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THE HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN: SOVIET INVASION BY: SARA CODY, NICK TORRES, AND CHRIS ROPPOLO

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AT THE TIME, AFGHANISTAN WAS AN UNSTABLE MONARCHY, LEAD BY KING ZAHIR SHAH.

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THE SOVIETS LEADER, LEONID BREZHNEV ORDER TROOPS INTO AFGHANISTAN.

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THE SOVIETS ENTERED INTO THE WEAK GOVERNED AFGHANISTAN TO GAIN MORE CONTROL OF ASIA.

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US NEVER INTERVENES

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SOME 1 MILLION AFGHANS DIED DURING THIS PERIOD, WITH MORE THAN 8,000 PEOPLE WERE EXECUTED AFTER BEING PUT ON TRIAL BETWEEN 1980 AND 1988. (THE SOVIET OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN)

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THE WITHDRAWAL OF SOVIET TROOPS IN FEBRUARY OF 1989

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