Formation of the Afghan state : 1747-72 -- State to nation : 1773-1973 -- Daoud's republic : 1973-1978 -- Afghan communists parties and personalities -- Events leading to Soviet invasion -- Afghan resistance : 1975-92 -- From common cause to internal war and the rise of the Taleban -- Post-communist ethnicity
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