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• Islam Questions and Answers - ABC News

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Why is it so difficult to fight the war in
Afghanistan?
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Afghan Tribes
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Government(s)

• Constitutional Monarchy until 1973
• 1973 Military coup overthrows the monarchy and
  set up one-party rule
• 1979 Communists overthrow the one-party rule,
  but many different groups rebel against the
  communists including the US funded Mujahideen
  (Pakistan and Iran also supported different
  groups).
• 1979 Soviet Union invades in an attempt to
  retain Soviet communist control
• 1989 Soviets withdraw in defeat 1989

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By the mid 1990s the extremist Taliban
controlled most of Afghanistan
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Both the AoD and the AoI were motivated by the
need to gain power and prestige for ones
country, and to attempt to stay a competitor in
the global race for power.
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