Foreign Relations
What was the Iranian stance on afghanistan in 1979
Wanted more Shia influence to spread
what happened to afghanistan in 1973
A coup
What were the two main countries fighting the Cold War
USA and USSR
Which Superpower had soldiers on the ground if afghanistan
Which president devised the Carter Doctrine
Jimmy Carter
How many countries wanted to secure their borders with afghanistan
What type of government was Afghanistan from 1929-1973
A monarchy
What is a Proxy war
A war fought by two super powers indirectly through a third-party country
what style of fighting did the soviet afghan-war utilize
Guerilla warfare
What were the Afghan, American backed rebels called
Mujahideen
What were the 5 levels on the map
Afghan Government Control
Afghan Government Influence
Contested
Insurgent Activity
High Insurgent Activity
What war gave Afghanistan its independence
Third Anglo-Afghan War
The Cuban Missile Crisis was in response to what action
Putting nuclear missiles in Turkey
After the war who took control of Afghanistan
Radical Islamic extremists
What did the Carter doctrine say
any outside attempt to gain control of the Persian Gulf would be considered a direct threat to U.S. vital interests
Name every country we talked about and what their foreign interests with afghanistan were
United States: Countering soviet influence
Pakistan: Safe border
Iran: Shia influence
China: Preventing terroristic spillover
Which Afghan Leaders were soviet backed
The Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea
What leader did the soviets assassinate
Amin
3-4 billion
Uzbekistan
How many coups, assassinations, or overthrows happened from 1908-1979
5
What is the differences between Communism and Capitalism
Capitalism: Free market, pro-privatization, wealth inequality
Communism: State controlled market, State owns all businesses, Wealth distributed equally
How many men could be armed by the amount of weapons left behind after the war
302,000
What intelligence agency trained the Afghan rebels as part of operation cyclone
Inter-Service Intelligence (Pakistan)