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Kevin F, Hope G, Jacob N, Charlotte K, Margit F

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Kevin F, Hope G, Jacob N, Charlotte K, Margit F

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SOVIET UNION:
* invaded Afghanistan to protect communist government
* fought against Mujahideen resistance
* were later destroyed by the Mujahideen by means of aircraft missiles
* ended up removing troops in a peace treaty with the United States

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- The United States provided aid to the the Afghan people
- The United States provided weapons, military training, and funding to the mujahideen
-  The United States supported the mujahideen against the Soviets

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The outcome of the Afghanistan war had Afghan rebels coming out on top and winning back their land and their non communist government. The Afghan rebels were supported by the US and their allies who supported the rebels with money weapons and training. The USSR suffered heavy casualties and went bankrupt which helped lead to the dissolution of the Soviet Union
This all helped to the rise of terrorist groups like the Taliban.

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In the brutal nine-year conflict, an estimated one million civilians were killed, as well as 90,000 Mujahideen fighters and 18,000 Afghan troops. The country was left in ruins and several million Afghans had either fled to Pakistan for refuge or had become internal refugees.

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Communism was contained because the war strained the system more than it could handle and the Soviet Union had a toll of 15,000 casualties with 35,000 wounded. They also lost all political support of their communist ideology.

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April 1978- government overthrown by communist influenced military officers. This helped their relationship with the Soviet Union, but they had a large population of Muslims and anti-communist who sided with the United States (many of whom joined the Mujahideen).

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the relationship between the united states and Afghanistan today is strong and there is diplomatic ties between the US and Afghanistan