Milestones

Ten years ago: Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev and Afghan leader Najibullah met in the Soviet Central Asian city of Tashkent. They later announced an to end the civil war in Afghanistan and the withdrawal Soviet troops.

Five years ago: European warplanes began arriving in Italy, prepared to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina.

One year ago: The Pulitzer Prize for fiction went to Steven Millhauser for “Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer,” but no award was given for drama. The Times-Picayune of New Orleans won two journalism Pulitzers, including the public service prize, for a series examining how overfishing and pollution are devastating the oceans.