Why did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan in 1979?
Regarding Soviet Union (Shourawee ) why the invade Afghanistan in 1979 .i can tell you very important issue: Soviet Union start invade to Afghanistan 3 or 4 times and the last one was very good for them because the had their won servent in Afghanistan the want to invade Afghanistan complete and have a military base here and then go to Pakistan and Establish and military base there and then go to India and have the largest Military base there and then go to Glove and have power on GAS /Oil there and become the most super power to defeat the Great America . but the soviet lost everything in Afghanistan and now the USA have a power in glove for the Oil/Gas there .
In 1978, the Parcham party took over the country in a coup d’etat by ousting then president Mohammed Daoud Khan. The Parchams were sympathetic toward the Soviet Union and they formed the country of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Once in power, the Parchams implemented an authoritarian socialist agenda by suppressing religious freedoms such as men were obligated to shave their beards, women couldn’t wear burqas and mosques were placed off limits. The Parchams invited the Soviets to assist in modernizing its economic structure and such. In December 1978, the Soviets and Parchams signed a treaty that allowed for Soviet military intervention in case upon request. This is basically the key element. Just like with the Taliban, the Parchams oppressed many factions of Afghanistan who decided to rebel especially the mujahideen. During this time, the current president of Afghanistan Taraki was assassinated by Amin who took power. KGB intelligence showed Amin was trying to bring the inte
