Question

On January 14, 1980, the United Nations General Assembly voted 104 to 18 to "deplore" the Russian intervention in this nation. The immense margin of victory for the resolution (a formal statement by the United Nations) indicated the worldwide disapproval of the December 1979 Soviet action and was a diplomatic victory for the United States.

This statement refers to what action by the Soviet Union that sparked a number of radical Islamic movements?

Answer 1

The soviet invasion of Afghanistan

The invasion also ended a period of lessened tension between Moscow and Nixon administration. The period known as detente,had seen an increasing easing of tensions and threats of nuclear war between the two cold war proteges before the soviet decided to invade the country.