The bloody aftermath of the Soviet Occupation set the ground for a new force to emerge. They were really seen as angels, these young angels who had arrived to save the country. On december 27th, 1979, soviet Special Forces stormed the president ial palace in kabul. The president , hafizullah amin, was killed. This was the start of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. The soviets had invaded to shore up the communist government. Afghanistans communists had taken power in a coup in 1978, but opposition to the radical modernisation programme, together with internal Communist Party squabbling, had resulted in crisis. Moscow ran out of patience. After assassinating president amin, Soviet Forces poured into afghanistan and occupied the major cities. This was the first time in the Cold War that a regular armed force, tanks, jet fighters, was crossing into another country and occupying it. Now, if they had their own jet fighters, at the Air Force Base in bagram and herat, they could have contro
Hakim examines the rise of the taliban after the soviet occupation of afghanistan. Back in control. After nearly 20 years of conflict, thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars spent, the taliban has seen off the us, nato and their afghan allies. A stunning success for them and another superpower humbled in the streets and fields of afghanistan. But to understand these events and the origins of the taliban, we need to go back to the Cold War. The bloody aftermath of the soviet occupation set the ground for a new force to emerge. They were really seen as angels, these young angels who had arrived to save the country. On december 27th, 1979, soviet Special Forces stormed the president ial palace in kabul. The president , Hafizullah Amin was killed. This was the start of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. The soviets had invaded to shore up the communist government. Afghanistans communists had taken power in a coup in 1978, but opposition to the radical modernisation programme, to
Occupation of afghanistan. Back in control. After nearly 20 years of conflict, thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars spent, the taliban has seen off the us, nato and their afghan allies. A stunning success for them and another superpower humbled in the streets and fields of afghanistan. But to understand these events and the origins of the taliban, we need to go back to the Cold War. The bloody aftermath of the soviet occupation set the ground for a new force to emerge. They were really seen as angels, these young angels who had arrived to save the country. On december 27th, 1979, soviet Special Forces stormed the president ial palace in kabul. The president , Hafizullah Amin was killed. This was the start of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. The soviets had invaded to shore up the communist government. Afghanistans communists had taken power in a coup in 1978, but opposition to the radical modernisation programme, together with internal Communist Party squabbling, had res
The taliban has seen off the us, nato and their afghan allies. A stunning success for them and another superpower humbled in the streets and fields of afghanistan. But to understand these events and the origins of the taliban, we need to go back to the Cold War. The bloody aftermath of the soviet occupation set the ground for a new force to emerge. They were really seen as, you know, angels, these young angels whod arrived to save the country. On december 27th, 1979, soviet Special Forces stormed the president ial palace in kabul. The president , Hafizullah Amin was killed. This was the start of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. The soviets had invaded to shore up the communist government. Afghanistans communists had taken power in a coup in 1978, but opposition to the radical modernisation programme, together with internal Communist Party squabbling, had resulted in crisis. Moscow ran out of patience. After assassinating president amin, Soviet Forces poured into afghanistan and occu
The bloody aftermath of the Soviet Occupation set the ground for a new force to emerge. They were really seen as angels, these young angels who had arrived to save the country. On december 27th, 1979, soviet Special Forces stormed the president ial palace in kabul. The president , Hafizullah Amin was killed. This was the start of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. The soviets had invaded to shore up the communist government. Afghanistans communists had taken power in a coup in 1978, but opposition to the radical modernisation programme, together with internal Communist Party squabbling, had resulted in crisis. Moscow ran out of patience. After assassinating president amin, Soviet Forces poured into afghanistan and occupied the major cities. This was the first time in the Cold War that a regular armed force, tanks, jet fighters, was crossing into another country and occupying it. Now, if they had their ownjet fighters, at the Air Force Base in bagram and herat, they could have control