Afghanistan The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response 1979 1982 1st Edition by Hassan Kakar ISBN 978-0520208933 0520208933

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ISBN 10:  0520208933

ISBN 13: 978-0520208933

Author: M. Hassan Kakar

Few people are more respected or better positioned to speak on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan than M. Hassan Kakar. A professor at Kabul University and scholar of Afghanistan affairs at the time of the 1978 coup d’état, Kakar vividly describes the events surrounding the Soviet invasion in 1979 and the encounter between the military superpower and the poorly armed Afghans. The events that followed are carefully detailed, with eyewitness accounts and authoritative documentation that provide an unparalleled view of this historical moment.

Because of his prominence Kakar was at first treated with deference by the Marxist government and was not imprisoned, although he openly criticized the regime. When he was put behind bars the outcry from scholars all over the world possibly saved his life. In prison for five years, he continued collecting information, much of it from prominent Afghans of varying political persuasions who were themselves prisoners.

Kakar brings firsthand knowledge and a historian’s sensibility to his account of the invasion and its aftermath. This is both a personal document and a historical one―Kakar lived through the events he describes, and his concern for human rights rather than party politics infuses his writing. As Afghans and the rest of the world try to make sense of Afghanistan’s recent past, Kakar’s voice will be one of those most listened to.

Table of contents: 

1. Introduction

2. The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

3. Why Did the Soviet Union Invade?

4. Under the Soviet Shadow

5. Islamic Resistance Organizations

6. Nationalist Resistance Organizations

7. Urban Uprisings and Their Suppression

8. Beginning of the Countrywide Armed Clashes

9. A New Type of War Leader: The Case of Logar

10. KhAD as an Agency of Suppression

11. Military and Administrative Measures for Consolidation of the Government

12. Victory at Any Cost

13. Elimination of Opponents by Nonmilitary Means

14. Genocide Throughout the Country

15. Genocide in Districts Around Kabul

16. Conclusion

17. Epilogue 1982-1994

18. Political Organizations, Factions and Unions

19. Selected Biographical Sketches

20. Afghan Refugees in Pakistan

21. Telephone Conversation Between Kosygin and Taraki

22. Notes

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