September 27, 1996The Taliban militia, a band of former Islamic seminary students, forces President Burhanuddin Rabbani and his government out of Kabul. After the capture of Kabul, the Taliban execute former President Najibullah.

September 28, 1995Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO head Yasser Arafat sign an accord to transfer much of the West Bank to the control of its Arab residents.

September 29, 1978Pope John Paul I is found dead in