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The Soviet Invasion Of Afghanistan — This Happened: December 23
On this day in 1979, the Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with ...
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I. Introduction
Afghanistan has suffered from over two ... the breakup of the Soviet Union, and war in the former Yugoslavia. In the United States, the fall of the Soviet-backed regime in late April 1992 ...
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Afghanistan Today: Civil War and Human Rights
Ask students what else they think the United States should have done in Afghanistan following the Soviet-Afghan War and during the rise of the Taliban. Could we have prevented or improved the ...
Jimmy Carter helped dismantle Soviet Union with focus on human rights
Jimmy Carter was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican ...
Carter reflected on 1980 Olympic boycott: ‘A bad decision’
It was Carter who called for that boycott — a Cold War power play intended to express America’s disdain for the Soviet ...
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Russia takes step towards recognising Afghanistan's Taliban government
Dec 10 (Reuters) - Russia moved a step closer towards recognising the Taliban government of Afghanistan on Tuesday as parliament voted in favour of a law that would make it possible to remove the ...
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The Cold War
Soviet policy in Eastern Europe The 1950s ... government in Russia disintegrated due to economic pressures, the war in Afghanistan and revolt in Eastern Europe. Both Gorbachev and Reagan played ...