Effects of the Soviet invasion on Afghanistan. In 1979 the Soviets started to want more and more control over Afghanistan and it's people. Trying to preserve their failing communist government in Afghanistan. The Afghani government invites the Soviets to invade to help them have a better communist government. The Invasion: 100,000 soldiers invaded. Afghanistan got support from the Islamic world by proclaiming "Jihad" meaning "holy war" the US supported them with money and weapons. Mujaheeds attacked quickly then dissappeared into the mountains: guerilla warfare. The invasion was a fail. Mujahide were Muslim fighters who used Guerilla warfare on the soviets. A small group of combatants used ambush techniques to raid larger, less mobile armies. They had an advantage because it was at home and they knew the mountains. The soviets really destroyed the country by bombing. The rural population was effected because they fed and housed the mujaheed. Refuge camps were all over afghanistan. US sent more weapons, and millions of dollars to Mujahadeen. Ended Feb. 15, 1989.Strategic Defense Initiative-ccreated by US President Ronald Reagan. Announced defensive system in his speech on tv. US government program, used to protect the US from pottential missle attacks fromthe Soviet Union, or other countries. The system had many new technologies including automated space vehicles, rail guns, particle beams, and space/groud based energy lasers. The system was initially designed to defeat a soviet union offensive strike. Said the system was untested and couldn't protect all the states from attaks. Has become very important intodays world. In 1993 under Bill 'Clinton he renamed it BMDO was changed to more regional coverage. In 2002 BMDO was renames to Missile Defense Agency.The Fall of Communism and the End of the Cold War. - End of the Cold war; The Berlin Wall falling was a symbol of it coming to an end. The Iron Curtain. Countries behind the iron curtain had struggling economies. Michal Gorbacheve came to power. Giasnot greater willingness to allow western ideas and goods in the soviet union. US and soviet relations improved in the 89's. Reykkjavik.
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