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An Afghan man scans the sky after Soviet fighter jets bombed his home in a village near Pakistan, his sons were inside the house and were killed in the bombing. (1988)

u/Muhammadachakzai2001 — 3 days ago
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A young Afghan resistance fighter working at a gunsmith station inside an underground Mujahideen hideout in Zhawar, Khost Province, Afghanistan. Soviet–Afghan War (1985)

u/Muhammadachakzai2001 — 4 days ago

What was the worst period in your county’s history?

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 1979-1989. It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million Afghan civilians, and 6 million more displaced both internally and externally as refugees, it was the start of the 40 year long conflict in Afghanistan. to this day some areas in Afghanistan have never recovered.

u/Muhammadachakzai2001 — 8 days ago
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What are your thoughts on Ahmad Shah Massoud?

He was the most famous anti-communist fighter and leader during the Soviet war in Afghanistan during the 1980s, he later went on to become the main resistance against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda all the way untill his death in 2001.

He is looked at very positively in the west and among a lot of Afghans, he is viewed as a moderate and a freedom fighter, but what are your thoughts on him?

u/Muhammadachakzai2001 — 15 hours ago