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The War in Afghanistan (1979-1989)
History, Tactics, Weapons
by
Aristides T. Kokores
B.A. (Hist.), M.A. (Intern. Relat.)
Rarely has the world witnessed such ferocious turmoil as the one that
took place in Afghanistan
for nearly a decade. From December 1979 to February 1989, the land of
the Khyber Pass and
the tribal nation that decorated the works of Rudyard Kipling, endured
the catastrophic
consequences of a peculiar brand of warfare. The country that no one has
conquered since
Alexander the Great was the battleground where a handful of dedicated.
brave and stubborn
freedom- fighters stood their ground both against a much despised regime
and a mighty
superpower. It was the same brand of warrior that back in 1842
annihilated a 15.OOO-strong
British force leaving only one man alive to tell of the horrors of the
"Afghan ambushes" (1).
One-hundred and forty seven years later another great power was
retreating from that poor but
proud nation. But this time for different reasons. For ten years the Red
Army had been more
than relentlessly harassed by the fighters of the faith. It was only
harassment though. for contrary
to public opinion the world's last imperial army was defeated more by
the treacherous (in the
eyes of the military on a worldwide basis) glare of politics rather than
the guerrilla tactics of the
Mujahideen. Truly. the conflict in Afghanistan bore much resemblance to
the Vietnam
experience; but behind the "David-Goliath" appearance also stood several
factors that classify
the Central Asian clash of arms into a class of its own. In this work we
will attempt. through the
examination of Soviet diplomatic but mainly military performance to
explain the circumstances
under which the Russian Bear never managed to subdue the Afghan Vulture.
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