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Why the Soviet war in Afghanistan failed

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    On Christmas Eve, 1979, elements of the Soviet Special Forces seized the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan in the first action

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    The Soviet Union was unable to assert its control on Afghanistan because of a poor foreign policy strategy and lack of internal

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    In 1979, Afghanistan has world headlines, it seemed to sum up the cold war. This war was the equivalent to the American War

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    The Soviet campaign in Afghanistan is a forgotten war. Western and Russian strategists appear to dismiss any lessons could

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    The failure of the Soviet Union to conquer Afghanistan is largely wrapped up in the tenacity and diversity of the Afghanistan

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