Soviet invasion of Afghan Flashcards
why was there instability in the country
due to anti muslim policies being forced on afghan
what did the anti muslim policies lead to
led to muslim afghnads joining the mujahedeen and declaring a holy war against supporters of the communist government
what happened in the holy war?
taraki forced to accept hafizullah amin as pm but after bitter rivalry with taraki amins supporters killed him and he became president in 1979
what did brezhnev decide to do after amin took control
he invaded bcuz:
1) he received reports that amin was an american spy
2) if islamic fundamentalism was successful in afghan then the 30 million muslims in the su might try rise up against communist rule
3) persuaded by babrak kamal, he had enough support to form new communist government
4) beleived ameria would not intervene like czechoslovakia invasion in 1968
invasion began christmas day 1979 was initally success amin and supporters killed and kamal decleared president (which he remained till 1986)
what did invasion mean for ussr
long term was devestating for ussr. Red army unable to counter mujaheedins gurilla tactics
consquences of su invasion of afghan
brang heavy critiscism to su from usa china and rest of the world
jimmy carter made statement called “Carter doctrine” argued usa would not allow ussr to gain territory in the oil rich middle east and began number of steps to remove soviet troops from afghan
detente come to end, period of tension like cold war follows
some more consequences of t his
salt 2 never raitifed as carter withdrew support
- us boycott of 1980 moscow olympic games
- su retaliates with boycot of la olympic games 1984
