When The Soviets Invaded Afghanistan | History Documentary
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The Soviet-Afghan War of the 1980s had huge consequences for the development of international geopolitics for the next two decades. The subsequent resilience and tenacity shown by the Afghan Mujahideen guerrilla forces stunned not only the Soviets but much of the world. They were duly rewarded for their perseverance with an abundance of material and moral support from a number of pivotal allies. The nine or so years of warfare has been argued by many to have had a significant bearing on the outcome of the Cold War. Not to mention the fact that it would go on to play a huge role in determining Afghanistan’s fate until today.
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0:00 Intro
1:18 Invasion & Early Years
8:52 Foreign Assistance to the Mujahideen
15:45 Mujahideen Leadership
19:34 Conclusion & Aftermath
Is the Mujahideen’s victory over the Soviets the greatest example of an underdog defeating the favourite? If not, what else trumps it? Afghan History Playlist: kzhead.info/channel/PLiPhmAD3I2JwtvkJo3FEzNjREicYlQgm1.html
The Taliban vs NATO was a greater example.
i dont see it as an underdog thing, i think its more the failure of "transcendental institutionalism", the Soviets thinking they could make ideological assumptions and then just rearrange the world to match those assumptions.... the real conditions on the ground, where the people lived and had their own sort of participatory activism. seems akin to other disastrous invasions where the aggressor made multiple, fundamentally flawed assumptions about the nature of the material world. 🙃
Maybe Vietnam?
@HikmaHistory This video lacks a few key pieces of information. 1. Zbigniew Brzezinski revealed the mujahadeen were supported before the soviets intervened. Evidence on my youtube channel: 3:35-9:02 The US Empire destroyed afghanistan from 1979 to 2021 part 2/2 2. The instability in the fergana valley caused by foreign meddling in afghanistan. 3.The role of Mackinders thesis on US foreign policy
@@zoybean I've been thinking about this recently...
my uncle and grandfather were both taken by soviets from their village and they were never returned. There’s not even a trace of their names being registered at any prison or where they were buried.
that is some messed up stuff 🙏
I’m sorry this happened to you and your family.
إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Actions like that are what spawn generational hate, I'm sorry to hear that happened to your family.
My great grandfather was taken by the soviets in WWII in Ukraine the very same way.
My Dad was asked to help deliver SAMs to the resistance in Afghanistan and declined..but his commanding officer was captured and he found out and rescued him out of a make shift soviet prison camp with the help of 1 Afghan adult and one Afghan child soldier. All he had was his bow with exploding arrow heads and his trusty knife.
Your father John was a great man.
@@getintothewildwithjeffruma8777 Lol
i think he was rambo
Your dad was also in Burma right ?
😂dope story
@Hikma History I am a history nerd and of course, an Orthodox Christian from America as well. I’m watching your channel because I adore history. As a history nerd, I’m actually taking Arabic at the university this semester. Please pray to God that I do well. If you didn’t know this, Arabic is also a liturgical language used in the Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox and Catholic churches. Lastly, keep posting Islamic history!
Is it really Islamic history though?
@@tosehoed123 You’ll have to ask Hikma history. It’s probably just Middle Eastern history with the major influence of the spread of Islam.
17th Century Pashto Poet Rahman Baba Mohmand writes: "When the honourable set their mind to a task, They don’t notice well or ditch in their way. He is neither aware of himself nor the world, When the moth beholds the flame"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@mohammadarifahmadimansour4779 what's so funny?
BA Karrdi Laowdah Pashmi
What an excellent quote. Thank you for sharing that!
Awsome doc amigo! Great research and delivery. Learned a ton
I'm glad!
Great video, really appreciate the detail in your content
Much appreciated!
Thank you for posting this video.
Alexander the Great invaded Afghanistan. He looked at the terrain, weather and the usual military considerations and said " HELL NO, WE'RE LEAVING."
Such an informative, clear video 🤠💜
You said all truths about my country Afghanistan without taking any sides. Thank you🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Почему вы за тридцать пять лет не построили нормальную для жизни страну?
@@VHS300That is your interpretation,
Very interesting. Thank you for this recap.
Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. Zendabad Islam Zendabad Afghanistan
Heroin is an even bigger graveyard of the world
ALLAHU AKBAR!
Except for WAIT FOR IT! the Mongols.
@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain go to Afghanistan and protest against heroin
Fentanyl from China makes heroin look like codeine
Well done as usual! In my own personal opinion, I believe that if monarchy were never overthrown in Afghanistan, it would’ve been very unlikely that Afghanistan would’ve experienced the consecutive series of long lasting wars. And therefore today Afghanistan could’ve been a more prosperous country than what it is now.
Divide KRAINE; conquer KRAINE on your own! REKRAINE ALL THAT IS NEW. Dekraine the heart. Medically advance! Because there was very little intertribal language education (because people spoke only the language of their own tribe), no intertribal court (In other words, there was only The Infinite Hunger For Endless Tribal Conflict), no nations, no science, and no Witness Protection Programs, the nasty populations were so vile and mean to one another that we couldn't even uphold Our Own Shared Scientific Process. This incident alone did not substantiate the dark age, but it certainly was one of the incidents which comprised the dark age (I am suggesting that we are currently in the process of overcoming the symptoms of being in this dark age). Is there any doubt as to whether "A Scientist" is defined as being someone who believes that without him or her being able to complete his or her task, there will be no chance that Telling The Truth will ever be invented? And also that the first part of any curriculum must be about informing the students about the way Witness Protection Programs work? Is there any doubt as to whether To Choose A Nation [to immigrate to] is To Choose The Only Source Of One's Education? Is there any doubt as to whether only A Liar Exhibiting The Highest Level Of Self-Awareness will EVER seem interested in making you listen & pay attention to everything he or she says? Is there any doubt as to whether Mankind's first idea was, is, or will be an intertribal court (in order for it to stop being too easy for tribes to start conflicts with each other) perhaps having its own language? Barrel-aged Coca-Cola: is barrel-aged Coca-Cola a good idea or a bad idea? Is there any doubt that the US Constitution is a theatrical [screen]play with its theme being, "Whose speech is free even if everyone knows everyone is carrying a gun"? Is there any doubt as to whether having intertribal courts is the way in which Africa manages to continue to be 7x as genetically diverse as the rest of the world combined? In practice, the difference between the East and West is between the Eastern and Western styles of having a NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. For your information, a Neighborhood Watch is a cooperative organization of neighbors who volunteer to gather data about crimes occurring in the neighborhood and present the data obtained to the police, in the form of a police report. That's why the West uses economic sanctions as an attack (sanctions DO succeed at ensuring that sanctions eventually constitute "an attack"): because everything else is already factored into the way people (including the police, the richest, the poorest, and the president) do things which pertain to Neighborhood Watches. Is, there⤵️⤵️⤴️⤵️⤴️⬅️⬇️🎇➡️⬆️🎇⬆️🎇, any doubt as to whether between Greenland and the Pacific ocean, we are different because we have separate courts rather than separate cultures (especially since imports from China, specifically, have had an immeasurable impact on What Is Archaeologically Considered To Be "[Material] Culture")? Is there any doubt that the definition of "Something Mankind Has Learned [already]" is Gravity (because {maybe} it's the only thing which has been learned), and that the definition of "Something Mankind Is Learning About [at the moment]" is that I shall not be accused of being an ableist for saying that we are mortal and that those who have passed away are Those Who Are Completely Muzzled (having no abilities at the moment) at the moment? There's nothing anti-western about Communism. Currently, The West has no ability to do convincing "sting operations". That's why they have Stupid People Problems in the west. Communism is simply westernization with an antiterror component built-in (the ability to do sting operations). "In other words, All Reality is Communist, but it might not all be OWNED BY ME." when you lose in sports, it's because the other players were more Communist than you. when you get a 99% test score, it's because you're 1% Not Communist. when you break a law instead of choosing to change the law before you do That Activity, you rebel against Communism, etc. This is why without Mao, there would be no Political Party Of George Galloway's (it would be a psychiatric diagnosis rather than a party) Is there any doubt that to practice science is to measure how much one has not [ever] managed to intend to commit crimes (or rather, "to do whatever may/will result in one assessing oneself, at a future point in time, as guilty")? Is there any doubt that it is my name AND religion to legally, AND AS FATALLY AS POSSIBLE, bully members of the lower socioeconomic class[es] in America (assuming that there are more parties in America apart from the ...perhaps Putinists or Jong-Unists or... Who else? {An example of such a party}]? Is there any doubt that the only story in the universe for non-savages is about being the father of a Greenlander-Japaner-American Native by mistake and then drowning the child immediately after we found out that the child was not a male/didn't get a Y-Chromosome from us? Is there any doubt that it's a biological revolution that in court, suddenly everybody says that he or she herself is "[rather] not a drug dealer"©️; however, it is apparent that other revolutions should be taking [1st] priority due to the reality that we exist at this particular point in time? Is there any doubt that if I befriended you more, we would create the possibility of me being the father of your next child? Can you believe the things that Americans do for attention? First, they ignore all professionals, who are the only ones who have ever paid attention to them. Then, they "participate" in a behavior which looks like rotting/decomposing while alive. They do this alone.
Interesting point - I do think the 1973 Coup began the de-stabilisation we see the country going through.
@@HikmaHistory Exactly! And the same case also applies to Iran and Iraq. If the monarchy were also never overthrown in Iran and Iraq, today these two countries would’ve been some of the richest countries in the world. Iraq owns the second largest oil reserves in the Middle East and Iran the third. All these two countries needed to become well developed was political stability.
@@HikmaHistory Is there any doubt that the problem is that due to the EXTREMELY BARBARIC TEMPERAMENT OF [FELONIOUS] Persian rebels (whose "capitol" was recorded as being Khwarezm) the Mongolian administration's reaction was to punish Persians through historical revisionism and re-translation of Persian "historical records" BACK INTO the PERSIAN LANGUAGE (after it was, for a long time, maintained, remembered, recorded, and legislated in the ARABIC language ONLY)? These are such savages that they couldn't be allowed to legally use water for the purpose of cleaning. These are the type of people who start fires instead of writing letters.
Is there any doubt that the problem is that due to the EXTREMELY BARBARIC TEMPERAMENT OF [FELONIOUS] Persian rebels (whose "capitol" was recorded as being Khwarezm) the Mongolian administration's reaction was to punish Persians through historical revisionism and re-translation of Persian "historical records" BACK INTO the PERSIAN LANGUAGE (after it was, for a long time, maintained, remembered, recorded, and legislated in the ARABIC language ONLY)? These are such savages that they couldn't be allowed to legally use water for the purpose of cleaning. These are the type of people who start fires instead of writing letters.
Even the United States lost the war in Afghanistan. The Soviet Union spent 10 years in Afghanistan and US 21 years.
The US didn't lose the war in Afghanistan, they weren't even trying to conquer it, the US was in Afghanistan to keep the Taliban from forcing their ideals and barbaric ways of control onto the people like they are now. Once the US realized that after 20 years the Afghanistan citizens didn't appreciate their freedom from oppression we got out of there. I don't feel one bit Sorry for those people being so held back by the Taliban but too scared to fight for themselves to take the Taliban out of power.
1 million Afghan died against 50.000 Soviets maybe less.😅 And all usas fault
For what,leave them alone ,they are third world uneducated people and are happy to be so.
Because Afghanistan is used to fighting wars, they are a very resilient country just like Vietnam.
What you're not understanding is America died on 9/11, and since then has been ruled by the globalist regime.The America before that would of never invaded Afghanistan. Anyone with half a brain knows 9/11 was done from within
That was a incredible documentary.
Another great video! Thank you and keep the videos coming! Jazakallah Khair.
Massoud negotiated the ceasefire with the Soviets because he was about to reach an operational culminating point and needed time to recruit, rearm, and retrain his forces. The Soviets conducted seven major operations against Massoud in the Panjsher, more large-scale operations than against any other Mujihadeen commander. By implementing the ceasefire, Massoud was able to take the pressure off the Panjsher and its inhabitants. What you failed to mentioned is that Massoud’s forces in Panjshir and surrounding areas were surrounded by Russians and Gulbuddin hekmatyar's forces and were under siege. No supplies were allowed to reach the Panshir vally. Becouse of the harsh winter the road to Badakhshan and the north were unusable. Furthermore, the ceasefire which was agreed upon was limited to a small area (panshir and solang highway) and not the entire north of Afghanistan. Massoud spent most of the year of the ceasefire period outside the Panjsher, establishing bases in the north. This ceasefire give him the time and opportunity to face the enemy better prepared next time. That is why he rejected the continuation of the ceasefire after it reached its end eventhough the soviets did offer it. Furthermore, the ceasefire was not applicable with the communist afghan army, which did attack Panshir with the help of Gulbuddin hekmatyar several times. Massoud used this ceasefire period to clear Andarab, which provided them supply route via the Khawak Pass and established a connection to northern Afghanistan. When Massoud cleared Andarab of Hisbi-Islami their commander, Juma Khan, escaped with some of his men. As soon as the Soviets found out, they called an emergency meeting, at which they angrily accused Massoud: ‘You used every opportunity to weaken our position and strengthen your own position, which is contrary to the ceasefire agreement signed by both sides”. Massoud said to the Soviets: “Juma Khan had closed down our supply route, so we disarmed him. We did not attack your forces. In addition, we have not reached any formal agreement yet. There are differences amongst mujahideen groups, which have nothing to do with you and our peace plan.’ The Russians said, ‘Juma Khan (commander of Hisbe islami) is working for us; he has been working with us for a long time.’ And ‘Our Afghan friends [Karmal and his communist government] are deeply upset with us'. This shows again that some Mujahidin leaders such as Gulbuddin hekmatyar were actually collaborating with the Soviet forces and Afghan communist government. Ahmad sha massoud knew this and took the wright decision to prevent total collapse of his forces and the true resistance in Panshir and in the north. Further information about this topic can found in the following books: Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud by Sandy Gall Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
so youre saying the taliban is soviet
@@kiythetheocrat5723 What are you talking about. The Taliban did not exist at that time. They were created later by the ISI. After the Soviets left Afghanistan and when Gulbudin Hekmatiyar lost the war against Ahmad Sha Massoud.
@@yamashe8480 the leaders of the taliban served as leaders of the most extremist factions during the war. Even Osama Bin Laden fought in afghanistan. So they lead afghanistan to actual independence starting in 1979 and ending in 2021
@@kiythetheocrat5723 No. That's not correct. Many former mujahideen did joined the Taliban later as they were gaining grounds as some of the former afghan communists. But majority of the Taliban were not the leaders of the resistance against the Soviets. It's a common misunderstanding. Some of them might have fought the Soviets as a foot soldier. Google the seven group that did the fighting against the Soviets and u will see. Large-scale fighting against the Soviets was primarily in the northern Afghanistan. Thats why the Soviets proposed the ceasefire with them even when they withdrew and not with those who were in the south. As for the Arab fighters, their role in the fight against the Soviets is extremely overrated. However, they did play a big role in the Civil war against the north.
@@yamashe8480 its a google search away, yeah. Its a google search away the leaders of the taliban fought not just as foot soldiers but as generals with their own factions and foot soldiers. fights =/= influence.
The civil war after 1992 was probably one of the most brutal civil wars in modern history that's not very documented or talked about much.
Great video and so much new information
Glad you enjoyed it
This one is more interesting than the past.
Your videos are highly under rated.
Thank you!
Great video as always!
My guy!
Great Doc, loved it, thank you Ali G.
Do I actually sound like Ali G lol? I never realised.
@@HikmaHistory I think so, but it made it more enjoyable, subbed.
On of the best and underrated channels on KZhead 👏🏻❤️
Thank you!
Alhamdulillah 🤲🏾, thank you yet again for this great video.
Great video like always!
Very amazing great , got to learn a lot
Great video. Subbed
Welcome!
You forgot the mention the involvement of big boss and the diamond dogs in the conflict
Hey quit kidding around... Snake? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!! URGH!
A budy of mine in college was gifted a shortbarreled Afgan rifle the 6 sided Damascus barrel was 44 cal. I was able to mate an open bolt system to this and turned it into a 44 cal semi-auto. I sold this rifle for $7500 7 or 8 years later as it was a one of a kind.
Bullshit
What’s a budy?
And then Rambo shows up! 🤜🏻🤛🏻
I loved your dinner history episodes
Thanks man, unfortunately not many people did. Will give a re-think and try to re-vamp it going forward.
Interesting and informative. A very unfortunate situation for the Russian foot solders. As with any war. The young and elderly suffered the most.
I knew many fighters from Kashmir and pakistan who flocked to Afghanistan to fight soviets
I am in love with this channel
What's the name of the background music at 8:53?
Twice in Afghanistan in the 70's and love it
Those PFM-1 butterfly mines "disguised" to look like children's toys, they just happen to look harmless and interesting to a child which would lead to many horrific injuries or death. Not defending the Soviets at all, just trying to clear things up.
Good job
Great video. I wonder if the Soviets would have still thought of themselves as "Bolsheviks" as late as the 1980s?
Excellent point - as far as I'm aware that name stuck to describe members of the official party. Also of interest, there was a resurgence of sorts in venerating Lenin, especially under Gorbachev.
Collapse begun by death of Stalin. So word "Bolshevik" was put on shelve because with Gorbachev market reforms were launched, which, we all know, caused collapse.
@@HikmaHistoryложь. Уже после Сталина его формально почитали и уж тем более в 70-80гг. Можно было креститься и ходить в храм, проблема была только с литературой.
Нет не считали.
What kind of music is in the start of this video and what instruments do they use? I love Afghan instrumental music
It’s the afghan Folklore music and the instruments are Tabla, Rubab, Sitar :)
@@BactrianNomadI’ve just seen this comment now, thank you it’s really appreciated
@@BactrianNomadWould you know the specific artist or song by any chance? Once again thanks
It's the rubab
Masood was being popularized by BBC. The warriors of that time narrate that BBC would mention Masood in every report, even if it wasn’t even related to him or his involvement. I guess that should speak for itself.
maybe because he actually had journalists around him documenting his work, unlike ur ancestors deeming cameras to be haram
Your pronunciation of the HIND made me burst into laughter lol Awesome video nonetheless
i knew an Iraqi girl whose name was "Hind" and that's who it was pronounced
No way, I thought that’s how it was pronounced!
@@HikmaHistory youve never played Metal Gear Solid have you? ☺
@@beepboop204 Once or twice years ago
@@beepboop204 a surveillance camera !??!??!
Fun fact : When the Soviet left The Afghan government took over power When USA and NATO left Taliban took over.
Fun fact nato are USA are terrorists
In a civil war...which they lost. Now maybe they lost slower but they lost.
One of my family member's friends fought against the Soviets. He was caught, but somehow they made a mistake and thought he was a Russian, so he ran away when he got the chance.
come on, are you kidding! There is no way an Aghan can be mistaken for a Russian! Maybe for a Tadjik or Iranian or Pakistani but not Russian
@@rumikarapetrova5540 Russia, and particularly the Soviet Union, is/was a very multi-ethnic country. It's not just white slavs, but many other ethnicities as well. Not to mention, some Afghans are white. Such mistakes happen in the course of war.
@@rumikarapetrova5540 a lot of afghans look very white, they even have green eyes and red hair
@@rumikarapetrova5540 the USSR had multiple ethnicities not just White. Same thing with Afghanistan
@@zoybeanMost central-asians were not allowed to fight though.
At a house I rented a room one of the home owners was a Soviet Afghanistan war veteran being on the Soviet side. I was cleaning my guns once and he came to see and picked up my AR and held it like a professional. He's a really nice guy and with my buddies I'd joke he was ex Spetznaz but I heard he drove trucks there. I wish I'd have asked him more about it to compare how it was to my good friends time there in the US Army
Bet he has alot of stories. Take him out to the range one day.
driving trucks was even more dangerous then being spetznaz
@@zlo333 it always is, just like being a field radio operator.
If he drove trucks in Afghanistan, then he was likely getting hit by ambushes consistently. It’s likely he has more tales to tell than a spetznaz soldier from Afghanistan.
You know when HikmaHistory says, "a chain of unforseen events " you know someone I'd going to have a very bad day...
next video: how the taliban defeated the usa in afghanistan
Haha 😂 they can’t bro. KZhead will delete it
Defeated how you mean? Taliban leader was in meeting with cia chief few weeks ago, talibans are in direct contact with usa on daily basis, America gave talibans weapons worth 80 billions dollars, usa helped and helps talibans against their war with ISKP islamic state khorasan. It’s deluded people who thinks talibans defeated usa. I’m afghan myself and talibans are not mujahedin I can point out several issues on why they are not mujahedin they are American under cover army in Afghanistan. I’m afghan myself I know exactly what’s going on
Next video, how the US killed almost 60,000 taliban and 12 year old internet trolls say the taliban won😂
@@SS-tx7of While we all don't know exactly what and how the decisions are made between our countries, deals were being made under the trump administration with the Taliban on an exit. ( I didn't really agree with that cause I don't trust the taliban). If we continued to stay, it meant more money and taxes being poured into fighting there and more civilians and innocent lives dying. Most of America found the war there to be stagnant and with no way of winning. It was time to end things. We probably needed to leave there years ago, but the change in leadership in my country brought new challenges. I hope things change there for the better. You are an amazing people and culture. I wish the Taliban were not in charge, but hopefully you all can make changes for your country that don't involve conflict. Wish you all a better future, my friend. We don't need to be there anymore...too many lives lost.
Apparently there are no superpowers manage to hold their grips in Afghanistan, the British, The Soviets and The Americans all of them were beast in their era however when it comes to Afghanistan, their were nothing but the pieces of chess kicked out from the chessboard.
Mongols, mauryans, Persians, mughals, Macedonians and Sikh would like to differ 😉
Если бы США или СССР воевали потенциалом своих наций,а не ограниченными континентами и возможностями,то от Афганистана уже бы ничего не осталось. И те и другие хотели им лучшей жизни,но они выбрали притеснение женщин и убийства с наркоторговлей.
China is next.
One important person not mentioned in Afghanistan documentary...John Rambo...
I knew I forgot something!
Thanks for sharing, can you share thoughts about Britisish invaded Afghanistan too? Also its amazing and intresting that poshtoon always work for outers but other tribes fight for freedom.
Wenn es dir nicht passt dann zurück nach tajikistan , afghanistan ist pashtun
@@rage.mpuzzler7123گه خوردی خاندان شما وطن فروشای غوله گایوم 🤬🤬🤬
Now do a video on Mujahideen civil war and Ahmed Masoud killing just before 9/11
It's 1 of the many accurate phrophecies in the Quran that the land previously known khorisan, which used to include most of if not all Afghanistan, NWFP of Pakistan and I think the eastern part of Iran, would never be conquered, and up until today that area mentioned above has never been fully conquered and never will according to the Quran. Apparently the USA was very reluctant to give the Mujahideen the stinger missile it did towards the ending of the war, even then it was not a game changer, a few flares out of planes would render the stingers missiles to lose effectiveness, the mujahideen would wait patiently for hours, days to catch pilots off guard, striking them whilst hiding in bushes etc, it was the mujahideens determination and faith that gave them success of course as a poor country financial help was crucial to fight others proxy war as well as their own. Peace to everyone.
That’s not Quran that’s Hadith . And the Hadiths by some scholars considered weak because of the chain of narrators
@Micheal Al thanks for correcting me. Some Hadiths are considered weak not all as you said. It's a huge coincidence that Khorosan, formerly Afghanistan, NWFP of Pakistan and some parts of Iran until this day has not been fully conquered, as phrophecised in Hadiths, especially considering how many nations have tried.
@@sloopycat1954 have you forgotten about the Kushans, Alexandra the Great, Genghis Khan? And how about the arabs? What is the main religion of this region? It's definitely not native to it
@Elnaz never has Afghanistan been fully conquered only partially even then all conquerors struggled to maintain and keep whatever they had partially acquired. Sorry I don't understand the religion part of your question. Thankyou.
@@sloopycat1954 you could say that about a lot of countries. Fact is the lands that make up what is now Afghanistan have been conquered and influenced greatly by its conquerors (except in more recent times/last 300 years). Islam is not native to the region yet everyone is Muslim. Why? Because of foreigners.
Given that at any one time during the conflict more Afghans fought for the Najibullah government than against it I can understand why the conflict has been referred to as an Afghan civil war. 'Peace would have been incompatible with Islam?' That line threw me only a fanatic would have seen such a deal as worse than continued conflict.
My family fought for the Najib government. You have a point because in 1989, Najibullah and the government put in effort to unite the Afghan people by saying the mujahideen were just Pakistani and ISI proxies. This worked and in 1989, we won the Battle of Jalalabad without Soviets being present
@@meatiest1989 Dr Najibullah Zindabad
@@DRAZindabad zindabad
@meatiest1989 Uh, that is one battle. Also battles are generally won by the counter-insurgent. They still lost. Edit: All this being noted, it is impressive. Edit2: If someone wants to resolve this seeming contradiction, I really like Counter-Insurgencies. I seriously love them, they are very difficult to fight but the military mastering they go through like the French getting Algerian rebels to just kill each other, the Portuguese turning insurgents to their side and Rhodesians mopping up rebel camps. I just adore it so much.
With a communist government. There should not be peace with them if possible. About the numbers who fought, again generally speaking the counter-insurgent can get more troops. This is nonetheless impressive, although how many actually wanted to join as opposed to being forced is a problem.
Not bad Tbh, the very fact that the worst thing about massoud is the ceasefire is proof of the weakness of the arguments against him
Massoud’s critics generally are critical of him because his cease fire allowed Russian equipment deeper into Afghanistan through the Salang Tunnel. The people critical of him completely neglect to mention that had he continued to fight, it’s likely that his men would have been completely eliminated. He was one of the Soviet’s main targets.
So many men from my city of Pakistan participated in this war with mujhadeens, unfortunately i wasn't born, if i was i would definitely take part in this
You should talk to Hakim about this
When you bring troops into a friendly and welcoming ally's territory to support that ally against an insurgency it's not "invading". Just like the US never invaded Vietnam or Korea.
@Drooman Kass the Afghan people are much better off with their current state then, right? I just wonder why they all want to migrate into Germany's welfare system then, eh? Stay where you are and enjoy what you fought for!
Killing the man that welcomed you in makes it a little more complicated…
There's so many keyboard warriors, in Kabul, you couldn't tell their teenagers from American/European teenagers. Tattoos, un-Islamic music, sports, technology. Those are the ones I worry most about since US left.
Those are not the best examples as in both cases the other side was invading. In Korea the North invaded (Not an insurgency.) and in Vietnam well again the same. Also the allied government was not a legitimate country, they did not last at all long enough in any case. Edit: Also the friendly government you cite was promptly murdered and overthrown by the soviets. I forgot about that part.
It would be great if you make a video about Alevism
The thumbnail is very badass i thought it was some band 🤣
My grandfather was from small town with poverty in USSR. When he went to liberate the peiple of Afghanistan, he made friends to buy opium to make for sale in USSR. After the conflict my grandfather became wealthiest man in his village. May our god bless Afghanistan
El Chapovski Guzmanov
@@wguid 😂😂😂😂
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fairy tail
Уже по описанию понятно откуда твой дед родом, овцелюбы вы наши ненаглядные. В этом вся ваша суть - визгами о прекрасном, "правоверном" исламе прикрывать бандитизм, этнические опг, наркоторговлю и прочие паскудства.
In 1978 till 1989 My Father had participated in this battlefield and fought for the freedom of Afghanistan against Soviet union under Pakistan army 88lit and He had visited at a number of villages and cities like kandhar khosat pagtia gardees and so many others.I have number of photographs of Afghanistan.
Chop GANDOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Fuck You Pakistan
@@amayonsultan7711 beta g sach karwa hota ha History gawah hai....
@@sanwlysardarpind_matta4105 please free yourself
Ну ушли советы,че зажили? Советы строили и учили, когда они ушли Афганистан превратился в то что он есть.
So your father was fanatic working for CIA... evil man
Does anyone know the background music called ?
Are there any episode When Americans Invaded Afghanistan on your channel? It would be interesting to see your take on that
You reckon? I feel like it’s too recent haha
Tariq bhai..Brilliant video..Absolutely marvelous✅..Very KIYADIYATI.. 🕋👍🙏🙏
Shukria Shariff!
@@HikmaHistory Welcome ji..Very AFRIDIYATI.. 🕋👍🙏🙏
Very interesting history of Afghanistan hope you also make vid US invasion in 2001. Hope Afghanistan becomes peaceful and prosperous again
Or China will be next lol
It is now, the taliban have it all under control and under there government and they live peaceful and happy as it should been since before these wars.
@@alfredorodriguez4773 exactly that’s the only reason 80% afghans and 95% pak support them is because they’re doing great job so far
@@Karm-a1Total bullshit.
@@alfredorodriguez4773 Bro very doubt that. They ain’t saints.
Carter signed off on funding and arming anti communist groups in 1979 before the Soviet Intervention, according to National Security Advisor, Brzezinski, it was also one of contributing factors of the Soviet Decision to intervene.
They do this to distablish governments and rise weak leaderships who'll be favorable to sign business with them. I am very sure 99.9% of the private donations for Afghanistan came from things like the Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, Foundation for the Defence of Democracies, Foundation this, Foundation that... their chairmen loves to proft with cheap resources from devastated countries.
He sent non-lethal aid to the mujahideen who were already fighting against the Afghan government. Before this time the soviets were giving aid to the Afghans in the form of helicopters, tanks and military advisers. Finally, how would the soviets know? Until about 1985, the Afghans were being funded with old soviet equipment because the United States wanted to maintain plausible deniability, if this were true Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński would have just sent whatever they had on hand (Or at the very least not tried to be secret about it.). In Vietnam, everyone knew the soviets were providing military aid to the vietnamese for example. Finally the claim the soviets made was that the Afghan government was turning to the U.S. so what the @#£%?
Wait, this video again?
Nobody is enough strong to beat Afghanistan.It is the nation born out of well trained phenomena.Lesson like failure not recognized to the Afghans. They fight with their bones against any non-indeginous force wishing to dominate them for any interest and the obvious example is the retreat of Soviet union from the scene that is how ,the Afghans resist against the unsubmitted forces.
What if Afghanistan had to invade Russia instead?
Afghanistan was blessed with hard terrain. So it's tough for anyone to take them out.
"...When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late...”. Bene Gesserit Coda
Hmmm very interesting quote, I feel torn by it a lil.
Remarkable success... I'd debate that.. They used the captured tank to fire on the palace removing the element of surprise and alerting the defenders.
My grandfather killed 13 of the occupiers during the invasion my moms uncle shot down a helicopter with a stinger
Did he,aye.
Great
I hope you can make a video about the Taliban in the 90s and today!
It will wake ppl up to how evil America is so no
@@ashleyoasis7948 they dont need that to see america is evil💀💀?? They can just go to wikipedia
@@-Teca- nah lots of dumb ppl honestally believe we were in Afghanistan to build college campuses for girls that’s how brainwashed Americans have made everyone as of Ukraine
Soviet Afghan war would completely destroy the latter , the Mujahideen takeover would later result in only more bloodshed and anarchy. This made the Taliban takeover more easy, as Afghans simply wanted some order .
U know a lot from mujahideen 😅
11:34 thats a great map
My dad was a soviet war criminal but then he defected to Mozambique and became a taxi driver in Canada
The Graveyard of Empires!!!!!
Oh gosh. Nice and depressing. I didn't realise Soviet losses were so low, a little surprised. As a side note I remember reading literature as a child, from the 90's I assume, about a girl in Aghanistan, and the specific mention that children should not approach "toy-like" objects. And then soon enough Aghanistan was a warzone and filled with (no longer noble and austere) mujahideen. So many different layers of propaganda over Afghanistan, each new one seamlessly hiding the level below. Thank you.
Just accept defeat and move on mate.
Because the afghan communist government was also fighting. So the numbers are much higher
@MrRahman220 Oh @#£%, I forgot about them. In any case the numbers for the soviets, 14,000 around abouts, is much lower than 55,000 in Vietnam. For South-Vietnam casualties were 300,000 or there abouts. What was the case in Afghanistan?
Exactly
“When your layin out wounded In Afghanistan’s plains And the women come out to take up what remains Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains And go to your god like a soldier.” -Kipling(I’m 90% sure)
Yes, Rudyard Kipling. Good quote.
It was quoted in a P.B.S. documentary.
Can you do a video about the Iraqi monarchy pls ❤
I don’t have any immediate plans but let’s see
Love Mujhadien from Pakistan💟
The Best,
We need another documentary "When the US/Allies invaded Afghanistan-A historical defeat"
The Soviet Union didn't stand a chance against the Afghans, I'm so glad most of the countries around the world boycotted the 1980 Olympics. ☭❌
Russia always has problems man. I wonder 🤔 why. I got a feeling there's more to it though. Maybe because it's the biggest country in the world 🌎. Idk man
Afghanistan have a less knowledge of management. But I love them. They are with real indipendency in their mind. They are well aware with hard life. They have history of thousands of years to stay indipendent.
My father and his 3 brothers fought against thé soviet even shooting 4 atack helicopters down withs his own small team in kunar
Every time the Russians get in a war the Americans arm their opponent to the teeth 😂
That's because they always hated each other. But now we will finally see who of the 2 can win against each other. Russia will directly be facing the USA soon after it gets through Ukraine.
@@brianticas2068 nah we're doing another capital riot
@@brianticas2068 ukraine can win the war like mujahideen did.
@@brianticas2068 if they can't beat the ukrainian army they don't stand a chance against the US
Ahh, Liked Russia Armed MAO ZE DONG to Start Rebellion in China! To Convert it to Communism? How about Russia Armed North Korea to Invade the South? Ahh There's more How about Russia Armed North Vietnam to Attacked the South? US Armed Afghanistan rebel against Soviet Troops, and US Armed Ukraine Against Russia!
It takes a certain type of animal to disguise a mine as a child's toy
You mean a TACTICAL MILITARY GENIUS
Americans did the same in Eastern Europe, dropping pens and toys with explosives in them. There were many crippled children in Bulgaria post 1946 due to this, and it is documented. I never heard about it being done in Afghanistan until now so.... I highly doubt that the Soviets did that. The US loves to pin its own crimes on others.
@@grundgesetzart.1463I doubt this but the mine thing is true.
I think the shape, according to the soviets, was based on aerodynamics but not sure.
@@edgardovilla199Killing children?
The Soviets walked into an avalanche .
Jungles and mountains are not ideal battlegrounds for mechanized militaries.
Not to mention the heat and sand would of been hell for invading armies as we have seen
“Grave yard of empires” comments incoming. Afghanistan was conquered several times since ancient times by foreign powers, even Britain subdued them.
Who are they now ? Are they British ? Russian ? Are they American. I don't think so.
Especially Turkics ruled Afghanistan very long time
@@papazataklaattiranimam which kingdom. Weren't turk shahi and hindu shahi turks
@@ShubhamMishrabro Hindu Shahi were Indics while Turk Shahi were Khalaj Turks
@@papazataklaattiranimam ok
History repeating it's self as I type 😔✌️
Mgkn negara adi kuasa mudah hancurkn sebuah negara tapi mereka sulit menguasai & bertahan karena mempertahankan negara jajahan sangat berat
What do you think of the american rerun of this with a lot more slop. That was some fun watching Saigon 2 happen mid 2021.
you’re ignorant
You actually fell for that Saigon shit? 😂
Difference is, we massacared the taliban. They killed MAYBE 3-4000 US troops over 20 years while the US killed about 52,000 talibs…. Russia got massacred by the Mujahideen, 15,000 KIA in 9 years
@@ejro2820 Russia is got massackred in 1989???
@@ejro2820 it counts nothing with 2.3 trillion on paper expense on war by america (300 million daily). Do the opposite and see what happens.
AFG kicked those Russians’ ass. Great video
So did the taliban to the Americans
Yeah 2,000 compared to 52,000 they really kicked are ass
@@pambower5215 (14,000 > (>90,000 minimum))
@@olliebroadhurst4975 taliban are cruel
Russia never had a good day after the stinger missle was introduced
All these years later, we should have stayed completely out of it!
Ahmad sha massoud was a hero of the Asia. All khorasan and persien country should thanks him
Taliban hero mullah omar