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South Asia

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Afghan resistance fighters return to a village destroyed by Soviet forces

Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

Andrei Gromyko at the UN, 1981

Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich

1909- 1989

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Leonid Brezhnev, 1974.

Brezhnev, Leonid Il'ich

1906- 1982

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Ustinov, Dimitri F.

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Ponomarev, Boris Nikolaevich

1905- 1995

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Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich

1914- 1984

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Soviet Union. Communist Party. Central Committee (CPSU CC). Politburo

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January 23, 1980	CPSU CC Memo with excerpt from Protocol #180/64, 23 January 1980 Concerns orders to Soviet troops.
January 25, 1980	CPSU CC Memo with excerpt from Protocol #181/2 and attachments, 25 January 1980 Concerns Soviet troops in Afghanistan.
October 9, 1986	Decree of the Secretary of the CC CPSU, 09 October 1986 Concerns the KGB in Kabul and the help of the Iraqi Communist Party.
December 23, 1986	CPSU CC Report, 23 December 1986 Concerns Soviet assistance to Afghanistan.
July 22, 1989	CPSU CC Memo with Excerpt from Protocol #163/44, 22 July 1989 The protocol deals with the further arming of Afghanistan and the training of Afghan servicemen in the USSR.
March 12, 1989	CPSU CC Memo with excerpt from Protocol #149/23 and an attached report, 12 March 1989 This memo concerns further measures for urgent military aid to Afghanistan.
May 19, 1989	CPSU CC Memo, excerpt from Protocol #159/20, 19 May 1989 This memo concerns military aid to Afghanistan for May-June 1989.
March 20, 1979	Record of Conversation between L.I. Brezhnev and N.M. Taraki, 20 March 1979 After the more general meeting of the same day, Brezhnev and Taraki meet to further discuss the situation in Afghanistan. Brezhnev advises Taraki to widen the base of the government's support among the people through political and economic means. Taraki reaffirms his current position, which includes open borders with Iran and Pakistan as well as the policy of persecution within Afghanistan.
April 21, 1979	Protocol #150 of the CC CPSU Politburo Session, 21 April 1979 Concerns helicopter and ammunition deliveries from the Soviet Union to Afghanistan.
October 10, 1979	Information of KGB USSR to CC CPSU International Department Information of KGB USSR to CC CPSU International Department regarding the impact of the situation in Iran on Afghanistan