It was modernized in great part by Amanullah Kahn.
This country is separated from its southwestern neighbor by the Durand Line. It was modernized in great part by Amanullah Kahn. Daoud Kahn abolished this country's monarchy in 1973, and ruled as president until the Saur Revolution of the Marxist PDPA. The CIA backed (*) Mujahedeen rose up against the PDPA, causing Premier Brezhnev to order the Soviet Union to invade this country from 1979 to 1986. For 10 points, name this nation in which Mullah Omar headed the Taliban government up to and during the United States invasion in 2001.
This country is separated from its southwestern neighbor by the Durand Line.
{Afghanistan}