The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: war without end
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The Afghan Civil War - A Very Complex and Interconnected Conflict
Every single different group involved in the Afghan Civil War of the 1980s is involved for very different and often very selfish reasons. Pakistan plays a really key role in this, in this whole history; so do other regional powers like Iran, India and China,. Saudi Arabia as well. And then on top of this, we have this whole kind of cold war competition with the US and the SovietsAs well asthis really difficult and challenging role for international organizations like the United Nations or the UNHCR.
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