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Taliban fighters around the Presidential palace in Kabul (AP Photo - B.K.Bangash)

Today in History: September 27

Today in History: September 27: In 1996 the Taliban drove the government of Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul; In 1939, Warsaw, Poland, surrendered after weeks of resistance; In 1940, Germany, Italy and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact; In 1979, Congress gave its final approval to forming the U.S. Department of Education.

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