Permanent historical factsheet

Al-Qaeda

Name: Al-Qaeda – Afghanistan factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Afghanistan · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records

1998Date range

1Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1998

Mohammed Omar Mujahid20 August 1998

Warfare / Civil War

Revenge for Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya & Tanzania on 7th Aug

Names involved

Mohammed Omar Mujahid

Provenance

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