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''See also'': [[1995 in Afghanistan]], [[1996|other events of 1996]], and [[1997 in Afghanistan]].
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The following lists events that happened during '''[[1996]] in [[Afghanistan]]'''.
==April 3, 1996==
*About 1,000 Muslim clergymen elect Taliban leader [[Mohammed Omar]] as ''amir al-momineen'' (commander of the faithful), denouncing Rabbani as unfit to lead the Islamic nation.


==June 26, 1996==
==Incumbents==
*[[List of heads of state of Afghanistan|De facto head of state]]: [[Mullah Omar|Mohammed Omar]]
*[[Gulbuddin Hekmatyar|Hekmatyar]], whose Hezb-i-Islami forces have bombarded the government in Kabul until driven from their positions by the Taliban, is sworn in again as prime minister. He immediately attempts to open contacts with northern Afghanistan's powerful warlord, General Dostum. From his power base in Mazari Sharif, Dostum continues to control a virtually independent northern Afghanistan. On July 3 President Rabbani names a 10-man cabinet under Prime Minister Hekmatyar. Foreign minister: Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai; defense: [[Waheedullah Sabawoon]]; finance: [[Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal]]; interior: [[Yunus Qanuni|Mohammad Yunus Qanuni]].
* [[President of Afghanistan|President]]: [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]]
* [[Prime Minister of Afghanistan|Prime Minister]]: [[Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai]] (until 26 June), [[Gulbuddin Hekmatyar]] (starting 26 June)
* [[Vice President of Afghanistan|Vice President]]: [[Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi]] (left)


==Events==
==September 5, 1996==
*The Taliban launch a rapid offensive in eastern Afghanistan. Their forces capture the city of Jalalabad, together with important areas in Nangarhar and Laghman provinces. With these territorial advances most of Afghanistan's traditionally Pashtun homelands are united under Taliban control. The gains include Kabul's main road to Pakistan and seal the fate of Rabbani's mostly [[Tājik people|Tajik]] government.


===April===
==September 27, 1996==
*April 3 – About 1,000 Muslim clergymen elect Taliban leader [[Mullah Omar|Mohammed Omar]] as ''amir al-momineen'' (commander of the faithful), denouncing Rabbani as unfit to lead the Islamic nation.
*The long power struggle between [[Afghanistan]]'s armed factions takes a decisive turn when [[Taliban]] militias enter [[Kabul]], where they meet little resistance from government forces. The Taliban's first act is to execute the last [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]] president [[Mohammad Najibullah]] along with his brother [[Shahpur Ahmadzai]]. Najibullah had been living inside a [[United Nations]] compound in Kabul since 1992.


==October 4, 1996==
===May===
*May 18 – the [[Taliban]] provided protection to [[Al-Qaeda]]'s leader [[Osama bin Laden]] after relocating to Afghanistan following his expulsion from [[Sudan]].
*In [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Russia]] and four other Central Asian countries adopted a declaration expressing concern the conflicts in [[Afghanistan]] posed a direct threat to the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]].


===June===
==November 11, 1996==
*June 26 – [[Gulbuddin Hekmatyar|Hekmatyar]], whose Hezb-i-Islami forces have bombarded the government in Kabul until driven from their positions by the Taliban, is sworn in again as prime minister. He immediately attempts to open contacts with northern Afghanistan's powerful warlord, [[Abdul Rashid Dostum|General Dostum]]. From his power base in Mazari Sharif, Dostum continues to control a virtually independent northern Afghanistan. On July 3 President Rabbani names a 10-man cabinet under Prime Minister Hekmatyar. Foreign minister: Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai; defense: [[Waheedullah Sabawoon]]; finance: [[Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal]]; interior: [[Yunus Qanuni|Mohammad Yunus Qanuni]].
*In [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]]'s ousted president [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] arrived for talks with high-ranking Iranian officials to discuss developments in Afghanistan.


===September===
==December 2, 1996==
*September 5 – The Taliban launch a rapid offensive in eastern Afghanistan. Their forces capture the city of Jalalabad, together with important areas in Nangarhar and Laghman provinces. With these territorial advances most of Afghanistan's traditionally Pashtun homelands are united under Taliban control. The gains include Kabul's main road to Pakistan and seal the fate of Rabbani's mostly [[Tājik people|Tajik]] government.
*The season's first snowfall in [[Badghis Province]], [[Afghanistan]] severely hampered fighting between [[Taliban]] and [[Afghan Northern Alliance]] forces, and halted humanitarian relief efforts.
*September 27 – The long power struggle between [[Afghanistan]]'s armed factions takes a decisive turn when [[Taliban]] militias enter [[Kabul]], where they meet little resistance from government forces.<ref name=IRB,Can.,1997>{{cite report |ref={{sfnRef|Chronology of Events|1997}} |title=Afghanistan: Chronology of Events January 1995 – February 1997 |date=February 1997 |publisher=Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |url=https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/eoir/legacy/2014/01/16/Af_chronology_1995-.pdf|page=15}}</ref> The Taliban's first act is to execute the last [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]] president [[Mohammad Najibullah]] along with his brother [[Shahpur Ahmadzai]]. Najibullah had been living inside a [[United Nations]] compound in Kabul since 1992. The new state, the [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)|Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan]] was recognized only by three UN member states: [[Pakistan]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]].


===October===
==December 3, 1996==
*October 4 – In [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Russia]] and four other Central Asian countries adopted a declaration expressing concern regarding the conflict in [[Afghanistan]], assessing it as a direct threat to the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]].
*Former [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] head of state [[Babrak Karmal]] died in [[Moscow, Russia]].
*[[Ehsanullah Ehsan (banker)|Ehsanullah Ehsan]], the chairman of the [[Taliban]]'s Central Bank, declared most [[Afghani note]]s in circulation to be worthless and cancelled the contract with the [[Russia]]n firm that had been printing the currency since 1992. Ehsan accused the firm of sending new shipments of Afghani notes to ousted president [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] in northern [[Takhar Province]].
*In [[Kabul]], [[Mazari Sharif]], [[Geneva]] and [[New York City|New York]] the [[United Nations]] launched its fifth annual appeal for $133 million in [[humanitarian aid]] to [[Afghanistan]], but warned [[Taliban]] leaders that policies toward conduct of women would have to change.
*In [[Jalalabad]], [[Afghanistan]], the local Department for Promoting the Good and Suppressing the Bad issued a directive prohibiting [[taxicab driver|taxi driver]]s from giving rides to women wearing [[chador]]s.
*[[UNICEF]] announced that it would stop funding education projects in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]] if girls were not allowed by the [[Taliban]] to go to school.


===November===
==December 4, 1996==
*In [[Mazari Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]] faction leader [[Gulbuddin Hekmatyar]] joined the anti-[[Taliban]] [[Afghan Northern Alliance]] formed by ousted president [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] and northern militia leader General [[Abdul Rashid Dostum]].
*November 11 – In [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]]'s ousted president [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] arrived for talks with high-ranking Iranian officials to discuss developments in Afghanistan.
*In [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Radio Shariat]] (Radio Islamic Law) announced that women should be covered from head to foot.


==December 5, 1996==
===December===
*December 2 – The season's first snowfall in [[Badghis Province]], [[Afghanistan]] severely hampered fighting between [[Taliban]] and [[Afghan Northern Alliance]] forces, and halted humanitarian relief efforts.
*In [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]]'s ousted president [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] arrived for talks with [[President of Iran|President]] [[Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]] to discuss developments in Afghanistan.
*December 3 -
*The [[Taliban]] punished 225 women for violating [[Taliban]] clothing rules, and punished several men for violating Taliban beard rules. The men were advised to "grow thick beards and small moustaches within one and a half months."
**Former [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] head of state [[Babrak Karmal]] died in [[Moscow, Russia]].

**[[Ehsanullah Ehsan (banker)|Ehsanullah Ehsan]], the chairman of the [[Taliban]]'s Central Bank, declared most [[Afghani note]]s in circulation to be worthless and cancelled the contract with the [[Russia]]n firm that had been printing the currency since 1992. Ehsan accused the firm of sending new shipments of Afghani notes to ousted president [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] in northern [[Takhar Province]].
==December 6, 1996==
**In [[Kabul]], [[Mazari Sharif]], [[Geneva]] and [[New York City|New York]] the [[United Nations]] launched its fifth annual appeal for $133 million in [[humanitarian aid]] to [[Afghanistan]], but warned [[Taliban]] leaders that policies toward conduct of women would have to change.
*In [[Istalif]], [[Afghanistan]] enemy troops pounded [[Taliban]] positions with heavy artillery and rockets, prompting Taliban troops to pull out of the village.
**In [[Jalalabad]], [[Afghanistan]], the local Department for Promoting the Good and Suppressing the Bad issued a directive prohibiting [[taxicab driver|taxi driver]]s from giving rides to women wearing [[chador]]s.
*[[United Nations]] special envoy [[Norbert Holl]] met with [[Taliban]] Foreign Minister Mullah [[Mohammed Ghous]].
**[[UNICEF]] announced that it would stop funding education projects in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]] if girls were not allowed by the [[Taliban]] to go to school.
*A [[Russia]]n military airplane transported the body of former [[President of Afghanistan|Afghan President]] [[Babrak Karmal]] to [[Mazari Sharif]] to be buried.
*December 4 -

**In [[Mazari Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]] faction leader [[Gulbuddin Hekmatyar]] joined the anti-[[Taliban]] [[Afghan Northern Alliance]] formed by ousted president [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] and northern militia leader General [[Abdul Rashid Dostum]].
==December 7, 1996==
**In [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Radio Shariat]] (Radio Islamic Law) announced that women should be covered from head to foot.
*A [[United Nations]] 10-seater [[Beechcraft]] airplane carrying [[Tājik people|Tajik]] opposition leader [[Sayed Abdullo Nuri]] and seven other Tajik passengers from [[Mashhad]], [[Iran]] to [[Taloqan]], [[Afghanistan]] was intercepted by [[Taliban]] aircraft and forced to land in [[Shindand, Herat|Shindand]].
*December 5 -
*[[Pakistan]]i Foreign Secretary [[Najmuddin Shaikh]] met with rebel forces in [[Mazari Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]].
**In [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], [[Afghanistan]]'s ousted president [[Burhanuddin Rabbani]] arrived for talks with [[President of Iran|President]] [[Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]] to discuss developments in Afghanistan.

**The [[Taliban]] punished 225 women for violating [[Taliban]] clothing rules, and punished several men for violating Taliban beard rules. The men were advised to "grow thick beards and small moustaches within one and a half months."
==December 8, 1996==
*December 6 -
*In [[Shindand, Herat|Shindand]], [[Afghanistan]], the [[Taliban]] released the [[United Nations]] a 10-seater [[Beechcraft]] airplane they had forced to land the previous day, and had it flown to Taliban headquarters in [[Kandahar]] for repairs rather than allowing it to complete its flight to [[Kunduz]].
**In [[Istalif]], [[Afghanistan]] enemy troops pounded [[Taliban]] positions with heavy artillery and rockets, prompting Taliban troops to pull out of the village.
*[[Taliban]] officials met with [[Pakistan]]i Foreign Secretary [[Najmuddin Shaikh]]The subject discussed as during Mr. Shaikh's meeting with Dostum and Dr. Abdullah in Mazar Sharif a day earlier was the working out of ceasefire arrangements between the contending factions in Afghanistan and suggesting talks with the Northern Alliance for the formation of a coalition government
*[[Taliban]] leadership nominated [[Abdul Hakeem Mujahed]] as [[Afghanistan]]'s ambassador to the [[United Nations]].
**[[United Nations]] special envoy [[Norbert Holl]] met with [[Taliban]] Foreign Minister Mullah [[Mohammed Ghous]].
**A [[Russia]]n military airplane transported the body of former [[President of Afghanistan|Afghan President]] [[Babrak Karmal]] to [[Mazari Sharif]] to be buried.
*In [[Kunduz]], [[Afghanistan]], [[United Nations]] special envoy [[Norbert Holl]] met with ousted commander [[Ahmad Shah Massoud]] to discuss U.N. proposals for an Afghan [[ceasefire]], the demilitarization of [[Kabul]], and the formation of a neutral [[Afghan Police Force]].
*December 7 -

**A [[United Nations]] 10-seater [[Beechcraft]] airplane carrying [[Tājik people|Tajik]] opposition leader [[Sayid Abdulloh Nuri]] and seven other Tajik passengers from [[Mashhad]], [[Iran]] to [[Taloqan]], [[Afghanistan]] was intercepted by [[Taliban]] aircraft and forced to land in [[Shindand, Herat|Shindand]].
==December 10, 1996==
**[[Pakistan]]i Foreign Secretary [[Najmuddin Shaikh]] met with rebel forces in [[Mazari Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]].
*In [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]], [[United Nations]] special envoy [[Norbert Holl]] with senior [[Taliban]] officials.
*December 8 -

**In [[Shindand, Herat|Shindand]], [[Afghanistan]], the [[Taliban]] released the [[United Nations]] a 10-seater [[Beechcraft]] airplane they had forced to land the previous day, and had it flown to Taliban headquarters in [[Kandahar]] for repairs rather than allowing it to complete its flight to [[Kunduz]].
==December 12, 1996==
**[[Taliban]] officials met with [[Pakistan]]i Foreign Secretary [[Najmuddin Shaikh]]The subject discussed as during Mr. Shaikh's meeting with Dostum and Dr. Abdullah in Mazar Sharif a day earlier was the working out of ceasefire arrangements between the contending factions in Afghanistan and suggesting talks with the Northern Alliance for the formation of a coalition government
*In [[Mazari Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]], [[United Nations]] special envoy [[Norbert Holl]] met with rebel leader General [[Abdul Rashid Dostum]].
**[[Taliban]] leadership nominated [[Abdul Hakeem Mujahed]] as [[Afghanistan]]'s ambassador to the [[United Nations]].
**In [[Kunduz]], [[Afghanistan]], [[United Nations]] special envoy [[Norbert Holl]] met with ousted commander [[Ahmad Shah Massoud]] to discuss U.N. proposals for an Afghan [[ceasefire]], the demilitarization of [[Kabul]], and the formation of a neutral [[Afghan Police Force]].
*December 10 – In [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]], [[United Nations]] special envoy [[Norbert Holl]] with senior [[Taliban]] officials.
*December 12 – In [[Mazari Sharif]], [[Afghanistan]], [[United Nations]] special envoy [[Norbert Holl]] met with rebel leader General [[Abdul Rashid Dostum]].


==Births==
==Births==
*July 7 – [[Zekeria Ebrahimi]], actor
{{Empty section|date=August 2012}}


==References==
===Full date unknown===
{{reflist}}
*[[Zekeria Ebrahimi]], actor


{{Years in Afghanistan}}
==Deaths==
{{Year in Asia|1996}}
{{Empty section|date=August 2012}}


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The following lists events that happened during 1996 in Afghanistan.

Incumbents

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Events

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April

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  • April 3 – About 1,000 Muslim clergymen elect Taliban leader Mohammed Omar as amir al-momineen (commander of the faithful), denouncing Rabbani as unfit to lead the Islamic nation.

May

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June

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  • June 26 – Hekmatyar, whose Hezb-i-Islami forces have bombarded the government in Kabul until driven from their positions by the Taliban, is sworn in again as prime minister. He immediately attempts to open contacts with northern Afghanistan's powerful warlord, General Dostum. From his power base in Mazari Sharif, Dostum continues to control a virtually independent northern Afghanistan. On July 3 President Rabbani names a 10-man cabinet under Prime Minister Hekmatyar. Foreign minister: Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai; defense: Waheedullah Sabawoon; finance: Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal; interior: Mohammad Yunus Qanuni.

September

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  • September 5 – The Taliban launch a rapid offensive in eastern Afghanistan. Their forces capture the city of Jalalabad, together with important areas in Nangarhar and Laghman provinces. With these territorial advances most of Afghanistan's traditionally Pashtun homelands are united under Taliban control. The gains include Kabul's main road to Pakistan and seal the fate of Rabbani's mostly Tajik government.
  • September 27 – The long power struggle between Afghanistan's armed factions takes a decisive turn when Taliban militias enter Kabul, where they meet little resistance from government forces.[1] The Taliban's first act is to execute the last Democratic Republic of Afghanistan president Mohammad Najibullah along with his brother Shahpur Ahmadzai. Najibullah had been living inside a United Nations compound in Kabul since 1992. The new state, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan was recognized only by three UN member states: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

October

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November

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December

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Births

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References

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  1. ^ Afghanistan: Chronology of Events January 1995 – February 1997 (PDF) (Report). Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. February 1997. p. 15.
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