{"id":19156,"date":"2022-10-21T11:28:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T09:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=217692"},"modified":"2022-10-21T11:43:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T09:43:05","slug":"the-soviet-invasion-of-afghanistan-war-without-end","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-soviet-invasion-of-afghanistan-war-without-end\/","title":{"rendered":"The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: war without end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Matt Elton\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 21 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>When Soviet forces mounted an invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979, they entered a nation already in the grips of a complex civil war. Speaking to Matt Elton, Elisabeth Leake reveals how the invasion and ensuing occupation would go on to shape not only modern Afghanistan but also the course of the Cold War and subsequent international relations.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-217692-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/Sovietafghanconflict-2ddb307.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/Sovietafghanconflict-2ddb307.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/10\/Sovietafghanconflict-2ddb307.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Elisabeth Leake is the author of <em>Afghan Crucible: The Soviet Invasion and the Making of Modern Afghanistan<\/em> (Oxford University Press, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/afghan-crucible-the-soviet-invasion-and-the-making-of-modern-afghanistan\/9780198846017&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Afghan-Crucible-Soviet-Invasion-Afghanistan\/dp\/0198846010\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/afghan-crucible\/elisabeth-leake\/9780198846017&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matt Elton Published: Friday, 21 October 2022 at 12:00 am When Soviet forces mounted an invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979, they entered a nation already in the grips of a complex civil war. 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