24 déc. 1979 - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

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At the end of December 1979, the Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country. The United States and its European allies guided by their own belief of containment sharply criticized the Soviet move into Afghanistan in the midst of the Cold War. The Soviet Army invaded Afghanistan in order to up the communist government of the Peoples Democratic Party in Afghanistan against a growing insurgency, The Soviet Union feared the loss of its communist.