Taliban
The Taliban take over the city of Bamian
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Mohammed Omar Mujahid Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Mohammed Omar Mujahid through 57 dated historical records for Afghanistan.
Mohammed Omar Mujahid, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1998–2007Years on this page
1998
1999
Massacre
The Taliban take Mazar-i-Sharif, there are unconfirmed reports of mass arrests and executions (numbering in the thousands) of Shiites, especially of the Hazara ethnic group
Northern Alliance
A United Nations brokered peace agreement is reached between the Taliban and their main remaining foe, the Northern Alliance under Ahmed Shah Massoud
Siege of Mazar-i-Sharif
The Taliban take Mazar-i-Sharif, there are unconfirmed reports of mass arrests and executions (numbering in the thousands) of Shiites, especially of the Hazara ethnic group
Taliban
A United Nations brokered peace agreement is reached between the Taliban and their main remaining foe, the Northern Alliance under Ahmed Shah Massoud
Taliban
The Taliban take Mazar-i-Sharif, there are unconfirmed reports of mass arrests and executions (numbering in the thousands) of Shiites, especially of the Hazara ethnic group
Capture of Herat
Mullah Omars movement captures Herat
Taliban
The United Nations imposes an air embargo and freezes Taliban assets in an attempt to force them to hand over bin Laden for trial
Trade Embargo
The United Nations imposes an air embargo and freezes Taliban assets in an attempt to force them to hand over bin Laden for trial
2000
Refugee Camps
Record cold, drought, and civil war push an estimated 200,000 more Afghans into refugee camps
2001
Buddhas of Bamiyan
The Buddhas of Bamiyan are destroyed by the Taliban under an edict issued from Mullah Omar, stating: "all the statues around Afghanistan must be destroyed
Taliban
The Buddhas of Bamiyan are destroyed by the Taliban under an edict issued from Mullah Omar, stating: "all the statues around Afghanistan must be destroyed
Bombing of Afghanistan
Start of US airstrikes in revenge for the bombings across the US on 9th Sept
Capture of Kabul
Kabul falls to the US-backed Northern Alliance
Siege of Kabul
Kabul falls to the US-backed Northern Alliance
Exile of Mohammed Omar Mujahid
The United States Government offers a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to Omars capture. After the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Omar goes into hiding and is still at large, thought to be in the Pashtun regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan
2007
Exile of Mohammed Omar Mujahid
A captured Taliban spokesman, Muhammad Hanif, tells Afghan authorities that Omar was being protected by the Inter-Services Intelligence in Quetta, Pakistan
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.