What started the conflict between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan? What were the effects?
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Afghanistan accepts money from Soviet Union
"The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) secretly encouraged and financed Afghan communists from before the formation of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)..." (Afghanistan: Soviet Intervention).The Soviets had a neutral relationship with Afghanistan. Afghanistan accepted $2.51 billion from the Soviet Union (Relations With Afghanistan). This was part of the Soviets plan to control South Asia (Relations With Afghanistan). -
Muslims vs Communism
Afghan internal conflict was between Muslims and anticommunists rebels against the then current communist Afghanistan government with the help of the U.S.S.R. (Afghan). -
Muslims views on Soviets
Soviets began extensive land and social reforms that were disliked upon greatly by the Muslim community (Afghan). -
Corruption within Politicians
After President Doud and his family were murdered, Noor Muhammad Taraki took over as the communist leader (Afghanistan). -
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How the War Began
War began from the overthrowing of the President of Afghan, Mohammed Daud Khan (Afghanistan). Noor Taraki and Babrak Karmal converted to Marxism and angered many Islamists (Soviet Invasion of Afganistan). In 1979, Karmal requested the help of the Soviet troops so the communism in Afghanistan would not collapse (Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan). The power was shifted to the two Marxist and Leninist political groups and lead to unpopular support by the Muslims (Afghanistan). -
The PDPA
The PDPA came to power, which caused the Sawr Revolution (Afghanistan: Soviet Intervention). The Sawr Revolution played a role in the invasion of the Soviets in Afghanistan; the new leaders of Afghanistan, Noor Taraki and Hafizulla Amin, were considering having relations with the Soviets (Relations with Afghanistan). -
Communism Rises in Afghan
Afghanistan communists were supported by the army forces from the Soviet, and started a communist coup (Afghanistan). -
Invasion of Soviets
The Soviets landed helicopters on the moutains of Afghanistan and caused the people of Afghanistan too feel confused (Still committed to Afghanistan-Despite the Killings). The invasion of the Soviets turned into a civil war (Afghanistan: Soviet Intervention). -
The Russians
The leader of the Russians, Amin, was shot to death and was replaced by Babrak Kamal (Russians). The legitimacy of the invasion was being questioned, because of some 85,000 Russian soldiers fleeing the country (Russian). -
The Mujahideen and Afghanistan
The Mujahideen was basically at war with itself. Afghanistan became in a war with tough Taliban fighters (Russian). 85% of Afghanistan at the time was controlled by the Mujahideen (Russian). -
Millions are Dead
Several million people fled when the Soviet War destroyed roads, irrigation systems, and government programs and sevices (Levison). -
Economy After the Soviet War
The Soviet War destroyed the Afghanistan economy; espcially the agriculture and animal husbandry (Levison). Afghanistan relied heavily on agriculture but the land became vacant when the soviets started to move into the country and people fled (Economy). The economy had failed because all the money went to the manufacture of weapons (Afghanistan: Soviet Intervention). -
Soviets take troops out of Afghan.
In 1989 the United States, Pakistan, U.S.S.R., and Afghanistan took all troops out of Afghanistan, which led to many rebel groups since there were no forces to stop them. (Afghan). -
Afghan rebel groups overthrow President
Three years later, in 1992, the rebel groups “stormed the besieged capital of Kabul and overthrew the communist president, Mohammad Najibullah.” (Afghan). -
Bombing in New York
The Mujahideen later became Al-Queada, which carried out the attacks on September 11 on New York and the pentegon (Al-Queada). -
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