1980s Afghan war

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Soviet troops return after the end of the war
Date24 December 1979 - 15 February 1989
LocationAfghanistan

 

Related Quotation

PageQuoteAuthorDate
Graham E. Fuller“The policy of guiding the evolution of Islam and of helping them against our adversaries worked marvellously well in Afghanistan against the Red Army. The same doctrines can still be used to destabilize what remains of Russian power, and especially to counter the Chinese influence in Central AsiaGraham E. Fuller2005

 

Known Participants

4 of the 8 of the participants already have pages here:

ParticipantDescription
Afghanistan"The graveyard of empires" - Afghanistan has a reputation for undoing ambitious military ventures and humiliating would-be aggressors.
Al-QaedaA sketchy term that has been repeated endlessly by the corporate media. Its close connections to Western intelligence agencies are never examined. "The Brotherhood" of the modern era.
CIAThe most high profile of the US intelligence agencies, a covert agent of foreign policy. Funded by a 'black budget' derived from the global drug trade, the CIA is experienced at assassination, blackmail, instigating coups and other such covert deep state actions. Its scrutiny in the early 1970s however led to the development of more secure bases for the most sensitive deep state operations.
USThe United States is the single biggest military spender in the world, with a higher 2020 expenditure than the next ten countries combined. Its infrastructure has been described to be in disrepair since the late 1980s.

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Afghanistan 1979-1992book extract2003William Blum
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