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Afghanistan War

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Afghanistan War 1978-92, conflict between anti-Communist Muslim Afghan guerrillas (mujahidin) and Afghan government and Soviet forces. The conflict had its origins in the 1978 coup that overthrew Afghan president Sardar Muhammad Daud Khan, who had come to power by ousting the king in 1973. The president was assassinated and a pro-Soviet Communist government under Noor Mohammed Taraki was established. In 1979 another coup, which brought Hafizullah Amin to power, provoked an invasion (Dec., 1979) by Soviet forces and the installation of Babrak Karmal as president. The Soviet invasion, which... Read more

Afghanistan
...The first Afghan War (1838–42...The second Afghan War (1878–80...the Third Afghan War, Afghanistan regained its independence...fought the costly Afghanistan War (1979–89...withdrew, but the civil war raged on and 2.6...controlled 90% of Afghanistan. ... Read more

Afghanistan
...February 1989 and Afghanistan endured a bloody civil war between the Afghan...two decades of war, must be rebuilt...the capital of Afghanistan, is situated on...Second Anglo-Afghan War, a struggle that established Afghanistan's borders with... Read more

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	Bread and Bombs; This war is about destroying the Taliban, not feeding Afghanistan. ; ...allies and their "street" that this is not a war on Afghanistan but a war for Afghanistan. We come not to conquer but to liberate...Afghanistan to other venues. But if our war aims within Afghanistan are too broad, they will distract us from... Read more
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