharif again, but commit what has been called the worst slaughter of civilians in the Afghan civil war
A: 1998

Q: Bin Laden, who reportedly inherited $300 million from his family's [...] business, has lived a nomadic existence for several years
A: construction

Q: July 17, 1973: Afghanistan's [...](form of government) government is created with Khan as the first president of Afghanistan
A: Republican

Q: Dec. 30, 1992: More than [...] delegates from around the country, comprising rebels, religious leaders, and intellectuals meet in Kabul to form an Islamic republic
A: 1,300

Q: When the Taliban took Kabul and hung Najibullah from a [...], they gained Rashid Dostum as an enemy
A: tank

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood: The 'Lion of Panshir' was the last obstacle to the Taliban's [...]
A: total control of Afghanistan

Q: Osama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States embassies in [...], Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya
A: Dar Es Salaam

Q: Mohammed Daoud ushered in Afghanistan's current era of instability by overthrowing the [...]-year reign of King Zahir in 1973
A: 40

Q: July 17, 1973: Afghanistan's Republican government is created with [...] as the first president of Afghanistan
A: Khan

Q: May 28, 1997: Taliban retreats from Mazar-e Sharif. This marks the first [...] in the Taliban's history
A: retreat

Q: Even after [...](leader) turned against him in 1993, Rabbani offered him a new seat in the government in 1996
A: Hekmatyar

Q: Hekmatyar formed the Hezb e Islami after he killed a Maoist student in [...](year)
A: 1972

Q: Hekmatyar has an education from an Afghan military school and the engineering department of Kabul [...]
A: University

Q: 2001: Hundreds of inexperienced [...](exemplary nationalities) enter Afghanistan every week to join the Taliban army
A: Pakistani/Sudanese/Chechen (and more)

Q: On Nov 9, 2001, Gen. Rashid Dostum took control of Mazar-e Sharif. The Taliban, weakened by the US [...](bomber) carpet bombing, offered little resistance
A: B-52

Q: Where is the Herat province?
A: in the north-west corner

Q: Hekmatyar himself was also eventually betrayed. In [...], the ISI reportedly shifted its support from him to the Taliban
A: 1994

Q: The estimated 1,000 Arabs of [...](force) have been in Afghanistan for years
A: Brigade 055

Q: Abdul Haq was a legendary Mujahideen in the 1980s. He was minister of security in the years [...]-1996
A: 1992

Q: May 25, [...]: The Taliban takes control of Dostum's stronghold, the ancient northern city of Mazar-e Sharif
A: 1997

Q: April 27, 1978: Pro-Soviet leftists stage a coup. Nur Mohammad Taraki becomes prime minister, and Babrak Karmal and Hafizullah Amin become [...]
A: deputy prime ministers

Q: Dec. 30, 1992: More than 1,300 delegates elect Burhanuddin Rabbani as president. But the majority of the rebels [...] the meeting
A: boycott

Q: Rashid Dostum is largely supported by Uzbekistan that is interested in [...]
A: limiting the Taliban's influences

Q: [...](suspected terrorist) had issued a denial of responsibility for the WTC attack
A: Bin Laden

Q: [...](suspected terrorist) is wanted in connection with the 1998, bombings of the United States embassies in Dar Es Salaam and Nairobi
A: Osama Bin Laden

Q: In [...](year), Ismail Khan was betrayed by one of his commanders, and handed over to the Taliban
A: 1997

Q: Some blame Hekmatyar's actions for the Taliban's eventual success; they say his [...] weakened the nascent government
A: betrayals/intrigues

Q: Sept 1996: The Taliban take Kabul, forcing Hekmatyar, Rabbani and his [...] chief Ahmad Shah Massoud to flee
A: military/defense

Q: In 2000, cruise missile attacks on Bin Laden's tent camps only served to [...]
A: boost his image (in the Islamic world)

Q: Summer 1978: Violent protests erupt over the Taraki reforms. Taraki's political [...](action) antagonizes many
A: repression

Q: Bin Laden, who inherited $[...] from his Saudi family's construction business, has lived a nomadic existence for year
A: 300 million

Q: On [...] 9, 2001, Gen. Rashid Dostum took control of Mazar-e Sharif for the second time
A: Nov

Q: Burhanuddin Rabbani has degrees from Kabul University and the University of Al-Azhar in [...]
A: Cairo/Egypt

Q: When the Taliban took Kabul and hung Najibullah from a tank, they gained Rashid [...] as an enemy
A: Dostum

Q: Bin Laden, who reportedly inherited $300 million from his [...]'s construction business, has lived a nomadic existence for several years
A: family

Q: Hekmatyar was invited by Rabbani to act as prime minister, but he turned against Rabbani, laying siege to [...](city)
A: Kabul

Q: 1980: Mujahideen resistance to the [...] occupation forms within Afghanistan
A: Soviet

Q: Burhanuddin Rabbani maintained his power only with the help of his former defense minister, [...]
A: (Ahmed Shah) Massood

Q: July 20, 1987: In their first public meeting, Gorbachev tells Najibullah that [...] troops will be out of Afghanistan in 12 months
A: Soviet

Q: August 1998: The Taliban tries to take Mazar-e Sharif again, but commit what has been called the worst slaughter of civilians in [...]
A: the Afghan civil war

Q: Ismail Khan is a Tajik and former mujahideen, who developed a reputation for his battles against the Russians. After the war, Khan joined forces with [...]
A: Burhanuddin Rabbani

Q: The Taliban took [...](province) from Khan who, in 1997, was betrayed by one of his commanders
A: Herat

Q: [...] reached the peak of his prominence in the 1980s, when his Hezb e Islami party became the most favored of the Afghan rebel factions nurtured by the CIA
A: Hekmatyar

Q: Bin Laden left Saudi Arabia in 1991 after feuding with [...]
A: the Saudi monarchy

Q: Osama bin Laden was indicted in 2000 for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in [...]
A: Kenya and Tanzania

Q: June 19, 1996: Hekmatyar signs a peace pact with former enemy Rabbani becoming [...] in Kabul
A: prime minister

Q: Summer 1978: The Taraki regime announces [...](ideological profile) reforms such as the elimination of usury, equal rights for women, land reforms and administrative decrees
A: Marxist-Leninist

Q: During the war with the Soviets, 5 million Afghan people left Afghanistan. [...](how many) returned
A: most never returned

Q: Osama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the 1998, bombings of the US embassies in Dar Es Salaam and Nairobi, which killed [...] people
A: over 200

Q: Abdul Haq was captured by the Taliban on Oct 26, 2001, and executed [...] later
A: hours

Q: On Nov 9, 2001, Dostum took Mazar-e Sharif. The Taliban offered little resistance and there were [many/few] defections
A: many

Q: In 1994, the ISI shifted its support from Hekmatyar to the Taliban. Hekmatyar joined Rabbani again, but two years later, the Taliban would occupy [...](city)
A: Kabul

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood: The 'Lion of [...]' was the last obstacle to the Taliban's total control of Afghanistan
A: Panshir

Q: July 20, 1987: In their first public meeting, [...] tells Najibullah that Soviet troops will be out of Afghanistan in 12 months
A: Gorbachev

Q: While Massood was fighting the Russians, Hekmatyar spent much time stockpiling CIA [...] and money for the factional battles that followed
A: weapons

Q: November 1994: Hekmatyar and his guerrillas move in on Kabul, seeking to oust Rabbani as president. March [...]: The Taliban decimates Hekmatyar's army.
A: 1995

Q: On Nov 9, 2001, Gen. Rashid Dostum took control of [...](city) after three years under the Taliban
A: Mazar-e Sharif

Q: April 15, 1992: Najibullah agrees to step down, but rebels with the assistance of Gen. Dostum, leader of the government's [...], seize Kabul and keep him there
A: secret police

Q: When the Taliban hung Najibullah from a tank, they gained Rashid Dostum as an [ally/enemy]
A: enemy

Q: Afghanistan: 100,000 Soviet soldiers, [...] casualties
A: 15,000

Q: Fall 1995: Thousands flee Kabul amid fierce fighting between Taliban and [...] forces
A: Rabbani

Q: 1955: Afghanistan approaches the US for military ties, but Washington is dismissive. Afghanistan develops ties with [...]
A: Moscow / Soviet Union

Q: August 1998: [...] tries to take Mazar-e Sharif again. They succeed, but commit what has been called the worst slaughter of civilians in the Afghan civil war
A: The Taliban

Q: Ismail Khan is struggling to return to the spotlight after three years in a Taliban [...]
A: jail

Q: When [...](country)-aided Dr Najibullah became president, Dostum became one of his major battlefield commanders
A: Soviet (Union)

Q: Ismail Khan developed a reputation for his battles against the Russians. In a June 1985 attack on Shindand air base, more than 20 [...] were destroyed
A: aircraft

Q: When the [...] left, and the country got its first president in Mohamed Najibullah, Dostum became one of his major battlefield commanders
A: Soviets

Q: November 5, 1999, commander Badahar Maddafe of Hezb e Islami was killed. Maddafe's loyalist were pointing at [...]
A: Prof. Rabbani

Q: Can women laugh loudly under the Taliban?
A: no (not in public; not when they are seen by others)

Q: In 1997, Ismail Khan was [...], and handed over to the Taliban
A: betrayed (by one of his commanders)

Q: Out of all the figures vying for Afghanistan's leadership, [...] was the only one that got there without war
A: (Burhanuddin) Rabbani (nominated president in 1992)

Q: Before they were overrun by the Taliban, cities controlled by the heavyset, mustached [...] were known to have been among the country's most liberal
A: Dostum

Q: May 25, 1997: The Taliban takes control of [...](leader)'s stronghold, the ancient northern city of Mazar-e Sharif
A: Dostum

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood: The closest he came to long-term official office was as defense minister for Burhanuddin Rabbani in [...](year)
A: 1992

Q: June 19, 1996: [...] signs a peace pact with former enemy Rabbani becoming prime minister in Kabul
A: Hekmatyar

Q: During the war with the Soviets, 5 million of the [...] million Afghan people left Afghanistan
A: 15

Q: Does Taliban allow of dancing?
A: no

Q: On Nov 9, [...](year), Gen. Rashid Dostum took control of Mazar-e Sharif for the second time
A: 2001

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood: his detractors said he was a [...], and like the Taliban, the Northern Alliance has also been accused of committing war crimes
A: bully/thug

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood: Over the years, he consistently appeared as a member of the opposition: first fighting [...]
A: (Mohammed) Daoud

Q: May 4, 1986: The Kremlin removes Karmal who is replaced with Dr. Sayid Mohammad Najibullah, the former head of [...]
A: secret police

Q: March 1995: The [...] decimates Hekmatyar's army
A: Taliban

Q: Taliban: Only for women: No white socks (because [...])
A: they are considered a sexual lure (and Afghanistan's flag is a simple white sheet)

Q: May 25, 1997: The Taliban takes control of Dostum's stronghold, the ancient northern city of [...]
A: Mazar-e Sharif

Q: 2001: The Taliban still face opposition, mostly from a loose union of rebels called [...]
A: the Northern Alliance

Q: June 17, [...]: Hekmatyar is formally sworn in as prime minister (by rebel groups outside Kabul)
A: 1993

Q: Sept. 27, 1996: The Taliban take Kabul, forcing [...], Rabbani and his military chief Ahmad Shah Massoud to flee
A: Hekmatyar

Q: June 19, 1996: Hekmatyar signs a peace pact with former enemy Rabbani becoming prime minister in [...](city)
A: Kabul

Q: Hekmatyar has stated that he would like to see an [...](orientation) government in Afghanistan, but early in his life, he also spent four years in the communist party
A: Islamic

Q: Osama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, [...](terrorist act) of the United States embassies in Dar Es Salaam and Nairobi
A: bombings

Q: [...] formed the Hezb e Islami group after he killed a Maoist student in 1972 and fled to Peshawar
A: Hekmatyar

Q: Burhanuddin Rabbani: In 1992, he was nominated in part for his accomplished academic background. He was a popular [...] professor at Kabul University
A: theology

Q: In [...], cruise missile attacks on Bin Laden's tent camps only served to boost Bin Laden's image in the Islamic world
A: 2000

Q: In 1996, bin Laden issued a "fatwah," urging Muslims to kill U.S. troops. A second fatwah in 1998 called for attacks on [...]
A: American civilians

Q: Dostum [is / is not] a former mujahideen
A: is not (he sided with the Soviets)

Q: April 1978: Nur Mohammad Taraki becomes prime minister, and wins immediate recognition from [...](superpower)
A: the Soviet Union

Q: Brigade 055 trained in [...](leader)'s terror camps are the Taliban's most dedicated soldiers
A: bin Laden

Q: Ismail Khan was once the West's greatest hope for an [...] Afghanistan
A: enlightened/progressive/liberal

Q: Hekmatyar has an education from an Afghan military school and the [...] department of Kabul University
A: engineering

Q: Pakistan is one of the few countries to have formal relations with the ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan -- the others are [...] and the United Arab Emirates
A: Saudi Arabia

Q: [...] war: 100,000 Soviet soldiers, 15,000 casualties
A: Afghanistan

Q: Abdul Haq was captured by the Taliban on [...] 26, 2001, and executed
A: October

Q: Osama Bin Laden has denied involvement in the WTC attacks but [...]
A: praised the alleged terrorists

Q: When can men be seen in public without head covering under Taliban?
A: never (they must wear a head covering all the time)

Q: Dec. 30, 1992: More than 1,300 delegates elect Burhanuddin Rabbani as president. But the majority of the [...] boycott the meeting
A: rebels

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood died the same week [...](international turning point)
A: the terrorists attacked the US (New York and Washington)

Q: [...](leader) developed a reputation for his battles against the Russians.
A: Ismail Khan

Q: Prof. Rabbani: Out of all the figures vying for Afghanistan's leadership, Rabbani is the only one that [...]
A: got there without war (nominated president in 1992)

Q: Some blame Hekmatyar for the Taliban's eventual success as his betrayals weakened the [...]
A: (nascent) government

Q: Sept. 27, 1996: The Taliban take Kabul, forcing Hekmatyar, Rabbani and his military chief [...] to flee
A: (Ahmad Shah) Massoud

Q: May 25, 1997: The Taliban takes control of Dostum's stronghold, the ancient [...](location) city of Mazar-e Sharif
A: northern

Q: Hekmatyar spent much of his time during the war with the Soviets stockpiling CIA weapons and money for the [...] battles
A: factional

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood: The closest he came to long-term official office was as defense minister for Burhanuddin Rabbani after 1992
A: president

Q: When the Soviets left, and the country got its first president in Soviet-aided [...], Dostum became one of his major battlefield commanders
A: (Dr Mohamed) Najibullah

Q: Hekmatyar's detractors say while Massood was doing much of the dirty work [...](area), he spent much of his time stockpiling CIA weapons and money
A: against the Russians

Q: Burhanuddin Rabbani was nominated president (1992) in part for his academic background. He was a popular theology professor at [...]
A: Kabul University

Q: Hekmatyar formed the Hezb e Islami group after he killed a Maoist student in 1972 and fled to [...](region)
A: Peshawar

Q: In November 2001, Gen. Dostum took control of Mazar-e Sharif. [...] called CNN to confirm that the Taliban offered little resistance
A: Dostum

Q: 2001: Ismail Khan is struggling to return to the spotlight after three years in a [...] jail
A: Taliban

Q: Taliban blasted the US for singling out Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect, warning of "[...]" if the US attacked Afghanistan
A: revenge

Q: Summer 1978: The [...] regime announces Marxist-Leninist reforms such as the elimination of usury, equal rights for women, and land reforms
A: Taraki

Q: While Massood was fighting the Russians, Hekmatyar spent much of his time stockpiling CIA weapons and [...] for factional battles
A: money

Q: June 17, 1993: Hekmatyar is formally sworn in. Sept. 27, 1993: An interim constitution is approved with planned elections announced for [...](year)
A: 1994

Q: In 1994, the ISI shifted its support from Hekmatyar to the Taliban. Hekmatyar joined the [...](leader) government
A: Rabbani

Q: [...] 15, 1992: Mujahideen guerrillas and other Islamic rebels move in on Kabul. President Najibullah agrees to step down
A: April

Q: May 25, 1997: The Taliban takes control of Mazar-e Sharif, marking the first time Afghanistan is largely united under one power since [...]
A: the Soviets left

Q: April 27, [...]: Pro-Soviet leftists stage a new coup in Afghanistan. Nur Mohammad Taraki becomes prime minister
A: 1978

Q: Some blame Hekmatyar's actions for [...]'s eventual success; they say his betrayals weakened the nascent government
A: the Taliban

Q: Summer 1978: The Taraki regime announces Marxist-Leninist reforms such as the elimination of [...], equal rights for women, and land reforms
A: usury

Q: Hekmatyar's detractors say while Massood was doing much of the dirty work against the Russians, Hekmatyar spent much of his time in Peshawar stockpiling [...] weapons and money for the factional battles
A: CIA

Q: Summer 1978: The Taraki regime announces Marxist-Leninist reforms such as the elimination of usury, equal rights for women, [...] and administrative decrees
A: land reforms

Q: Osama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States embassies in Dar Es Salaam, [...](country) and Nairobi, Kenya
A: Tanzania

Q: Burhanuddin Rabbani government was plagued by factional infighting until the day [...](force) drove them from Kabul
A: the Taliban

Q: Sept. 27, 1996: The Taliban take Kabul, forcing Hekmatyar, [...](leader) and his military chief Ahmad Shah Massoud to flee
A: Rabbani

Q: After rebels designate Hekmatyar as prime minister, on Sept. 27, [...](year) an interim constitution is approved with elections planned for the following year
A: 1993

Q: Even after Hekmatyar turned against him in [...](year), Rabbani offered him a new seat in the government in 1996
A: 1993

Q: Hekmatyar's detractors say while [...] was doing much of the dirty work against the Russians, Hekmatyar spent much of his time stockpiling CIA weapons and money
A: Massood

Q: Hekmatyar's political philosophies are unclear. He has an education from an Afghan [...] school and the engineering department of Kabul University
A: military

Q: Abdul Haq was a legendary Mujahideen in the 1980s. He was [...] in the years 1992-1996
A: minister of security

Q: Starting in May 1988, Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan, the first time the Soviets had [...] from a puppet regime
A: (voluntarily) withdrawn

Q: On Nov 9, 2001, Dostum took Mazar-e Sharif. The Taliban, weakened by the US bombing, offered [little/much] resistance
A: little

Q: After the Russians left, Hekmatyar was invited by Burhanuddin Rabbani's new government to act as [...], but he turned against it, laying siege to Kabul
A: prime minister

Q: May 25, 1997: The Taliban takes Mazar-e Sharif; the first time Afghanistan is [...] since the Soviets left
A: (largely) united (under one power)

Q: In 2000, cruise missile attacks on Bin Laden's tent camps in Afghanistan only served to boost Bin Laden's image in [...]
A: (the) Islamic/Muslim world

Q: U.S. officials are setting their sights on Osama bin Laden, the millionaire Saudi fugitive who has been blamed for past terrorist attacks against [...](country) targets
A: American

Q: Abdul Haq was a legendary [...](group) in the 1980s
A: Mujahideen

Q: March 1993: Rebel groups outside [...](city) designate Gulbuddin Hekmatyar as their prime minister
A: Kabul

Q: July 17, 1973: Afghanistan's Republican government is created with Khan as the [...] of Afghanistan
A: (first) president

Q: When the Soviets left, and the country got its first president in Soviet-aided Mohamed Najibullah, Dostum became one of his major [...](position)
A: (battlefield) commanders

Q: Osama bin Laden was indicted in [...](year) for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
A: 2000

Q: [...](elite force) trained in bin Laden's terror camps are the Taliban's most dedicated soldiers--the elite of al-Qaeda fighters
A: Brigade 055

Q: Brigade 055 trained in bin Laden's terror camps are the Taliban's most dedicated soldiers--the elite of the roughly 5,000 [...](organization) fighters
A: al-Qaeda

Q: The estimated [...](number) Arabs of Brigade 055 have been in Afghanistan for years
A: 1,000

Q: May 4, 1986: The Kremlin removes Karmal He is replaced with [...](degree) Sayid Mohammad Najibullah
A: Dr.

Q: Burhanuddin Rabbani speaks and writes in [...](majority language), Dari-Afghan Persian, and Arabic. He also speaks English (not on Larry King though), Urdu, and some Turkish
A: Pushtu

Q: On Nov 9, 2001, Dostum took control of Mazar-e Sharif. The Taliban, weakened by the US [...], offered little resistance
A: (carpet) bombing

Q: Brigade 055 are the Taliban's most dedicated soldiers--the elite of the roughly [...](number) al-Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan
A: 5,000

Q: Rabbani's Jamiat e Islami party is the only party not headed by a member of the Pashtun ethnic [minority/majority]. He is mainly backed by Tajiks
A: majority

Q: Even after Hekmatyar turned against him in 1993, Rabbani offered him a new seat in the government in [...](year)
A: 1996

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood: The '[...] of Panshir' was the last obstacle to the Taliban's total control of Afghanistan
A: Lion

Q: After Hekmatyar formed the Hezb e Islami, he fled to Peshawar, where [...](country)'s ISI was building insurgency groups against the Daoud regime
A: Pakistan

Q: March 1993: Rebel groups outside Kabul designate [...] as their prime minister
A: (Gulbuddin) Hekmatyar

Q: Hekmatyar would like to see an Islamic government, but early in his life, he also spent four years in the [...] party
A: communist (People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan)

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood was a Tajik, one of Afghanistan's ethnic minorities, and was described as '[...] pure', wanting nothing but democracy
A: morally and financially

Q: Osama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the [...] 7, 1998, bombings of the United States embassies in Dar Es Salaam and Nairobi
A: August

Q: Dostum is not a mujahideen, but an warlord who [fought against / sided with] the Soviet occupiers
A: sided

Q: Hekmatyar has an education from an Afghan military school and the engineering department of Kabul University. Some of his friends call him "[...] Hekmatyar," but he never actually graduated
A: Engineer

Q: Osama bin Laden was indicted in 2000 for the 1998 [...](target) bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
A: (U.S.) embassy

Q: After the ISI shifted its support from Hekmatyar to the Taliban, Hekmatyar joined the Rabbani government again, but [...] years later, the Taliban would occupy Kabul
A: two

Q: After Hekmatyar killed a Maoist student in 1972 and fled to Peshawar, where Pakistan's ISI was building insurgency groups against the ruling [...] regime
A: Daoud

Q: After the Russians left, Hekmatyar was invited by [...]'s new government to act as prime minister, but he turned against it
A: (Burhanuddin) Rabbani

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood: his detractors said he was a thug and a bully, and like the Taliban, the [...](united front) has also been accused of committing war crimes
A: Northern Alliance

Q: Ahmed Shah Massood: was described as wanting nothing but democracy. But like the Taliban, the Northern Alliance has also been accused of [...]
A: committing war crimes

Q: Spring 1978: Nur Mohammad Taraki becomes prime minister. He [wins / fails to win] recognition from the Soviet Union
A: wins (almost immediate)

Q: April 14, [...]: The U.N.-sponsored accords on Soviet troop withdrawal are signed by Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Soviet Union and the United States
A: 1988

Q: Can women and men stay in the same hospital under the Taliban?
A: no

Q: After the Russians left, Hekmatyar was invited by Burhanuddin Rabbani's new government to act as prime minister, but [...](action)
A: he turned against it

Q: Summer 1978: The Taraki regime announces Marxist-Leninist reforms. Violent protests erupt because [...]
A: reforms challenged Afghan tradition/culture

Q: In 1992, shortly after the Russians withdrew from Afghanistan, over 1,300 delegates from around the country nominated Burhanuddin Rabbani to serve a [...]-year term as president
A: two

Q: Hekmatyar: Some of his friends call him "Engineer Hekmatyar". Did he graduate?
A: no

Q: Hekmatyar formed the Hezb e Islami group and fled to Peshawar, where Pakistan's [...](agency) was building insurgency groups against the ruling Daoud regime
A: ISI

Q: Hekmatyar formed the Hezb e Islami group after he killed a [...](orientation) student in 1972
A: Maoist

Q: [...]. 27, 1996: The Taliban take Kabul, forcing Hekmatyar, Rabbani and Ahmad Shah Massoud to flee
A: September

Q: Between 1974 and 1980, the USSR had brought ten countries into the Communist orbit: South Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, South Yemen, Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Grenada, Nicaragua, and [...](Pakistani neighbor)
A: Afghanistan

Q: Burhanuddin Rabbani maintained his power with the help of his former [...] minister, Ahmed Shah Massood
A: defense

Q: Taliban: Only for women: No white [...] (because they are considered a sexual lure, or because Afghanistan's flag is a simple white sheet)
A: socks

Q: Sept. 27, 1996: The Taliban take Kabul, forcing Massoud, the man most credited with [...], to flee
A: ousting the Soviets

Q: March 1993: Rebel groups designate Hekmatyar as prime minister. Sept. 27, 1993: An interim [...] is approved with elections planned for 1994
A: constitution

Q: Brigade 055 trained in bin Laden's terror camps are the Taliban's most [...] soldiers
A: dedicated/skillful

Q: Before his death, Ahmed Shah Massood was the last obstacle to [...]'s total control of Afghanistan
A: the Taliban

Q: Osama Bin Laden is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the [...](country) embassies in Dar Es Salaam and Nairobi
A: United States

Q: [...](warlord)'s political philosophies are unclear. He would like to see an Islamic government, but early in his life, he also spent four years in a communist party
A: Hekmatyar

Q: While Massood was doing the dirty work against the Russians, Hekmatyar spent time in [...](location) stockpiling CIA weapons and money
A: Peshawar

Q: Ismail Khan developed a reputation for his battles against the Russians. In a June 1985 attack on Shindand [...], more than 20 aircraft were destroyed
A: air base

Q: Ismail Khan spent three years in a Taliban jail. He escaped in [...](year)
A: 2000

Q: After [...](force) left, Hekmatyar was invited by Burhanuddin Rabbani's new government to act as prime minister
A: (the) Soviets/Russians

Q: Rabbani's Jamiat e Islami party is not headed by a member of the [...] ethnic majority
A: Pashtun

Q: Between 1974 and 1980, the USSR had brought 10 countries into the Communist orbit: South Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, South Yemen, Angola, Ethiopia, [...](in southern Africa), Grenada, Nicaragua, and Afghanistan
A: Mozambique

Q: Hekmatyar's has an education from an Afghan military school and the engineering department of [...] University
A: Kabul

Q: In 1994, the ISI reportedly shifted its support from Hekmatyar to the Taliban. Hekmatyar joined the Rabbani government again, but two years later, [...] would occupy Kabul
A: the Taliban

Q: October 1999: The Hezb e Islami called upon General Musharraf to [...]
A: establish a consensus government in Kabul

Q: In 1992, shortly after the Russians withdrew from Afghanistan, over [...] delegates from around the country nominated Rabbani to serve as president of Afghanistan
A: 1,300

Q: November 1999: Badahar Maddafe of [...] was killed. Maddafe's loyalist were accusing Prof. Rabbani
A: Hezb e Islami
