27 SEPTEMBER 2007

27 SEPTEMBER 1996 : THE TALEBAN SEIZED CONTROL OF KABUL

On that day, the Taleban seized control of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan and hanged the former president Najibullah (see picture below)

The Taleban movement was formed in Pakistan among Afghan refugees of Sunni Muslim Pashtun ethny in 1994 with the help of the Palistani military secret services.

Pakistan launch this new movement because it was disappointed that the Pashtun wardlor Gulbuddin Ekmatyar was unable to take control of Aghanistan who was ruled by a Tajik president

On 5 November 1994, the Taleban seized Kandahar. Their leader, the mullah Omar stay there to direct the country.

Because the Taleban offered refuge to Ben Laden and Al-Qaida, the US started to attack them in Octobre 2001
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/27/ newsid_2539000/2539973.stm

OTHER FACTS

1928 : The Republic of China is recognized by the United States

1959 : Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshu as the result of a typhoon

1977 : Important speech of Prime Minister Pol Pot showing a full alignement of Kampuchea with China

1988 : The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, is founded

1997 : In Thailande, the parliament adopts a new chart (constitution), the 15th since 1932, suspended in September 1996

2002 : Le East Timor is admitted to United Nations.

BIRTHS

1914 : Jukichi Uno, Japanese actor

1942 : Lee Merily, Filipino cinematographer

1942 : Masaru Ikeda, Japanese actor

1953 : Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma), an Indian saint

1975 : Megumi Ohji, Japanese actress

1975 : Hong Kong actor Sam Lee

DEATH

1557 : Emperor Go-Nara (1526-1557)