PPT-Why did the USSR invade Afghanistan in 1979?

Learning objective to be able to explain the reasons why the USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979 I can describe the reasons why the USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979 Grade D I can . By: Ahmad Hasib Farhan . Public Policy Program (MP1). Affiliation: Sanayee Development Foundation/MRRD/MAIL. 22 July 2011 Policy Design and Implementation in Developing Countries. Contents of the Presentation. 1979-1991. Illustration adapted from Ben Walsh, ‘Modern World History’. An NDM Production. Why did the Cold War return in the early 1980s. ?. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 re-opened the Cold War.. •• • USSR and Afghanistan sign a Treaty ofNeutrality and Mutual Non-Intervention. Spring 1929 Soviet military expedition, directed by Vitaly Primakov, the Soviet Military Atta Counterinsurgency Operations in Kunar and Nuristan. Situation. September 11. th. terrorist attack. OEF launched . October 7, 2001 as a . response. Find Osama . Bin Laden and all high-ranking Al Qaeda . Geography and Economics. Location: Southern Asia, North West of Pakistan, East of Iran.. -Land Locked. . -Hindu Kush mountains that run Northeast to Southwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country.. Background info…. Afghan Communist Party founded in 1965.. Communist Party took control in a Soviet backed military coup in 1978.. Party never had much support, especially in the rural areas.. In a short time, Afghan Rebels had control of 22 of 28 Afghan provinces.. A Mr. Ayala Presentation. Objectives/ Things to know. 1) What started World War II in Asia, Africa, and Europe?. 2) Who were the aggressors? . 3) What occurred during the Spanish Civil War?. 4. )What . Making History: Block 4. 1. . 1979 . and . all that. Britain and 1979: the end of the post-war consensus?. Britain 1979: the ‘winter of discontent’. Britain 1979: Anarchy in the UK?. Seasons in . Lesson . 3a . – . Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1978-88). Essential . Question. To what extent did the Afghanistan War lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union?. Learning Outcomes - Students will:. L/O – To identify and evaluate the long and short-term causes of the collapse of the USSR. The ‘Sudden’ Collapse of the USSR. On Xmas Day in 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President and the USSR ceased to exist. Thus ending the Cold War. No one in the West had predicted it!. Counterinsurgency Operations in Kunar and Nuristan. Situation. September 11. th. terrorist attack. OEF launched . October 7, 2001 as a . response. Find Osama . Bin Laden and all high-ranking Al Qaeda . 1968 - 1991. Reagan’s speech at Brandenburg gate – June 12, 1987. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWDrTXMgF8. – Reagan’s speech at Brandenburg gate, 1987. From . S. talin to Khrushchev. Stalin died May 3, 1953. USSR - War in Afghanistan. Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”). By Sarah Nichols. the Arms Race. Major Events. Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1945)– End of war with Japan. A-Bomb and H-Bomb testing by USA – 1945 and 1952 respectively. Third World Countries. -Latin America, Asia, Africa. -Nonaligned Nations. 2. Second World Countries. -Fidel Castro. -Nicaragua. -Afghanistan. 3. First World Countries. -Cuban Missile . C. risis. -Iran.