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@hologram
Before Russians, came Saudi/Pakistani/CIA backed Islamist terrorists working on destroying socialist government of Taraki.
Don't forget that.
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@hologram
Well, Taraki was the first socialist leader of Afghanistan that gave equal rights to all women in Afghanistan, not just Kabul. He wasn't a communist, as CIA portrayed him to the world (Wikipedia still does) and did a lot of good before he was removed by a radical extreme communist (many say he was an MI5 recruit) who closed mosques, attacked elders and religious institutes paving the way for Mujahedin to use it as ground for declaring Jihad against them.
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Goes back even further and it's kinda about imperialist dreams of global domination. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geographical_Pivot_of_History
And the Soviet invasion was mostly a consequence of United States meddling in Operation Cyclone. Destabilization was the point.
Krasnov wanted send US troops into Afghanistan again. WTF!