2. THE HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN: SOVIET INVASION BY: SARA CODY, NICK TORRES, AND CHRIS ROPPOLO

3. AT THE TIME, AFGHANISTAN WAS AN UNSTABLE MONARCHY, LEAD BY KING ZAHIR SHAH.

4. THE SOVIETS LEADER, LEONID BREZHNEV ORDER TROOPS INTO AFGHANISTAN.

8. THE SOVIETS ENTERED INTO THE WEAK GOVERNED AFGHANISTAN TO GAIN MORE CONTROL OF ASIA.

12. US NEVER INTERVENES

17. “SOME 1 MILLION AFGHANS DIED DURING THIS PERIOD, WITH MORE THAN 8,000 PEOPLE WERE EXECUTED AFTER BEING PUT ON TRIAL BETWEEN 1980 AND 1988.” (THE SOVIET OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN)

19. THE WITHDRAWAL OF SOVIET TROOPS IN FEBRUARY OF 1989

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