Why were so many Afghan civilians killed in the Soviet-Afghan War? (lemmygrad.ml)

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Even if you compare the amount of civilians that have died in the U.S. War in Afghanistan, you see that much more civilians were killed in the Soviet war than the American war. What is the cause of this?

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[-] ledlecreeper27@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 1 year ago

The casualties were widely exaggerated by the mujahideen to use as propaganda. The USSR actually killed far fewer civilians than the US. The Triumph of Evil starting at page 65 has a good explanation.

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