Timeline of Afghan history

Table of contents
1 December 30 2000
2 Late December 2000
3 Mid-December 2000

December 30 2000

Late December 2000

  • The return of exiled opposition leader Karim Khalili from Iran prompts a new offensive by the Northern Alliance in north-central Afghanistan. The governing Taliban regime admits it has temporarily lost control of the central town of Yakawlang, near Bamiyan, but denies opposition claims of further gains in neighbouring Ghowr province.

Mid-December 2000