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The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan which was the Communist political party.
To reestablish the Communist regime in Afghanistan.
A Monarchy, a Communist State, a republic and a theocracy.
to promote communist ideals and values.
In the 1970s, there was a revolution in Afghanistan, which led to the establishment of a communist government. Since this was the height of the Cold War and everything, the Soviet Union (Russia) immediately declared itself an ally of communist Afghanistan. When the Afghans started to rebel against their new communist government the Soviets sent in troops to put down the rebellion. Ultimately, the Soviets' goals were to maintain a communist "buffer state" separating themselves from non-communist Middle Eastern countries, and also to expand their sphere of influence.
The Soviets wanted to prop up Afghanistan's unpopular communist government against Islamic guerrillas.
The Soviets wanted to prop up Afghanistan's unpopular communist government against Islamic guerrillas.
to promote communist ideals and values.
to promote communist ideals and values.
No. The Taliban is a Fundamentalist Islamist Group. They actually fought against the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s and the puppet Communist Government of Afghanistan. In terms of politics, they are much close to European fascists of the middle of the 20th century without the corporatist aspect of the fascists' policies.
Muslim and anti-communist groups declared war on one another with covert support from the US and Pakistan.
When the Soviets left Afghanistan, no one "took over." The Communist government that they had intervened to support was still in power. This was attacked for the next three years by the Taliban until they took over.They left in 1989