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)
