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Haiti became the second state in the Americas after the United States to gain independence from a European colonial power. [45] Haiti actively assisted the independence movements of many Latin American countries – and secured a promise from the great liberator, Simón Bolívar, that he
A map of Afghanistan showing the 2021 Taliban offensive. The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter, told Radio Pakistan that "The attack that took place in Kabul a few days ago, that was the work of the Haqqani network. There is evidence linking the Haqqani Network to the Pakistan government. This is something that must stop."
Topographical map of Haiti. Haiti forms the western three-eighths of Hispaniola, the second largest island in the Greater Antilles. At 27,750 km 2 (10,710 sq mi) Haiti is the third largest country in the Caribbean behind Cuba and the Dominican Republic, the latter sharing a 360-kilometer (224 mi) border with Haiti. The country has a roughly ...
Ahmad Shah Durrani (1723–1773) unified the Afghan tribes and founded Afghanistan in 1747. [39] His mausoleum is next to the Shrine of the Cloak in Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he is fondly known as Ahmad Shah Baba (Ahmad Shah the Father). However, the founding father of modern Afghanistan is Mohammad Zahir Shah, the last King of Afghanistan ...
The decolonization of the Americas occurred over several centuries as most of the countries in the Americas gained their independence from European rule. The American Revolution was the first in the Americas, and the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War (1775–83) was a victory against a great power, aided by France and Spain, Britain's enemies.
The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti 9 May 1936: Haiti and the Dominican Republic sign a treaty setting a definitive border. 14 October 1874: Independence recognized by Spain Ecuador: 28 September 2008: Constitution of Ecuador established. 10 August 1809: First declaration of Independence from Spain 26 February 1946
Founded in 1496, the city is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the New World. Cumaná, Venezuela. Founded in 1510, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European city in the continental Americas. There were at least a dozen European countries involved in the colonization of the Americas.
Afghanistan, [e] officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [f] is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, [g] Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast, and China to the northeast and east.