Opinion of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Why have there been so many threads about this recently? Have Jacobin been running a special or something?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Yes, all that footage of a relatively 'modern' looking Kabul etc. that people point to sometimes was shot under the previous two regimes. But I pointed that out a while ago here and no one paid attention, so you're wasting your time.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

It's possible but far from a certainty. The Taliban came to power because the people the Soviets were fighting were totally unable to run a government.

Specifically though, the Taliban could not have come into existence without the refugee camps over the border.