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Afghanistan–Soviet Union relations | HearLore
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Afghanistan–Soviet Union relations
Operation Storm-333In September 1979, Nur Muhammad Taraki was deposed by Hafizullah Amin. This event marked the beginning of a sharp decline in Afghan-Soviet relations.
Soviet withdrawal from AfghanistanMikhail Gorbachev became General Secretary of the Communist Party in March 1985. He decided to seek a withdrawal from Afghanistan by October that same year.
Soviet–Afghan WarIn 1893, British civil servant Mortimer Durand drew a line across the Pamir Mountains that would haunt Afghanistan for over a century.