History The grey war The beginning of the Soviet war in Afghanistan in 1979 marked a new phase in the Cold War‚ the effects of which would continue to cast a shadow over modern politics into the next millennium. The Soviet-Afghan war was driven by the persistent personalities of US National Security Advisor‚ Zbigniew Brzezinski‚ his puppet president‚ Jimmy Carter‚ and Soviet leader‚ Leonid Brezhnev. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan flipped Cold War politics on its head. The war was a clash of
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2010 Soviet Intervention on Afghanistan When someone intervenes in your life‚ it’s usually to project their beliefs onto you and force you to stop a destructive behavior. During the Cold War‚ the Soviet Union intervened in Afghanistan‚ not to stop a destructive behavior‚ but to project their own wants and needs (for the oil and other resources) onto Afghan culture. Forcing them to submit to foreign rule‚ the people of Afghanistan fought back to protect their land‚ as a result creating a war that
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Montgomery The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan On April of 1978‚ the Afghan central government was just overthrown their own leader‚ Mohammad Duad Khan. A group of military officials on a quest for power led by Nur Mohammad Taraki‚ a distinct military general. To replace Duad Khan‚ two Marxist political groups fill in. The Khalq‚ or the people’s political group‚ and the Parcham‚ the Banner Party. “The new government‚ which had little popular support‚ forged close ties with the Soviet Union…”(Britannica
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a time during the 1970’s it seemed that the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union had finally begun to thaw. President Nixon and Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev had agreed to SALT I or the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; an agreement to limit the number of nuclear weapons that each nation kept in their arsenal. Along with the SALT I agreement came “the adoption of a new policy method‚ détente‚ which would dominate U.S. and Soviet policy for the next decade” [1] an agreement formed
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Why Did the Soviet Union Lose the War in Afghanistan? Roxanne C. Jones Politics 300‚ Section 003016 Why Did the Soviet Union Lose the War in Afghanistan? ‘Do you think you are going to win?’ ‘Yes‚ yes of course.’ ‘What makes you think so? What makes you think you are going to win?’ ‘I believe we are going to win. It’s evident!’ (Panjshairi commander Ahmad Shah Massoud in an interview from the French prize-winning documentary film ‘Valley against an Empire’ by Jerome Bony and Christophe de Ponfilly
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The Soviet-Afghan War During the Cold War many countries‚ especially developing countries‚ were caught in between two super powers separate ideologies. The United States did everything it could to promote democracy during the Cold War and the Soviet Union attempted to promote communism. Both the US and USSR interfered in many different nations’ political affairs in an attempt to gain allies and influence in all areas of the world. In one such corner‚ the seemingly insignificant country of
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Vietnam War vs. Soviet Afghan War Vietnam War vs. Soviet-Afghan War The Vietnam War was a long and costly armed conflict between the communist regime of North Vietnam who joined forces with its southern allies‚ also know as the Viet Cong‚ and South Vietnam and their principle ally‚ know as the United States of America. The War began in the year 1954‚ after the accession to power of Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party in North Vietnam. This continued against
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During the Cold War‚ the United States resolved to take a shot at the Soviet Union by siding with Afghanistan and taking great measures to stop Soviet influence and communist ideology. In 1979‚ the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to expand its influence in the Middle East with the absence of American influence. At this point in the Cold War the United States and Soviet Union were more or less at the climax of their dilemma‚ so the U.S. therefore decided to get involved by fortifying
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al Qaeda. That was the start of the "end" of the war on terrorism. How could this be‚ with still 99‚000 U.S. troops still in Afghanistan? What are they doing over there in the desserts of the Middle East‚ having a party? No‚ they are dying for the war on terrorism‚ but the real world does not want to accept that fact‚ because they are too stubborn to realize that the war on terrorism is not over‚ will not be over‚ and cannot be over. For if this war would be over‚ nothing would be able to function
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Afghanistan Refugees 1970’s Afghanistan’s Refugee Crisis by Hiram Ruiz ‚ Margaret Emery | published September 24‚ 2001 Over the last two weeks‚ an estimated 15‚000 Afghan refugees have fled to Pakistan‚ and hundreds of thousands more are reportedly on the move within Afghanistan. This latest flight of Afghans from their homes deepens a humanitarian crisis that has troubled the region for more than 20 years. Already‚ some 2 million Afghan refugees are living in Pakistan and more than 1.4 million
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