Question

How did the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan contribute to the fall of the Soviet Union?

Select all the correct answers

1.The Red Army lost its strength and reputation.
2.The Soviet Union used nuclear weapons illegally against Afghanistan.
3.The United States provided no military aid to Afghanistan, thereby lengthening the conflict.
4.The Soviet economy crumbled further due to the heavy military cost of the invasion.
5.Eventually, Afghanistan managed to gain the support of many Soviet satellite states.

Answer 1

2.The Soviet Union used nuclear weapons illegally against Afghanistan.

Answer 2

4.The Soviet economy crumbled further due to the heavy military cost of the invasion.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Afghan War, also called the Russo-Afghan War or the Afghan-Soviet War, by the Afghan Islamist mujahideen, was the first phase of the extensive conflict of the Afghan Civil War, the conflict between April 1978 and April 1992, The armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (RDA), supported by the Soviet Army from December 1979 to February 1989, fought against the Mujahideen insurgents, groups of Afghan Islamic guerrillas supported by numerous foreign countries. United States, who provided them with huge amounts of weapons and money. The conflict is considered part of the Cold War.

The conflict began in 1978, when the Saur Revolution took place, which made Afghanistan a Socialist State ruled by the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA). It was then that the US government initiated "Operation Cyclone" in the context of the Cold War, providing weapons and extensive funding to the Islamic mujahideen rebels that destabilized the country to such an extent that less than a year later the Revolutionary Council requested The intervention of the Soviet Army The Soviet forces immediately deposed and assassinated the president of the GDR Hafizullah Amin, who had previously ordered the previous president and leader of the revolution, Nur Mohammad Taraki, to be arbitrarily executed. The intervention produced a resurgence of the Mujahideen guerrillas, who, although divided into various factions, embarked on a long campaign against the Soviet-Afghan forces, backed by supplies and logistical and financial support from nations such as the United States, Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, China, Israel and the United Kingdom.

After more than nine years of war, the Soviets withdrew in 1989 after the signing of the Geneva Accords between Pakistan and the GDR. However, clashes between insurgents and government troops continued until April 1992, when the dissolution of the USSR caused the economic collapse of the country and the fundamentalists could establish the Islamic State. The conflict has been repeatedly described by the US press like the Vietnam of the USSR.