
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: war without end
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The Origins of Conflict in Afghanistan
The conflict has its roots in a lot of ways with the Soviet invasion of 1979. It's also a conflict that's not just about foreign countries invading Afghanistan, but different Afghan interest groups and parties took a really leading role in as well. The key takeaway I want from this book and from this project was to rethink the nature of conflict in Afghanistan," he says.
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