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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan - Coggle Diagram
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Relationship to the soviets
bordered Soviet republics of the USSR
leaders
Soviets-Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
died 1982
Afghanistan-Nur Muhammad Taraki
Hafiz Ullah Amin
ordered death off Taraki
speaks to USA
Assonated by soviet troops
Pro-Moscow Barak Karmal Takes over
Army coupe
Both Marxist-Leninist
Mujahedeen/Afghan resistance
leader
Ahmad Shah Massoud
began under Taraki
Became more successful under Amin
Received many deserters from Afghan army after Invasion
received US arms shipments
Soviet Invasion
date
Began- 24th December 1979
Ended-February 1989
Economic assistance continued past 89
Troop numbers
85,000 needed to keep Karmal in power
Soviet Strategy
Intimidation
launch airborne and armoured ground attacks to destroy villages, livestock and crops in troublesome areas
Search and destroy
helicopter gunships that would provide cover for ground forces in armoured vehicles
Subversion
sending spies to join resistance groups and report information/bribing local tribes or guerrilla leaders into ceasing operations
Intelligence
Soviets used KHAD (Afghan secret police) to gather intelligence
Soviet use of napalm and poison gas
casualties
Insurgent- 90,000
Soviet-15,000
civilian-1 million
US involvement
began talks with Amin
viewed Amin as untrustworthy
support
mujahedeen given economic and material support covertly
Moscow Olympics boycott 1980
USSR boycott LA Olympics 1984
US ambassador withdrawn from Moscow
SALT 2 never signed