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Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
1979       Afghanistan
1989   Mikhail Gorbachev  
Military    
 
 
The Soviet Union regarded its invasion as a rescue of an impoverished ally and as a pre-emptive war against Islamic terrorists. The U.S. CIA invested US$2.1 billion over a 10-year period to create an anti-Soviet resistance.
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Soviet military forces occupy Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. profile

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