Fall of the Taliban

November marks the seven-year anniversary of the fall of the Taliban. Test your knowledge of Afghani history with seven multiple-choice questions. (All answers can be found by reading the history sections of the World Conflicts Today report on Afghanistan.) (Answer key: D, A, C, B, B, C, D)

1. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the British and Russians struggled to increase their influence in Afghanistan. What is the name generally given to this struggle?

a. The Clamor for Kabul
b. The Red-White Wars
c. The Cold War
d. The Great Game

2. What name was given to the boundary drawn to separate eastern Afghanistan from northwest India (now Pakistan)?

a. The Durand Line
b. The Line of Control
c. The Line of Demilitarization
d. The Cease-fFire Line

3. Which Soviet premier ordered Soviet troops into Afghanistan in 1979?

a. Mikhail Gorbachev
b. Babrak Karmal
c. Leonid Brezhnev
d. Joseph Stalin

4. What religion did the mujahideen profess?

a. Christianity
b. Islam
c. Buddhism
d. Judaism

5. Which anti-Taliban Afghan commander was killed just days before the 9/11 attacks on the United States?

a. Burhanuddin Rabbani
b. Ahmed Shah Masoud
c. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
d. Zbigniew Brzezinski

6. Who was the leader of the Taliban when the Taliban was in power in Afghanistan?

a. Osama bin Laden
b. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
c. Mullah Omar
d. Hamid Karzai

7. Which country's intelligence agency has traditionally supported the Taliban?

a. India's
b. Iran's
c. Uzbekistan's
d. Pakistan's

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