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The soviet war in Afghanistan was a part of the confrontation between the USSR and the USA, all major powers were heavily involved there. http://terrorism.about
by a-nikolaev 13y ago
The soviet war in Afghanistan was a part of the confrontation between the USSR and the USA, all major powers were heavily involved there.
http://terrorism.about.com/od/warinafghanistan/ss/AfghanistanWar_2.htm http://terrorism.about.com/od/warinafghanistan/ss/Afghanista...
- beat 13y agoIt was also a buffer between the USSR and the Iranian revolution. The US got involved because it could inexpensively play the freedom card (with someone else's blood) against both communism and Islamic fundamentalism.
- a-nikolaev 13y agothanks, I didn't know.