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34. Afghanistan was in the sphere of Influence of Russia since the 1830s

More as the Afghan looked for support in their wars with the British out of British India. The revolution of 1917, gave the British an opportunity to extend their influence, but by the early 1930s, Afghanistan was within the orbit of the Soviet Union,. Like the Rulers of Poland, East Germany and most of the members of the Warsaw Pact from 1945 till 1989, the Rulers of Afghanistan had to be agreeable to the Soviet Union, Technically all of those countries picked their own leaders, but it was understood the Soviet Union had finally say on the Selection, Thus, while it is true Stalin did pick him directly, it was understood Stalin had final say. Thus till Stalin died in 1952, who ruled Afghanistan that person was Stalin's hand pick choice. The remain the case till the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

As I pointed out the Young Turks of the Third Generation had screwed up Afghanistan so much, that the locals had to ask the remaining Second generation to intervene,. Thus while our prospectives and what caused the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, that the Soviet Union invaded THEIR ALLY Afghanistan is not is dispute.

I was going into WHY the Soviet Union intervened, not the excuses used to justify that intervention,