Afghanistan has been a haunted battlefield for the world’s fiercest armies, from Alexander the Great in the third century BC to Americans in the 21st century.
Nearly 100,000 Soviet soldiers were deployed across major cities and highways in Afghanistan. The invading forces ruthlessly crushed the rebellion mounted by mujahideen and their supporters.
TIL rescuing Eastern Europe from Nazis and protecting socialist Afghanistan from theocrats is imperialism.
TIL rescuing Eastern Europe from Nazis and protecting socialist Afghanistan from theocrats is imperialism.
This source is questionable, to say the least.