SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN, 1979Summary In 1979, the Soviets invaded afghanistan and installed Babrak Karmal as a puppet president. As a result, the West, India and China boycotted the Moscow Olympics. The Soveits were opposed by rebels called the Mujahiddin. Following in 1978, the Soviets repalced Karmal with Mohammed Najibullah who was even more of a puppet. During this the Soviets were said to be practicing inhumane types of warfare. Eventually the Soviets withdrew. Many people see this as the parallel of the US in Vietnam.
QuoteThere is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration.... The United States does not concede that those countries are under the domination of the Soviet Union."
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Subjunctive QuestionIf the invasion of 1979 didn't occur, what would the countries relationship be like today?
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