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Could the Soviet Union have won its war in Afghanistan? Today, the victory of the anti-Soviet mujahideen seems preordained as part of the West's ultimate triumph in the Cold War. To suggest that an alternative outcome was pos...
Gorbachev, 90, regarded the Soviet presence in Afghanistan as a political mistake that was sapping precious resources at a time when the Soviet Union was living through what turned out to be the twilight of its own existence. The Soviet-backed authorities in Afg...
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The Soviet Union, founded in 1922 on Marxist-socialist principles, became one of the biggest and most powerful nations in the world—before its fall and dissolution in 1991. Read more Why the Soviet Union Invaded Afghanistan The 1979 invasion triggered a brutal, nine-year civil war and contribu...
Why did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan in December 1979? The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan on December 24 1979 underthe pretext of upholding the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty. ... Afghanistan borders Russia and was always considered important to its national security and a gateway to Asia...
1979: USSR invades Afghanistan Christmas 1979 was a militaristic one for the Soviet Union. That year, the country invaded Afghanistan, kicking off a yearslong conflict. 57 / 100 ullstein bild // Getty Images 1980: Rubik's Cube hits the shelves ...
I spent two years studying Afghanistan from the perspective of a military intelligence officer, in my role as the lead analyst for the 7th Marine Amphibious Brigade on the Soviet war in Afghanistan (the 7th Brigade was the Marine component of the Rapid Deployment Force, and Afghanistan was part...
Mujahideen, Arabic mujāhidūn, members of a number of guerrilla groups operating in Afghanistan during the Afghan War (1979–92) that opposed the invading Soviet forces and eventually toppled the Afghan communist government. ... The roots of the Afghan War lay in the overthrow of the centrist...
On display near the model of al-Zawahri's home are seven stars honoring the CIA employees slain at Khost. The stars were previously part of a memorial in Afghanistan that was taken down as the U.S. withdrew. Other newly revealed artifacts include concept drawings for the fake fil...