Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: References & Edit History

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Invalidated site: The National Security Archive - Afghanistan: Lessons from the Last War. Sep 14, 2026
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Afghanistan: The Soviet Union’s War in Vietnam. Jun 08, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC- The History Hour - The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Apr 28, 2026
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - The Soviet Union's Invasion of Afghanistan Was a Fiasco—as Invasions of Afghanistan Always Are. Mar 21, 2026
Add new Web site: Asia Society - Barnett Rubin on the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the Rise of the Taliban. Jan 17, 2026
Add new Web site: White Rose Research Online - Spooks, Tribes, and Holy Men: The Central Intelligence Agency and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan (PDF). Oct 21, 2025
Add new Web site: National Security Archive - The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979: Not Trump’s Terrorists, Nor Zbig’s Warm Water Ports. Aug 29, 2025
Add new Web site: E-International Relations - Why Did the Soviet Union Invade Afghanistan in 1979? Jun 16, 2025
Add new Web site: American Archive of Public Broadcasting - Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989). Apr 25, 2025
Add new Web site: Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training - The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan � December 1979. Feb 15, 2025
Add new Web site: U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons - The Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost. Dec 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Afghan-Soviet War- 1979-89. Oct 21, 2024
Add new Web site: UW Faculty Web Server - The Afghanistan war and the breakdown of the Soviet Union. Sep 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Georgia Southern Commons - Aggression or Desperation: Reevaluating the Soviet Motivations for Invading Afghanistanfor Invading Afghanistan. Jul 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Federation of American Scientists - Predicting the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Intelligence Community's Record. Oct 18, 2023
Add new Web site: The National Security Archive - Afghanistan: Lessons from the Last War. Sep 04, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Afghanistan - Soviet Invasion. May 16, 2023
Add new Web site: The Heritage Foundation - The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Apr 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Office of the Historian - The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the U.S. Response, 1978�1980. Oct 20, 2022
Add new Web site: PBS News Hour - The Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan. Aug 13, 2022
Media added. May 11, 2020
Media added. Jan 03, 2019
Corrected display issue. Jan 05, 2018
Add new Web site: Wilson Center Digital Archive - Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Jun 03, 2015
Add new Web site: Wilson Center Digital Archive - Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Jun 03, 2015
Add new Web site: History Central - Soviets Invade Afghanistan. Aug 29, 2013
Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Aug 29, 2013
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - History - Afghanistan War. Aug 19, 2011
Add new Web site: Marxists Internet Archive - Afghanistan War. Aug 19, 2011
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - The 1978 Revolution and The Soviet Invasion. Aug 19, 2011
New article added. Jan 15, 2009
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