The Afghan-Soviet War happened during the 1970’s. The Afghan-American War started in the 1990’s to current day. There were many conflicts that led them to war, and the events during both wars would change history as we know it. Also the end result for the Soviets was different from what has happened so far in the United States. Both wars have destroyed Afghanistan to its core, yet they still have their pride for their country.
There are multiple reasons why the United States invaded Afghanistan. The Afghan-American War started on October 15, 1999, when the United Nations Security Committee formed Resolution 1267. “The Resolution 1267 created the so-called al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions committee,” which linked the two groups as terrorists …show more content…
In the summer of 1973, the former Afghan prime minister, Mohammed Daoud, launched a successful coup against the late king Mohammed Zahir Shah. The former king was more of a nationalist than a socialist; his coup was reliant on pro-Soviet military and civic sectors. Ever since 1955 the Soviet Union provided Afghanistan military training and materialistic goods. By 1973, one third of active soviet soldiers were on Afghan soil. Also, Daoud Khan liked having the aid of People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, which was established in 1965 upon the ideology of Karl Marx and loyalty to Russia. In the year 1967, the PDPA split in half. One of the groups of the PDPA were called the Parchamists and their leader was Babrak Karmal, who stood by Mohammad Daoud Khan. The second group of the PDPA was the Khalqis or Khalqists whose leader was Noor Mohammad Taraki. In the following five years Daoud tried to do an impossible task that no one had attempted to do. He tried to govern Afghan Islamic tribal sections while he was floundering to reunite the PDPA together. The Khalq sector never fully acknowledge the leadership of Daoud Khan. Babrak Karmal saw the coup primarily as a way to secure his power in the Afghan government. Daoud wanted to reduce the menaces by leading Afghanistan away from Soviet control and improving Afghan-U.S. alliance, while lowering the anarchist elements in …show more content…
The troops and the Khalq faction went to the presidential palace to murder Daoud and his family. In the next few days, Taraki became the new prime minister and Karmal wanted to end the PDPA divide so, he became the deputy prime minister. In the United States, this Communist revolution was met with alarm. The Carter administration recognized that Taraki would undo Daoud’s attempt to steer Afghanistan away from Moscow, and it debated whether to cut ties with Afghanistan or recognize Taraki in the hopes that Soviet influence could be controlled. (U.S. DOS). The President’s attendant for National Security Affairs Zbigniew Brzezinski recommended the past course, former president Carter helped the Department of State’s assistance of recognition. After the revolution, the United States acknowledged the advanced government and named Adolph Dubs the ambassador of United States to Afghanistan. He was the ambassador of United States to Afghanistan until his kidnapping and death at the hands of Afghan Shia protesters on February 1979, Dubs strongly attempted to have a good relationship with the Taraki administration in the aspiration to have U.S. aid that would keep the Soviet impact trapped from Afghanistan. In the summer of 1979, “Hafizullah Amin a longtime ally of Taraki who became Deputy Prime Minister following the April Revolution, received word that Babrak Karmal (Daoud’s early supporter) was leading a Parcham plot
There are multiple reasons why the United States invaded Afghanistan. The Afghan-American War started on October 15, 1999, when the United Nations Security Committee formed Resolution 1267. “The Resolution 1267 created the so-called al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions committee,” which linked the two groups as terrorists …show more content…
In the summer of 1973, the former Afghan prime minister, Mohammed Daoud, launched a successful coup against the late king Mohammed Zahir Shah. The former king was more of a nationalist than a socialist; his coup was reliant on pro-Soviet military and civic sectors. Ever since 1955 the Soviet Union provided Afghanistan military training and materialistic goods. By 1973, one third of active soviet soldiers were on Afghan soil. Also, Daoud Khan liked having the aid of People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, which was established in 1965 upon the ideology of Karl Marx and loyalty to Russia. In the year 1967, the PDPA split in half. One of the groups of the PDPA were called the Parchamists and their leader was Babrak Karmal, who stood by Mohammad Daoud Khan. The second group of the PDPA was the Khalqis or Khalqists whose leader was Noor Mohammad Taraki. In the following five years Daoud tried to do an impossible task that no one had attempted to do. He tried to govern Afghan Islamic tribal sections while he was floundering to reunite the PDPA together. The Khalq sector never fully acknowledge the leadership of Daoud Khan. Babrak Karmal saw the coup primarily as a way to secure his power in the Afghan government. Daoud wanted to reduce the menaces by leading Afghanistan away from Soviet control and improving Afghan-U.S. alliance, while lowering the anarchist elements in …show more content…
The troops and the Khalq faction went to the presidential palace to murder Daoud and his family. In the next few days, Taraki became the new prime minister and Karmal wanted to end the PDPA divide so, he became the deputy prime minister. In the United States, this Communist revolution was met with alarm. The Carter administration recognized that Taraki would undo Daoud’s attempt to steer Afghanistan away from Moscow, and it debated whether to cut ties with Afghanistan or recognize Taraki in the hopes that Soviet influence could be controlled. (U.S. DOS). The President’s attendant for National Security Affairs Zbigniew Brzezinski recommended the past course, former president Carter helped the Department of State’s assistance of recognition. After the revolution, the United States acknowledged the advanced government and named Adolph Dubs the ambassador of United States to Afghanistan. He was the ambassador of United States to Afghanistan until his kidnapping and death at the hands of Afghan Shia protesters on February 1979, Dubs strongly attempted to have a good relationship with the Taraki administration in the aspiration to have U.S. aid that would keep the Soviet impact trapped from Afghanistan. In the summer of 1979, “Hafizullah Amin a longtime ally of Taraki who became Deputy Prime Minister following the April Revolution, received word that Babrak Karmal (Daoud’s early supporter) was leading a Parcham plot