Interwencja ZSRR w Afganistanie

Abstract

Afghanistan after the Second World War was still a country ruled by a monarch with an outdated economic system and social structure, however, under the influence of increasingly strong pressure from the intelligence of the royal court began to introduce reforms gradually in order not to bring the weakening of the current government. The modernization of the country was to be done with the help of the United States, so that Afghanistan was supposed to become a neutral country. For such a decision influenced primarily from past experience – they wanted to avoid dependence on its powerful neighbours: the Soviet Union and Great Britain. Deciding to work with the U.S., the Afghan political elite put their country in the area of Cold War confrontation between East and West. Washington while supporting conflicted with Afghanistan Pakistan refused Kabul to buy weapons with which benefited the Soviet Union. The two countries signed agreements, which resulted in Afghanistan received the right to free transit of goods through the territory of the USSR and the
military support. On April 27, 1978, the authorities took over the Afghan communists. Revolutionary Council proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the new authorities were immediately approved by the Soviet Union. Traditional Muslim society was against new transformation and the
communist government, resulting in the leadership of the USSR decided ultimately on armed invasion to Kabul, which resulted in even greater defiance of the Afghan population. Mujahideen – holy warriors thanks to the wide support from the U.S. were able to fight a guerrilla effectively
against the Soviet Army. Soviet intervention in Afghanistan was the last battle of the intermediate two superpowers in the Cold War rivalry. The defeat of the Soviet Union in the State of Afghanistan began the process of “giant with clay feet”, and thus lasting from the end of the Second World War rivalry for world
domination ended up.