When The Soviets Invaded Afghanistan | History Documentary

What Caused The Afghan-Soviet War?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAmEp89rB7M&t=2s Check out Cynical Historian's video on the Global War on Terror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nwe0ehW2nY Street Food Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/StreetFoodBites 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. FREE NEWSLETTER: https://mailchi.mp/a69f93be6c66/hikma-history-newsletter - Become a Patron for as little as a dollar a month to vote on upcoming and keep the movement going! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=12397811 Massive thank you to our Patreons: Pedro Igor Aman Valter William Tahsin Zaki Sam Elman Walid Fatima Tristan Edgar Claudius Bilal Rob Kjetil Amin Tasso Deniz Yehoshua Artin Adam Omar Farid Ibrahim Ari Joshua Haseeb Mahmoud Joel CoreBard - Join our social media community: Twitter: https://twitter.com/HikmaHistory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hikmahistory/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HikmaHistory/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hikma... #afghan #historydocumentary #russia Images Used: Music Used: - The beautiful rabab music you hear in the video is Qais Essar. Check out his music at: http://www.therabab.com/ https://qaisessar.com/ https://www.instagram.com/q_essar/ Doug Maxwell - Arabian Nightfall (Sting): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bRzD... Kevin MacLeod - Dark Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G109VqPpTsQ If any of the images or songs are yours, please let me know I will amend them. Please don't report me straight away! 0:00 Intro 1:18 Invasion & Early Years 8:52 Foreign Assistance to the Mujahideen 15:45 Mujahideen Leadership 19:34 Conclusion & Aftermath