(1/4) Today's tweets offer more historical context for the Clinton policy tweets later this week. I left off yesterday with the Soviet-Afghan War. During the war, #Afghanistan's communist government was deeply unpopular with much of the country's population. The rebels who fought
(2/4) both the invading Soviets and the Afghan communist government were collectively called the mujahideen, who often expressed their opposition to atheistic communism in religious terms and cast the war as a jihad. The mujahideen, however, were very diverse. They
included at...
included at...
(3/4) least 7 different main factions: most were
Sunnis, some were Shia, and their interpretations of Islam varied widely. The mujahideen were also divided along ethnic, linguistic, and regional lines. The rebels’
opposition to the communists bound them together during the war.
Sunnis, some were Shia, and their interpretations of Islam varied widely. The mujahideen were also divided along ethnic, linguistic, and regional lines. The rebels’
opposition to the communists bound them together during the war.
(4/4) My next thread later this afternoon will examine U.S. policy toward the Soviet-Afghan War and the mujahideen.
- KJS @TheGingerProf
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons
- KJS @TheGingerProf
Image credit: Wikimedia Commons
