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[4] Founded after the American Revolution as the seat of government of the newly independent country

Peace talks gained momentum in 2002-04 with the signing of several accords

Demonstrations and violent unrest spread across Syria with the size and intensity of protests fluctuating

AFGHANISTAN Size:4' X 6' Retrieved 16:58Ahmad Shah DURRANI unified the Pashtun tribes and founded Afghanistan in 1747. The country served as a buffer between the British and Russian Empires until it won independence from notional British control in 1919. A brief experiment in democracy ended in a 1973 coup and a 1978 communist countercoup. The Soviet Union invaded in 1979 to support the tottering Afghan communist regime, touching off a long and destructive war. The USSR withdrew in 1989

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