THE SOVIET AFGHAN WAR

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

• Rivaling powers
• Khalqis/Parchamists
• Mohammad Daoud
• Babrak Karmal vs. Noor Taraki
• Soviet Powers vs. Tribal Powers
• 1979-1989

VIOLATIONS

• 3: Right to live in freedom and saftey
• 13: Right to move freely and live where you want
• 25: Right to healthy standard of living

PEOPLE AFFECTED

• 1.5 million civilian losses
• Farmland secured by Mujahideen forces and turned into opium farms
• 2.8 million fled to Pakistan
• 1.5 million fled to Iran

PROBLEMS

• Soviet Vietnam
• Heroin Trade
• Rise of terrorist forces

RESOLUTION

• US gave Mujahideen forces anti air equipment
• Nothing changed about heroin trade
• Soviet Union dissolved