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Hace 1 día · Modern Afghanistan became a pawn in struggles over political ideology and commercial influence. In the last quarter of the 20th century, Afghanistan suffered the ruinous effects of civil war greatly exacerbated by a military invasion and occupation by the Soviet Union (1979–89).
- Agriculture and Forestry
Afghanistan - Crops, Livestock, Forestry: Agriculture and...
- Drainage
Afghanistan - Rivers, Valleys, Mountains: Practically the...
- Arts, Cultural Institutions
Afghanistan - Arts, Cultural Institutions: In music and...
- Plant and Animal Life
Afghanistan - Flora, Fauna, Ecosystems: Vegetation is sparse...
- Languages
Afghanistan - Dari, Pashto, Turkic: The people of...
- Demographic Trends
Afghanistan - Population, Migration, Refugees: The...
- Agriculture and Forestry
Hace 2 días · Following the 1979 Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, Massoud devised a strategic plan for expelling the invaders and overthrowing the communist regime. The first task was to establish a popularly based resistance force that had the loyalty of the people.
Hace 1 día · This period of tranquility ended in 1978 with the Saur Revolution, and the subsequent Soviet military intervention in 1979 which sparked a 10-year Soviet–Afghan War. The 1990s were marked by civil wars between splinter factions of the disbanded Afghan mujahideen which destroyed much of the city.
Hace 2 días · Scholars Mohammad Kakar, W. Michael Reisman and Charles Norchi believe that the Soviet Union was guilty of committing a genocide in Afghanistan. The army of the Soviet Union killed large numbers of Afghans to suppress their resistance.
Hace 4 días · Thus, the Soviet Union sent troops to preserve communist rule in East Germany (1953), Hungary (1956), Czechoslovakia (1968), and Afghanistan (1979).
Hace 4 días · Operation Storm-333 (Шторм-333, Shtorm-333) was the codename of an operation that took place on 27 December 1979, in which Soviet Union forces stormed the Tajbeg Palace in Afghanistan and captured Afghan President Hafizullah Amin. An unknown number of Afghan palace guards were killed while 150 were captured.
Hace 4 días · Taliban, ultraconservative political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the mid-1990s following the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the collapse of Afghanistan’s communist regime, and the subsequent breakdown in civil order.
