The american backing was not in the beginning of the war. There were effectively 2 afghanistan's, the people in the city and the rural people.
When the soviets tried to impose mild secular reforms they had back lash from the rural farmers.
Also the entire war was just soviet conscripts slaughtering civilians because they are far far worse off in terms of training / culture compared to american solider.
Also Afghanistan was hardly a socialist state,'it em was basiclly a corrupt plutocracy that served as a puppet for moscow. Which is shown when they literally assassinated the head of state which helped descend the country into chaos
I thought it wasn't the soviets doing the mild secular reforms, but the guy who became head after the Saur revolution. Sparking actual backlash which he met with purges against them and the more Soviet-minded members of the revolution. However Brezhnev was flip flopping and hands off so he tacitly backed the leader
The american backing was not in the beginning of the war. There were effectively 2 afghanistan's, the people in the city and the rural people.
When the soviets tried to impose mild secular reforms they had back lash from the rural farmers.
Also the entire war was just soviet conscripts slaughtering civilians because they are far far worse off in terms of training / culture compared to american solider.
Also Afghanistan was hardly a socialist state,'it em was basiclly a corrupt plutocracy that served as a puppet for moscow. Which is shown when they literally assassinated the head of state which helped descend the country into chaos
I thought it wasn't the soviets doing the mild secular reforms, but the guy who became head after the Saur revolution. Sparking actual backlash which he met with purges against them and the more Soviet-minded members of the revolution. However Brezhnev was flip flopping and hands off so he tacitly backed the leader