A Turning Point in World History: 40 years ago, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
Thomas Ruttig
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Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan 40 years ago today, on 25 December 1979. Two days later, on 27 December, they toppled and killed Amin’s Khalqi’s government which had called for the troops and had assumed they had come for their rescue. The resulting occupation that would last for more than ten years became the last direct […]
War and Peace
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