The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: war without end
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Afghanistan - The Tension Between Political Liberalization and Remaining Power
In the 1960s, Afghanistan was effectively became a constitutional monarchy. There's this sort of tension that really emerges in Afghanistan in the 60s between kind of this broader excitement and this broader desire amongst many Afghans to become more politically engaged in the government. Some groups were very keen to have kind of a constitutional monarchy; others were more focused on kind of parliamentary rule.
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