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March 2009

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Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978-1992)

Unfortunately, my knowledge of the DRA is limited to the military history of the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan. I know very little about Afghan politics of the 1978 through 1992 period.

It is interesting to note that the communists did not come to power in Afghanistan in 1978 as a result of Soviet assistance, or as a result of a Soviet coup. Rather, the Afghan communists engineered a coup on their own, and the next day announced their success to the Soviet ambassador in Kabul. The Soviets were surprised at the development, as they regarded Afghan communist party as a fringe organization that was incapable of making any kind of serious impact on Afghan politics. Once the communists were in power, however, the Soviets assisted them.

This article, by the late Hampshire College professor Eqbal Ahmed, includes an excellent discussion of the odd circumstances surrounding the birth of the DRA in 1978: http://www.bitsonline.net/eqbal/articles_by_eqbal_view2.asp

Noteworthy, too, is that the Soviets were not fighting in Afghanistan in the 1980s to impose communism on the country. They realized that this goal was politically, socially, economically and militarily unfeasible. Most likely the Soviets were fighting to create circumstances that would allow the DRA to coexist in Afghanistan with the many other power groups, such as the mujahideen, that controlled the country.

Good luck with your research! Kenmore (talk) 02:09, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Join WikiProject Afghanistan! (if you know what's good for you!)

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--♥pashtun ismailiyya 23:10, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

RE:Coat of arms

Just take a normal picture's URL and change the name. For example, take this File:Coat Arms of Democratic Republic Afghanistan (1978).png, and then change the name to File:CoatArmsDRAfghanistan.png and it will automatically ask you to upload the file when you click it. That's my sneaky way of doing it, at least. --♥pashtun ismailiyya 22:45, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Military of the Republic of Afghanistan (1978-1992)

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WikiProject Afghanistan

Hello Im a Socialist! What Are You, your name has been removed from the less active members list at WikiProject Afghanistan/Members and moved to the former section of the members list. This is because you have not edited for over a year. If you become active again, feel free to move your name back to the active members lists. Cheers, —Danre98^{(talk^contribs)} 14:48, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of List of rulers of Afghanistan

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Seems to be just a list of links to another list article, List of heads of state of Afghanistan.

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