... By the end of it, tens of thousands of soldiers were dead, and almost one million civilians lost their lives in the conflict. The Soviet-Afghan war was a very complex war, lasting from 1979 to 1989. The overall goal for the Soviets was to turn Afghanistan into another satellite country, ... was located and assassinated him, and his guards[Chr08]. In his place, the Soviet Union put a man named Babrak Karmal in charge of the Afghan government. His job, and his life depended on the fact that he had to keep Soviet Ideals in place, and that he allow the Russian ... Brezhnev, invaded Afghani...

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