Answer:
The Red Army lost its strength and reputation.
The Soviet economy crumbled further due to the heavy military cost of the invasion
Eventually, Afghanistan managed to gain the support of many Soviet satellite states.
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Answer:
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union as the Soviet economy crumbled further due to the heavy military cost of the invasion. In addition, the Red Army lost its strength and reputation.
Explanation:
The Afghan-Soviet War was an armed conflict between the Soviet-backed government in Afghanistan and a number of Islamic rebel groups that took place from 1979 to 1989.
On April 28, 1978, the Afghan Communist Party conducted a bloody coup d'etat and assumed power in the country. Then the Communist government carried out land reforms, gave women the right to vote and replaced religious Islamic laws with secular laws. The reforms were moderate from a Western point of view, but radical from a local one. The rapidly growing Soviet influence combined with political repression and strong opposition to the reforms led to an extensive guerilla war against the communist-led regime with Noor Mohammed Taraki at the forefront. In 1979, the communist government arrested, expelled and executed many of the mujahedin rebels. Taraki was killed and soon after replaced by Hafizullah Amin. The Afghan government repeatedly asked the USSR for military assistance, but this was initially rejected by the USSR. However, on December 25, 1979, the Red Army marched into Afghanistan as Moscow feared that new President Amin should seek support from the United States. The Soviet Union therefore deployed a new government led by Babrak Karmal.
The Soviet-backed Afghan government then waged war against both Muslim and ethnic rebel groups. CIA and Pakistan supported Muslim rebel groups financially because of their opposition to the communist government. Saudi Arabia supported the rebels financially because of their Muslim background.
Maktab al-Khadamat (MAK) was an organization led by wealthy Saudi Arabian Osama bin Laden, who sent money, weapons and Muslim fighters into the country with the support and assistance of the governments of the United States, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel. In 1988, bin Laden and a number of other more militant members broke up with MAK and founded al-Qaeda to extend the fight against the Soviet Union to the entire world.
The Soviet Union withdrew its forces from Afghanistan in February 1989, but continued to support the Communist government now led by Mohammed Najibullah. The CIA and Saudi Arabia also continued to support the mujahedins. When the Soviet Union collapsed and support ceased, the government was overthrown on April 18, 1992 and an Islamic State was then created in September 1996.
