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Afghanistan timeline 1971-1980
Afghanistan timeline
Table of contents
1 December 28, 1979
2 December 27, 1979
3 December 25, 1979
4 December 23, 1979
December 28
,
1979
Afghan
Prime Minister
Babrak Karmal
, took
Hafizullah Amin
's seat as president. Karmal was handpicked by
Moscow
.
December 27
,
1979
Viktor Karpukhin
was ordered to take the presidential palace in
Kabul
,
Afghanistan
. In the ambush, two Soviet soldiers were killed, and
Hafizullah Amin
was shot to death.
December 25
,
1979
40,000
Red Army
soldiers poured over the
Afghan
border.
December 23
,
1979
Viktor Karpukhin
led 38 soldiers of the "Alfa" anti-terrorist group, who along with 500 Soviet paratroopers, landed at
Begram[?]
airport, next to
Kabul
, Afghanistan.
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