HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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Afghanistan
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Korea
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Australia
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Armenia
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the end of December 1979, the Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -On December 24, 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. They had President Amin put to death and installed their own leader, President Babrak Karmal. Over the next several years the Soviet Army would battle with the Mujahideen. It was a very difficult battle.
Detailed explanation-3: -On Christmas Eve 1979, the Soviet Union began an invasion of Afghanistan, its Central Asian neighbor to the south. First, it air-dropped elite troops into principal Afghan cities. Soon after, it deployed motorized divisions across the border.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA), renamed the Republic of Afghanistan in 1987, was the Afghan state during the one-party rule of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from 1978 to 1992.