1980 in Pakistan
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Events
- U.S. pledges military assistance to PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
following Soviet interventionSoviet war in AfghanistanThe Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year conflict involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist-Leninist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan against the Afghan Mujahideen and foreign "Arab–Afghan" volunteers...
in AfghanistanAfghanistanAfghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
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See also
- 1979 in Pakistan1979 in Pakistan-Events:* 4 April - Deposed Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed in Rawalpindi.* 21 November - After false radio reports from the Ayatollah Khomeini that the Americans have occupied the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan is attacked by a...
- Other events of 1980
- 1981 in Pakistan1981 in Pakistan-March:* 2 March 1981 - Pakistan International's flight PK-326 is hijacked by armed men. At the time it is the longest hijacking in history.-See also:*1980 in Pakistan*Other events of 1981*1982 in Pakistan*Timeline of Pakistani history-External links:*...
- Timeline of Pakistani historyTimeline of Pakistani historyAlthough, the land of Indus, as a state gained independence on August 14, 1947, it has a very long history that goes back over thousands of years and it is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited regions. The Indus Valley was known as Meluhha in Mesopotamia when the Harappan civilization...