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   Round 1 · 2021 AD

   Evacuation Flights at Kabul Airport

   As the Taliban took control of Kabul, a massive international airlift evacuated over 120,000 people in just two weeks, marking the end of the twenty-year Western military presence.

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   Round 2 · 1979 AD

   Soviet Spetsnaz Storm Tajbeg Palace

   Disguised in Afghan uniforms, Soviet special forces assassinated President Hafizullah Amin inside his heavily guarded palace, triggering the decade-long Soviet-Afghan War.

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   Round 3 · 1842 AD

   British Army's Retreat from Kabul

   Forced to abandon their cantonments, a column of 16,000 British soldiers and camp followers marched into the freezing mountain passes, where nearly all were killed or captured.

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   Round 4 · 1747 AD

   Coronation of Ahmad Shah Durrani

   A Loya Jirga of Pashtun tribal leaders chose Ahmad Shah to rule, crowning him with a simple wreath of wheat to found the modern Afghan state.

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