Summary: “Afghanistan has been at war since April 1978. During every phase of the conflict—the revolution of April 1978 that brought to power the factionalized Marxist-Leninist people’s democratic party of Afghanistan, its radical reform measures and brutal crackdown on the uprisings that followed ; the Soviet invasion of December 1979, occupation and counterinsurgency war ; the Soviet withdrawal and the civil war ; the repressive rule of the Taliban, and finally the U.S.-led intervention that ended it…”—(page 3).
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Afghan War, 2001-. Taliban – Afghanistan. Internal security – Afghanistan. Taliban – Afghanistan – History – 2001-.
,Afghanistan – History – 1989-.
,Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001-.
,Afghanistan – History – Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.