Is the Mujahideen’s victory over the Soviets the greatest example of an underdog defeating the favourite? If not, what else trumps it? Afghan History Playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLiPhmAD3I2JwtvkJo3FEzNjREicYlQgm1.html
i dont see it as an underdog thing, i think its more the failure of "transcendental institutionalism", the Soviets thinking they could make ideological assumptions and then just rearrange the world to match those assumptions.... the real conditions on the ground, where the people lived and had their own sort of participatory activism. seems akin to other disastrous invasions where the aggressor made multiple, fundamentally flawed assumptions about the nature of the material world. 🙃
@HikmaHistory This video lacks a few key pieces of information. 1. Zbigniew Brzezinski revealed the mujahadeen were supported before the soviets intervened. Evidence on my youtube channel: 3:35-9:02 The US Empire destroyed afghanistan from 1979 to 2021 part 2/2 2. The instability in the fergana valley caused by foreign meddling in afghanistan. 3.The role of Mackinders thesis on US foreign policy
my uncle and grandfather were both taken by soviets from their village and they were never returned. There’s not even a trace of their names being registered at any prison or where they were buried.
@Hikma History I am a history nerd and of course, an Orthodox Christian from America as well. I’m watching your channel because I adore history. As a history nerd, I’m actually taking Arabic at the university this semester. Please pray to God that I do well. If you didn’t know this, Arabic is also a liturgical language used in the Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox and Catholic churches. Lastly, keep posting Islamic history!
17th Century Pashto Poet Rahman Baba Mohmand writes: "When the honourable set their mind to a task, They don’t notice well or ditch in their way. He is neither aware of himself nor the world, When the moth beholds the flame"
Well done as usual! In my own personal opinion, I believe that if monarchy were never overthrown in Afghanistan, it would’ve been very unlikely that Afghanistan would’ve experienced the consecutive series of long lasting wars. And therefore today Afghanistan could’ve been a more prosperous country than what it is now.
@@HikmaHistory Exactly! And the same case also applies to Iran and Iraq. If the monarchy were also never overthrown in Iran and Iraq, today these two countries would’ve been some of the richest countries in the world. Iraq owns the second largest oil reserves in the Middle East and Iran the third. All these two countries needed to become well developed was political stability.
@@HikmaHistory Is there any doubt that the problem is that due to the EXTREMELY BARBARIC TEMPERAMENT OF [FELONIOUS] Persian rebels (whose "capitol" was recorded as being Khwarezm) the Mongolian administration's reaction was to punish Persians through historical revisionism and re-translation of Persian "historical records" BACK INTO the PERSIAN LANGUAGE (after it was, for a long time, maintained, remembered, recorded, and legislated in the ARABIC language ONLY)? These are such savages that they couldn't be allowed to legally use water for the purpose of cleaning. These are the type of people who start fires instead of writing letters.
Is there any doubt that the problem is that due to the EXTREMELY BARBARIC TEMPERAMENT OF [FELONIOUS] Persian rebels (whose "capitol" was recorded as being Khwarezm) the Mongolian administration's reaction was to punish Persians through historical revisionism and re-translation of Persian "historical records" BACK INTO the PERSIAN LANGUAGE (after it was, for a long time, maintained, remembered, recorded, and legislated in the ARABIC language ONLY)? These are such savages that they couldn't be allowed to legally use water for the purpose of cleaning. These are the type of people who start fires instead of writing letters.
Massoud negotiated the ceasefire with the Soviets because he was about to reach an operational culminating point and needed time to recruit, rearm, and retrain his forces. The Soviets conducted seven major operations against Massoud in the Panjsher, more large-scale operations than against any other Mujihadeen commander. By implementing the ceasefire, Massoud was able to take the pressure off the Panjsher and its inhabitants. What you failed to mentioned is that Massoud’s forces in Panjshir and surrounding areas were surrounded by Russians and Gulbuddin hekmatyar's forces and were under siege. No supplies were allowed to reach the Panshir vally. Becouse of the harsh winter the road to Badakhshan and the north were unusable. Furthermore, the ceasefire which was agreed upon was limited to a small area (panshir and solang highway) and not the entire north of Afghanistan. Massoud spent most of the year of the ceasefire period outside the Panjsher, establishing bases in the north. This ceasefire give him the time and opportunity to face the enemy better prepared next time. That is why he rejected the continuation of the ceasefire after it reached its end eventhough the soviets did offer it. Furthermore, the ceasefire was not applicable with the communist afghan army, which did attack Panshir with the help of Gulbuddin hekmatyar several times. Massoud used this ceasefire period to clear Andarab, which provided them supply route via the Khawak Pass and established a connection to northern Afghanistan. When Massoud cleared Andarab of Hisbi-Islami their commander, Juma Khan, escaped with some of his men. As soon as the Soviets found out, they called an emergency meeting, at which they angrily accused Massoud: ‘You used every opportunity to weaken our position and strengthen your own position, which is contrary to the ceasefire agreement signed by both sides”. Massoud said to the Soviets: “Juma Khan had closed down our supply route, so we disarmed him. We did not attack your forces. In addition, we have not reached any formal agreement yet. There are differences amongst mujahideen groups, which have nothing to do with you and our peace plan.’ The Russians said, ‘Juma Khan (commander of Hisbe islami) is working for us; he has been working with us for a long time.’ And ‘Our Afghan friends [Karmal and his communist government] are deeply upset with us'. This shows again that some Mujahidin leaders such as Gulbuddin hekmatyar were actually collaborating with the Soviet forces and Afghan communist government. Ahmad sha massoud knew this and took the wright decision to prevent total collapse of his forces and the true resistance in Panshir and in the north. Further information about this topic can found in the following books: Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud by Sandy Gall Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
@@kiythetheocrat5723 What are you talking about. The Taliban did not exist at that time. They were created later by the ISI. After the Soviets left Afghanistan and when Gulbudin Hekmatiyar lost the war against Ahmad Sha Massoud.
@@yamashe8480 the leaders of the taliban served as leaders of the most extremist factions during the war. Even Osama Bin Laden fought in afghanistan. So they lead afghanistan to actual independence starting in 1979 and ending in 2021
@@kiythetheocrat5723 No. That's not correct. Many former mujahideen did joined the Taliban later as they were gaining grounds as some of the former afghan communists. But majority of the Taliban were not the leaders of the resistance against the Soviets. It's a common misunderstanding. Some of them might have fought the Soviets as a foot soldier. Google the seven group that did the fighting against the Soviets and u will see. Large-scale fighting against the Soviets was primarily in the northern Afghanistan. Thats why the Soviets proposed the ceasefire with them even when they withdrew and not with those who were in the south. As for the Arab fighters, their role in the fight against the Soviets is extremely overrated. However, they did play a big role in the Civil war against the north.
@@yamashe8480 its a google search away, yeah. Its a google search away the leaders of the taliban fought not just as foot soldiers but as generals with their own factions and foot soldiers. fights =/= influence.
The US didn't lose the war in Afghanistan, they weren't even trying to conquer it, the US was in Afghanistan to keep the Taliban from forcing their ideals and barbaric ways of control onto the people like they are now. Once the US realized that after 20 years the Afghanistan citizens didn't appreciate their freedom from oppression we got out of there. I don't feel one bit Sorry for those people being so held back by the Taliban but too scared to fight for themselves to take the Taliban out of power.
What you're not understanding is America died on 9/11, and since then has been ruled by the globalist regime.The America before that would of never invaded Afghanistan. Anyone with half a brain knows 9/11 was done from within
My Dad was asked to help deliver SAMs to the resistance in Afghanistan and declined..but his commanding officer was captured and he found out and rescued him out of a make shift soviet prison camp with the help of 1 Afghan adult and one Afghan child soldier. All he had was his bow with exploding arrow heads and his trusty knife.
I had a friend from Pakistan and the taliban recruited guys from his village...I asked him who had the toughest soldiers...hands down he said the taliban were the toughest..
A budy of mine in college was gifted a shortbarreled Afgan rifle the 6 sided Damascus barrel was 44 cal. I was able to mate an open bolt system to this and turned it into a 44 cal semi-auto. I sold this rifle for $7500 7 or 8 years later as it was a one of a kind.
One of my family member's friends fought against the Soviets. He was caught, but somehow they made a mistake and thought he was a Russian, so he ran away when he got the chance.
@@rumikarapetrova5540 Russia, and particularly the Soviet Union, is/was a very multi-ethnic country. It's not just white slavs, but many other ethnicities as well. Not to mention, some Afghans are white. Such mistakes happen in the course of war.
Excellent point - as far as I'm aware that name stuck to describe members of the official party. Also of interest, there was a resurgence of sorts in venerating Lenin, especially under Gorbachev.
Collapse begun by death of Stalin. So word "Bolshevik" was put on shelve because with Gorbachev market reforms were launched, which, we all know, caused collapse.
@@HikmaHistoryложь. Уже после Сталина его формально почитали и уж тем более в 70-80гг. Можно было креститься и ходить в храм, проблема была только с литературой.
My grandfather was from small town with poverty in USSR. When he went to liberate the peiple of Afghanistan, he made friends to buy opium to make for sale in USSR. After the conflict my grandfather became wealthiest man in his village. May our god bless Afghanistan
Уже по описанию понятно откуда твой дед родом, овцелюбы вы наши ненаглядные. В этом вся ваша суть - визгами о прекрасном, "правоверном" исламе прикрывать бандитизм, этнические опг, наркоторговлю и прочие паскудства.
Masood was being popularized by BBC. The warriors of that time narrate that BBC would mention Masood in every report, even if it wasn’t even related to him or his involvement. I guess that should speak for itself.
Those PFM-1 butterfly mines "disguised" to look like children's toys, they just happen to look harmless and interesting to a child which would lead to many horrific injuries or death. Not defending the Soviets at all, just trying to clear things up.
Given that at any one time during the conflict more Afghans fought for the Najibullah government than against it I can understand why the conflict has been referred to as an Afghan civil war. 'Peace would have been incompatible with Islam?' That line threw me only a fanatic would have seen such a deal as worse than continued conflict.
My family fought for the Najib government. You have a point because in 1989, Najibullah and the government put in effort to unite the Afghan people by saying the mujahideen were just Pakistani and ISI proxies. This worked and in 1989, we won the Battle of Jalalabad without Soviets being present
@meatiest1989 Uh, that is one battle. Also battles are generally won by the counter-insurgent. They still lost. Edit: All this being noted, it is impressive. Edit2: If someone wants to resolve this seeming contradiction, I really like Counter-Insurgencies. I seriously love them, they are very difficult to fight but the military mastering they go through like the French getting Algerian rebels to just kill each other, the Portuguese turning insurgents to their side and Rhodesians mopping up rebel camps. I just adore it so much.
With a communist government. There should not be peace with them if possible. About the numbers who fought, again generally speaking the counter-insurgent can get more troops. This is nonetheless impressive, although how many actually wanted to join as opposed to being forced is a problem.
Apparently there are no superpowers manage to hold their grips in Afghanistan, the British, The Soviets and The Americans all of them were beast in their era however when it comes to Afghanistan, their were nothing but the pieces of chess kicked out from the chessboard.
Если бы США или СССР воевали потенциалом своих наций,а не ограниченными континентами и возможностями,то от Афганистана уже бы ничего не осталось. И те и другие хотели им лучшей жизни,но они выбрали притеснение женщин и убийства с наркоторговлей.
Russia always has problems man. I wonder 🤔 why. I got a feeling there's more to it though. Maybe because it's the biggest country in the world 🌎. Idk man
In 1978 till 1989 My Father had participated in this battlefield and fought for the freedom of Afghanistan against Soviet union under Pakistan army 88lit and He had visited at a number of villages and cities like kandhar khosat pagtia gardees and so many others.I have number of photographs of Afghanistan.
So many men from my city of Pakistan participated in this war with mujhadeens, unfortunately i wasn't born, if i was i would definitely take part in this
When you bring troops into a friendly and welcoming ally's territory to support that ally against an insurgency it's not "invading". Just like the US never invaded Vietnam or Korea.
@Drooman Kass the Afghan people are much better off with their current state then, right? I just wonder why they all want to migrate into Germany's welfare system then, eh? Stay where you are and enjoy what you fought for!
There's so many keyboard warriors, in Kabul, you couldn't tell their teenagers from American/European teenagers. Tattoos, un-Islamic music, sports, technology. Those are the ones I worry most about since US left.
Those are not the best examples as in both cases the other side was invading. In Korea the North invaded (Not an insurgency.) and in Vietnam well again the same. Also the allied government was not a legitimate country, they did not last at all long enough in any case. Edit: Also the friendly government you cite was promptly murdered and overthrown by the soviets. I forgot about that part.
Soviet Afghan war would completely destroy the latter , the Mujahideen takeover would later result in only more bloodshed and anarchy. This made the Taliban takeover more easy, as Afghans simply wanted some order .
It is now, the taliban have it all under control and under there government and they live peaceful and happy as it should been since before these wars.
At a house I rented a room one of the home owners was a Soviet Afghanistan war veteran being on the Soviet side. I was cleaning my guns once and he came to see and picked up my AR and held it like a professional. He's a really nice guy and with my buddies I'd joke he was ex Spetznaz but I heard he drove trucks there. I wish I'd have asked him more about it to compare how it was to my good friends time there in the US Army
If he drove trucks in Afghanistan, then he was likely getting hit by ambushes consistently. It’s likely he has more tales to tell than a spetznaz soldier from Afghanistan.
Nobody is enough strong to beat Afghanistan.It is the nation born out of well trained phenomena.Lesson like failure not recognized to the Afghans. They fight with their bones against any non-indeginous force wishing to dominate them for any interest and the obvious example is the retreat of Soviet union from the scene that is how ,the Afghans resist against the unsubmitted forces.
@@-Teca- nah lots of dumb ppl honestally believe we were in Afghanistan to build college campuses for girls that’s how brainwashed Americans have made everyone as of Ukraine
Oh gosh. Nice and depressing. I didn't realise Soviet losses were so low, a little surprised. As a side note I remember reading literature as a child, from the 90's I assume, about a girl in Aghanistan, and the specific mention that children should not approach "toy-like" objects. And then soon enough Aghanistan was a warzone and filled with (no longer noble and austere) mujahideen. So many different layers of propaganda over Afghanistan, each new one seamlessly hiding the level below. Thank you.
@MrRahman220 Oh @#£%, I forgot about them. In any case the numbers for the soviets, 14,000 around abouts, is much lower than 55,000 in Vietnam. For South-Vietnam casualties were 300,000 or there abouts. What was the case in Afghanistan?
It's 1 of the many accurate phrophecies in the Quran that the land previously known khorisan, which used to include most of if not all Afghanistan, NWFP of Pakistan and I think the eastern part of Iran, would never be conquered, and up until today that area mentioned above has never been fully conquered and never will according to the Quran. Apparently the USA was very reluctant to give the Mujahideen the stinger missile it did towards the ending of the war, even then it was not a game changer, a few flares out of planes would render the stingers missiles to lose effectiveness, the mujahideen would wait patiently for hours, days to catch pilots off guard, striking them whilst hiding in bushes etc, it was the mujahideens determination and faith that gave them success of course as a poor country financial help was crucial to fight others proxy war as well as their own. Peace to everyone.
@Micheal Al thanks for correcting me. Some Hadiths are considered weak not all as you said. It's a huge coincidence that Khorosan, formerly Afghanistan, NWFP of Pakistan and some parts of Iran until this day has not been fully conquered, as phrophecised in Hadiths, especially considering how many nations have tried.
@@sloopycat1954 have you forgotten about the Kushans, Alexandra the Great, Genghis Khan? And how about the arabs? What is the main religion of this region? It's definitely not native to it
@Elnaz never has Afghanistan been fully conquered only partially even then all conquerors struggled to maintain and keep whatever they had partially acquired. Sorry I don't understand the religion part of your question. Thankyou.
@@sloopycat1954 you could say that about a lot of countries. Fact is the lands that make up what is now Afghanistan have been conquered and influenced greatly by its conquerors (except in more recent times/last 300 years). Islam is not native to the region yet everyone is Muslim. Why? Because of foreigners.
Great video although the creator took a lazy approach of Ahmad Shah Massouds ceasefire with the Soviets. To state that his ceasefire would invalidate or lessen his impact of the Mujahadeen efforts is a gross simplification during the fog of war. Gulbadeen was on another level especially after the Soviets left Afghanistan known as the Butcher of Kabul. @hikma there is a reason why Ahmad Shah Massoud was assasinated 2 days before 9/11. Its ok sometimes we can honor the non Pashtun figures of the modern Afghan state.
I'm far from a communist but if we are being technical, the Soviets did not "invade" Afghanistan, the communist afghan government asked them to come in. This is an important distinction.
@@kiythetheocrat5723 saying “no one” liked them isn’t true. Plenty of Afghan people hated them but many liked them as well bc of the economic & educational development of Afghan society. It was split.
"...When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late...”. Bene Gesserit Coda
Afghanistan hasn't been in a state of war since the americans pulled out. Yes there are small scale resistance groups attacking the taliban here or there but 99% of the country is peaceful.
extremely one sided and biased view of the period! While it is always a problem for at least part of the population when a foreign army comes into a country, I have heard reports from Afghan people that the Soviets built roads, schools and hospitals and by no means targeted civilians. Not to say about the situation of women who were free to study, work and dress as they please. The Afghan war was one of many proxy wars, the then Soviet Union and now Russia is fighting with the US. It is the US who created, trained and armed the mujahedins, now turned Taliban. And we all see the result... Now it is the Afghan people turn to change their country and save their women and children, instead of running away to the west.
they never turned to the west. only the north alliance run by the "lion" did. the rest stayed and fought the american government. they forged their own government after the usa helped them & tried to control them (failing to do so)
most of our infrastructure was built by the USSR. USSR was our friend. when Daoud Khan went to USA in 1950s and ask if he can buy weapons they said no because USA supports t##ist pakistan but the USSR came and helped us modernize our army and we had a strong military when the USSR left in 1989. Pakistan and the Mujahadeen invaded jalalabad in 1989 and failed and were kicked out by the Afghan Army. only reason The Republic of Afghanistan fell was boris yeltsin cut fuel exports
Hikma spoke of private donations for the Mujahideen but didn't tell from where this money came. Probably from the Open Society Foundations and other neo-liberal bullshiters
That's because they always hated each other. But now we will finally see who of the 2 can win against each other. Russia will directly be facing the USA soon after it gets through Ukraine.
Ahh, Liked Russia Armed MAO ZE DONG to Start Rebellion in China! To Convert it to Communism? How about Russia Armed North Korea to Invade the South? Ahh There's more How about Russia Armed North Vietnam to Attacked the South? US Armed Afghanistan rebel against Soviet Troops, and US Armed Ukraine Against Russia!
Carter signed off on funding and arming anti communist groups in 1979 before the Soviet Intervention, according to National Security Advisor, Brzezinski, it was also one of contributing factors of the Soviet Decision to intervene.
They do this to distablish governments and rise weak leaderships who'll be favorable to sign business with them. I am very sure 99.9% of the private donations for Afghanistan came from things like the Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, Foundation for the Defence of Democracies, Foundation this, Foundation that... their chairmen loves to proft with cheap resources from devastated countries.
He sent non-lethal aid to the mujahideen who were already fighting against the Afghan government. Before this time the soviets were giving aid to the Afghans in the form of helicopters, tanks and military advisers. Finally, how would the soviets know? Until about 1985, the Afghans were being funded with old soviet equipment because the United States wanted to maintain plausible deniability, if this were true Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński would have just sent whatever they had on hand (Or at the very least not tried to be secret about it.). In Vietnam, everyone knew the soviets were providing military aid to the vietnamese for example. Finally the claim the soviets made was that the Afghan government was turning to the U.S. so what the @#£%?
انتصار المجاهدين لم يكن فقط للافغان بل كان بدعم العالم الإسلامي اجمع واختلط معهم مجاهدين عرب أيضا. انتصار طالبان كان بدعم العرب . كلنا طالبان النصر للاسلام ✌️
Afghanistan have a less knowledge of management. But I love them. They are with real indipendency in their mind. They are well aware with hard life. They have history of thousands of years to stay indipendent.
Americans did the same in Eastern Europe, dropping pens and toys with explosives in them. There were many crippled children in Bulgaria post 1946 due to this, and it is documented. I never heard about it being done in Afghanistan until now so.... I highly doubt that the Soviets did that. The US loves to pin its own crimes on others.
When the Soviets invaded and occupied Afghanistan it was all darkness, the world that the Afghans knew was gone and now these foreign European looking men with pale skin, blue eyes, and guttural voices riding on tanks and holding automatic weapons were now in charge of their lives and they cruel, sadistic, and brutal. It was the dark ages forced upon Afghanstan, descended upon them. Imagine how hard life was like for the 13 million Afghans who lived under Soviet occupation. And the two million slaughtered under it. The world owes Afghanistan an eternal gratitude debt that can never be repaid by defeating the Soviet Union. No other country fought as hard as Afghanistan against Soviet Imperialism. Not Ukraine, not Finland, not Hungary, not Poland, and not even Nazi Germany caused such long term harm to the USSR. Afghans fought the longest, hardest, and suffered the most. For years they fought Soviet tanks and hinds with sticks and stones until the USA, UK, China, and other countries started sending weapons and supplies to the Afghan freedom fighters. The Afghans outnumbered and outgunned by the technologically and militarily superior Soviets won in the end because they had the indomitable will to win because the thought of losing their country was unbearable. It was thanks to Afghanstan and its people for causing the collapse of the Soviet Union ultimately and bringing an end to the Cold War. While I admire a lot of Soviet culture and scientific engineering I cannot say the same about their military and Government who were on par as evil and immoral as the Axis Powers during World War 2.
The Russians eventually effectively naturalised the effect of the *"Stinger"* by flying missions in areas where they would be below the threat level so effectively valleys & canyons as the weapon could only shoot up & not down. 👍
Difference is, we massacared the taliban. They killed MAYBE 3-4000 US troops over 20 years while the US killed about 52,000 talibs…. Russia got massacred by the Mujahideen, 15,000 KIA in 9 years
The Soviet Afghan war wasn't as big deal as the West claims it was. If you think having 110 000 men going up and down the mountains of Afghanistan chasing after goat herders and farmers was a big deal, remember this. The Soviets at their peak only had about 110 000 troops in Afghanistan. Thst is 110 000 soldiers from a standing army of 5 million men, 55 000 tanks, 10 000 artillery pieces, 10 000 warplanes, 200 nuclear powered submarines. The Soviet Union lost 500 000 men almost every 2 or 3 weeks during WWII after 1941. Most Soviet forces who fought IN Afghanistan were from the neighboring Soviet Republic like Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan. They were not Ethnic Russians. Most of the ethnic Russian divisions who were best trained and equipped were ststioned in East Europe and Eastern Russia and never fought in Afghanistan. The 2 Wars in Chechnya were much more destructive and massive in scale for Russia
The Soviet soldiers WERE NOT ONLY from those Soviet republics as you mentioned. I lived in Ukraine in that time and MANY were drafted there. That was a big deal for Soviet ppl.
That's why 50 pct of people argue that Russia's win over Nazi Germany is a bit overrated. Yes Russia won but Germany completely 🗑️ trashed Russia's house and put fear 😨 in Russia. Russia lost many lives and many women had to raise their children fatherless.
At this point, I do not know what can be done to fix the Middle East now because the damages left by the European powers and the U.S are just so... many. Anyone knows how to solve all the problems in the Middle East? Please, tell me and the rest of the world if you have some solutions.
Consolidation of the Muslim powers is needed. That doesn't mean they will all become one country, but the infighting must stop. To do that, they must expunge western forces and traitors. Iran and Afghanistan have succeeded, but more countries must do this. They are slowly moving towards China and rejecting the west, but who know how long that will take. As the US declines, other nations move away from the US.
Honestly? Time. And non-intervention. Let the people of the Middle East decide what they need for themselves. Unfortunately, as long as we have superpowers who're concerned about their spheres of influence, we may never have peace in the Middle East or Africa.
Turn back the US monopoly of printing and making dollar freely or after priting money buying bonds from it and calling it security. This is how america is super power. Get off the fake and endless money supply and it cannot finance such wars and will not inflate other currencies. Dollar is all fake and other nation currecies s are semi fake. This is how to steal world wealth.
“When your layin out wounded In Afghanistan’s plains And the women come out to take up what remains Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains And go to your god like a soldier.” -Kipling(I’m 90% sure)
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Is the Mujahideen’s victory over the Soviets the greatest example of an underdog defeating the favourite? If not, what else trumps it?
Afghan History Playlist:
th-cam.com/play/PLiPhmAD3I2JwtvkJo3FEzNjREicYlQgm1.html
The Taliban vs NATO was a greater example.
i dont see it as an underdog thing, i think its more the failure of "transcendental institutionalism", the Soviets thinking they could make ideological assumptions and then just rearrange the world to match those assumptions.... the real conditions on the ground, where the people lived and had their own sort of participatory activism. seems akin to other disastrous invasions where the aggressor made multiple, fundamentally flawed assumptions about the nature of the material world. 🙃
Maybe Vietnam?
@HikmaHistory
This video lacks a few key pieces of information.
1. Zbigniew Brzezinski revealed the mujahadeen were supported before the soviets intervened.
Evidence on my youtube channel:
3:35-9:02
The US Empire destroyed afghanistan from 1979 to 2021 part 2/2
2. The instability in the fergana valley caused by foreign meddling in afghanistan.
3.The role of Mackinders thesis on US foreign policy
@@zoybean I've been thinking about this recently...
my uncle and grandfather were both taken by soviets from their village and they were never returned. There’s not even a trace of their names being registered at any prison or where they were buried.
that is some messed up stuff 🙏
I’m sorry this happened to you and your family.
إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
Actions like that are what spawn generational hate, I'm sorry to hear that happened to your family.
My great grandfather was taken by the soviets in WWII in Ukraine the very same way.
@Hikma History I am a history nerd and of course, an Orthodox Christian from America as well. I’m watching your channel because I adore history. As a history nerd, I’m actually taking Arabic at the university this semester. Please pray to God that I do well. If you didn’t know this, Arabic is also a liturgical language used in the Divine Liturgy of the Orthodox and Catholic churches. Lastly, keep posting Islamic history!
Is it really Islamic history though?
@@tosehoed123 You’ll have to ask Hikma history. It’s probably just Middle Eastern history with the major influence of the spread of Islam.
Can I learn some tips from you as a student of History?
@@elijahc.brooks3493can I learn some important tips from you as a student of History.
@@syedizhar7757 I’m not an expert, but I am a former history major. Go ahead!
17th Century Pashto Poet Rahman Baba Mohmand writes:
"When the honourable set their mind to a task, They don’t notice well or ditch in their way.
He is neither aware of himself nor the world, When the moth beholds the flame"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@mohammadarifahmadimansour4779 what's so funny?
BA Karrdi Laowdah Pashmi
What an excellent quote. Thank you for sharing that!
Well done as usual!
In my own personal opinion, I believe that if monarchy were never overthrown in Afghanistan, it would’ve been very unlikely that Afghanistan would’ve experienced the consecutive series of long lasting wars. And therefore today Afghanistan could’ve been a more prosperous country than what it is now.
Divide KRAINE; conquer KRAINE on your own! REKRAINE ALL THAT IS NEW. Dekraine the heart. Medically advance!
Because there was very little intertribal language education (because people spoke only the language of their own tribe), no intertribal court (In other words, there was only The Infinite Hunger For Endless Tribal Conflict), no nations, no science, and no Witness Protection Programs, the nasty populations were so vile and mean to one another that we couldn't even uphold Our Own Shared Scientific Process. This incident alone did not substantiate the dark age, but it certainly was one of the incidents which comprised the dark age (I am suggesting that we are currently in the process of overcoming the symptoms of being in this dark age).
Is there any doubt as to whether "A Scientist" is defined as being someone who believes that without him or her being able to complete his or her task, there will be no chance that Telling The Truth will ever be invented? And also that the first part of any curriculum must be about informing the students about the way Witness Protection Programs work?
Is there any doubt as to whether To Choose A Nation [to immigrate to] is To Choose The Only Source Of One's Education?
Is there any doubt as to whether only A Liar Exhibiting The Highest Level Of Self-Awareness will EVER seem interested in making you listen & pay attention to everything he or she says?
Is there any doubt as to whether Mankind's first idea was, is, or will be an intertribal court (in order for it to stop being too easy for tribes to start conflicts with each other) perhaps having its own language?
Barrel-aged Coca-Cola: is barrel-aged Coca-Cola a good idea or a bad idea?
Is there any doubt that the US Constitution is a theatrical [screen]play with its theme being, "Whose speech is free even if everyone knows everyone is carrying a gun"?
Is there any doubt as to whether having intertribal courts is the way in which Africa manages to continue to be 7x as genetically diverse as the rest of the world combined?
In practice, the difference between the East and West is between the Eastern and Western styles of having a NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. For your information, a Neighborhood Watch is a cooperative organization of neighbors who volunteer to gather data about crimes occurring in the neighborhood and present the data obtained to the police, in the form of a police report. That's why the West uses economic sanctions as an attack (sanctions DO succeed at ensuring that sanctions eventually constitute "an attack"): because everything else is already factored into the way people (including the police, the richest, the poorest, and the president) do things which pertain to Neighborhood Watches.
Is, there⤵️⤵️⤴️⤵️⤴️⬅️⬇️🎇➡️⬆️🎇⬆️🎇, any doubt as to whether between Greenland and the Pacific ocean, we are different because we have separate courts rather than separate cultures (especially since imports from China, specifically, have had an immeasurable impact on What Is Archaeologically Considered To Be "[Material] Culture")?
Is there any doubt that the definition of "Something Mankind Has Learned [already]" is Gravity (because {maybe} it's the only thing which has been learned), and that the definition of "Something Mankind Is Learning About [at the moment]" is that I shall not be accused of being an ableist for saying that we are mortal and that those who have passed away are Those Who Are Completely Muzzled (having no abilities at the moment) at the moment?
There's nothing anti-western about Communism. Currently, The West has no ability to do convincing "sting operations". That's why they have Stupid People Problems in the west. Communism is simply westernization with an antiterror component built-in (the ability to do sting operations).
"In other words, All Reality is Communist, but it might not all be OWNED BY ME." when you lose in sports, it's because the other players were more Communist than you. when you get a 99% test score, it's because you're 1% Not Communist. when you break a law instead of choosing to change the law before you do That Activity, you rebel against Communism, etc. This is why without Mao, there would be no Political Party Of George Galloway's (it would be a psychiatric diagnosis rather than a party)
Is there any doubt that to practice science is to measure how much one has not [ever] managed to intend to commit crimes (or rather, "to do whatever may/will result in one assessing oneself, at a future point in time, as guilty")?
Is there any doubt that it is my name AND religion to legally, AND AS FATALLY AS POSSIBLE, bully members of the lower socioeconomic class[es] in America (assuming that there are more parties in America apart from the ...perhaps Putinists or Jong-Unists or... Who else? {An example of such a party}]?
Is there any doubt that the only story in the universe for non-savages is about being the father of a Greenlander-Japaner-American Native by mistake and then drowning the child immediately after we found out that the child was not a male/didn't get a Y-Chromosome from us?
Is there any doubt that it's a biological revolution that in court, suddenly everybody says that he or she herself is "[rather] not a drug dealer"©️; however, it is apparent that other revolutions should be taking [1st] priority due to the reality that we exist at this particular point in time? Is there any doubt that if I befriended you more, we would create the possibility of me being the father of your next child?
Can you believe the things that Americans do for attention? First, they ignore all professionals, who are the only ones who have ever paid attention to them. Then, they "participate" in a behavior which looks like rotting/decomposing while alive. They do this alone.
Interesting point - I do think the 1973 Coup began the de-stabilisation we see the country going through.
@@HikmaHistory Exactly! And the same case also applies to Iran and Iraq. If the monarchy were also never overthrown in Iran and Iraq, today these two countries would’ve been some of the richest countries in the world. Iraq owns the second largest oil reserves in the Middle East and Iran the third. All these two countries needed to become well developed was political stability.
@@HikmaHistory Is there any doubt that the problem is that due to the EXTREMELY BARBARIC TEMPERAMENT OF [FELONIOUS] Persian rebels (whose "capitol" was recorded as being Khwarezm) the Mongolian administration's reaction was to punish Persians through historical revisionism and re-translation of Persian "historical records" BACK INTO the PERSIAN LANGUAGE (after it was, for a long time, maintained, remembered, recorded, and legislated in the ARABIC language ONLY)? These are such savages that they couldn't be allowed to legally use water for the purpose of cleaning. These are the type of people who start fires instead of writing letters.
Is there any doubt that the problem is that due to the EXTREMELY BARBARIC TEMPERAMENT OF [FELONIOUS] Persian rebels (whose "capitol" was recorded as being Khwarezm) the Mongolian administration's reaction was to punish Persians through historical revisionism and re-translation of Persian "historical records" BACK INTO the PERSIAN LANGUAGE (after it was, for a long time, maintained, remembered, recorded, and legislated in the ARABIC language ONLY)? These are such savages that they couldn't be allowed to legally use water for the purpose of cleaning. These are the type of people who start fires instead of writing letters.
Massoud negotiated the ceasefire with the Soviets because he was about to reach an operational culminating point and needed time to recruit, rearm, and retrain his forces. The Soviets conducted seven major operations against Massoud in the Panjsher, more large-scale operations than against any other Mujihadeen commander. By implementing the ceasefire, Massoud was able to take the pressure off the Panjsher and its inhabitants. What you failed to mentioned is that Massoud’s forces in Panjshir and surrounding areas were surrounded by Russians and Gulbuddin hekmatyar's forces and were under siege. No supplies were allowed to reach the Panshir vally. Becouse of the harsh winter the road to Badakhshan and the north were unusable. Furthermore, the ceasefire which was agreed upon was limited to a small area (panshir and solang highway) and not the entire north of Afghanistan. Massoud spent most of the year of the ceasefire period outside the Panjsher, establishing bases in the north. This ceasefire give him the time and opportunity to face the enemy better prepared next time. That is why he rejected the continuation of the ceasefire after it reached its end eventhough the soviets did offer it. Furthermore, the ceasefire was not applicable with the communist afghan army, which did attack Panshir with the help of Gulbuddin hekmatyar several times.
Massoud used this ceasefire period to clear Andarab, which provided them supply route via the Khawak Pass and established a connection to northern Afghanistan. When Massoud cleared Andarab of Hisbi-Islami their commander, Juma Khan, escaped with some of his men. As soon as the Soviets found out, they called an emergency meeting, at which they angrily accused Massoud: ‘You used every opportunity to weaken our position and strengthen your own position, which is contrary to the ceasefire agreement signed by both sides”.
Massoud said to the Soviets: “Juma Khan had closed down our supply route, so we disarmed him. We did not attack your forces. In addition, we have not reached any formal agreement yet. There are differences amongst mujahideen groups, which have nothing to do with you and our peace plan.’
The Russians said, ‘Juma Khan (commander of Hisbe islami) is working for us; he has been working with us for a long time.’ And ‘Our Afghan friends [Karmal and his communist government] are deeply upset with us'.
This shows again that some Mujahidin leaders such as Gulbuddin hekmatyar were actually collaborating with the Soviet forces and Afghan communist government. Ahmad sha massoud knew this and took the wright decision to prevent total collapse of his forces and the true resistance in Panshir and in the north.
Further information about this topic can found in the following books:
Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud by Sandy Gall
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
so youre saying the taliban is soviet
@@kiythetheocrat5723 What are you talking about. The Taliban did not exist at that time. They were created later by the ISI. After the Soviets left Afghanistan and when Gulbudin Hekmatiyar lost the war against Ahmad Sha Massoud.
@@yamashe8480 the leaders of the taliban served as leaders of the most extremist factions during the war. Even Osama Bin Laden fought in afghanistan. So they lead afghanistan to actual independence starting in 1979 and ending in 2021
@@kiythetheocrat5723 No. That's not correct. Many former mujahideen did joined the Taliban later as they were gaining grounds as some of the former afghan communists. But majority of the Taliban were not the leaders of the resistance against the Soviets. It's a common misunderstanding. Some of them might have fought the Soviets as a foot soldier. Google the seven group that did the fighting against the Soviets and u will see. Large-scale fighting against the Soviets was primarily in the northern Afghanistan. Thats why the Soviets proposed the ceasefire with them even when they withdrew and not with those who were in the south. As for the Arab fighters, their role in the fight against the Soviets is extremely overrated. However, they did play a big role in the Civil war against the north.
@@yamashe8480 its a google search away, yeah. Its a google search away the leaders of the taliban fought not just as foot soldiers but as generals with their own factions and foot soldiers. fights =/= influence.
Even the United States lost the war in Afghanistan. The Soviet Union spent 10 years in Afghanistan and US 21 years.
The US didn't lose the war in Afghanistan, they weren't even trying to conquer it, the US was in Afghanistan to keep the Taliban from forcing their ideals and barbaric ways of control onto the people like they are now. Once the US realized that after 20 years the Afghanistan citizens didn't appreciate their freedom from oppression we got out of there. I don't feel one bit Sorry for those people being so held back by the Taliban but too scared to fight for themselves to take the Taliban out of power.
1 million Afghan died against 50.000 Soviets maybe less.😅 And all usas fault
For what,leave them alone ,they are third world uneducated people and are happy to be so.
Because Afghanistan is used to fighting wars, they are a very resilient country just like Vietnam.
What you're not understanding is America died on 9/11, and since then has been ruled by the globalist regime.The America before that would of never invaded Afghanistan. Anyone with half a brain knows 9/11 was done from within
Awsome doc amigo! Great research and delivery. Learned a ton
I'm glad!
My Dad was asked to help deliver SAMs to the resistance in Afghanistan and declined..but his commanding officer was captured and he found out and rescued him out of a make shift soviet prison camp with the help of 1 Afghan adult and one Afghan child soldier. All he had was his bow with exploding arrow heads and his trusty knife.
Your father John was a great man.
@@getintothewildwithjeffruma8777 Lol
i think he was rambo
Your dad was also in Burma right ?
😂dope story
You said all truths about my country Afghanistan without taking any sides. Thank you🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Почему вы за тридцать пять лет не построили нормальную для жизни страну?
@@VHS300That is your interpretation,
I had a friend from Pakistan and the taliban recruited guys from his village...I asked him who had the toughest soldiers...hands down he said the taliban were the toughest..
@@AwaisAhmadKhan-y5w I do not need your approval and you should focus on your country ukrine. Good luck 😁
Great video, really appreciate the detail in your content
Much appreciated!
This one is more interesting than the past.
Your videos are highly under rated.
Thank you!
Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires.
Zendabad Islam
Zendabad Afghanistan
Heroin is an even bigger graveyard of the world
ALLAHU AKBAR!
Except for
WAIT FOR IT!
the Mongols.
@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain go to Afghanistan and protest against heroin
Fentanyl from China makes heroin look like codeine
Such an informative, clear video 🤠💜
The civil war after 1992 was probably one of the most brutal civil wars in modern history that's not very documented or talked about much.
Thank you for posting this video.
Very interesting. Thank you for this recap.
Alhamdulillah 🤲🏾, thank you yet again for this great video.
Another great video! Thank you and keep the videos coming! Jazakallah Khair.
On of the best and underrated channels on TH-cam 👏🏻❤️
Thank you!
Great video as always!
My guy!
A budy of mine in college was gifted a shortbarreled Afgan rifle the 6 sided Damascus barrel was 44 cal. I was able to mate an open bolt system to this and turned it into a 44 cal semi-auto. I sold this rifle for $7500 7 or 8 years later as it was a one of a kind.
Bullshit
What’s a budy?
Great video and so much new information
Glad you enjoyed it
Twice in Afghanistan in the 70's and love it
You forgot the mention the involvement of big boss and the diamond dogs in the conflict
Hey quit kidding around... Snake? SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!! URGH!
That was a incredible documentary.
Great Doc, loved it, thank you Ali G.
Do I actually sound like Ali G lol? I never realised.
@@HikmaHistory I think so, but it made it more enjoyable, subbed.
One of my family member's friends fought against the Soviets. He was caught, but somehow they made a mistake and thought he was a Russian, so he ran away when he got the chance.
come on, are you kidding! There is no way an Aghan can be mistaken for a Russian! Maybe for a Tadjik or Iranian or Pakistani but not Russian
@@rumikarapetrova5540 Russia, and particularly the Soviet Union, is/was a very multi-ethnic country. It's not just white slavs, but many other ethnicities as well. Not to mention, some Afghans are white.
Such mistakes happen in the course of war.
@@rumikarapetrova5540 a lot of afghans look very white, they even have green eyes and red hair
@@rumikarapetrova5540 the USSR had multiple ethnicities not just White. Same thing with Afghanistan
@@zoybeanMost central-asians were not allowed to fight though.
I knew many fighters from Kashmir and pakistan who flocked to Afghanistan to fight soviets
Great video. I wonder if the Soviets would have still thought of themselves as "Bolsheviks" as late as the 1980s?
Excellent point - as far as I'm aware that name stuck to describe members of the official party. Also of interest, there was a resurgence of sorts in venerating Lenin, especially under Gorbachev.
Collapse begun by death of Stalin. So word "Bolshevik" was put on shelve because with Gorbachev market reforms were launched, which, we all know, caused collapse.
@@HikmaHistoryложь.
Уже после Сталина его формально почитали и уж тем более в 70-80гг. Можно было креститься и ходить в храм, проблема была только с литературой.
Нет не считали.
My grandfather was from small town with poverty in USSR. When he went to liberate the peiple of Afghanistan, he made friends to buy opium to make for sale in USSR. After the conflict my grandfather became wealthiest man in his village. May our god bless Afghanistan
El Chapovski Guzmanov
@@wguid 😂😂😂😂
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fairy tail
Уже по описанию понятно откуда твой дед родом, овцелюбы вы наши ненаглядные. В этом вся ваша суть - визгами о прекрасном, "правоверном" исламе прикрывать бандитизм, этнические опг, наркоторговлю и прочие паскудства.
Masood was being popularized by BBC. The warriors of that time narrate that BBC would mention Masood in every report, even if it wasn’t even related to him or his involvement.
I guess that should speak for itself.
maybe because he actually had journalists around him documenting his work, unlike ur ancestors deeming cameras to be haram
Those PFM-1 butterfly mines "disguised" to look like children's toys, they just happen to look harmless and interesting to a child which would lead to many horrific injuries or death. Not defending the Soviets at all, just trying to clear things up.
Just a copy of American mine BLU-43/B "Dragontooth".
Great video. Subbed
Welcome!
Given that at any one time during the conflict more Afghans fought for the Najibullah government than against it I can understand why the conflict has been referred to as an Afghan civil war. 'Peace would have been incompatible with Islam?' That line threw me only a fanatic would have seen such a deal as worse than continued conflict.
My family fought for the Najib government. You have a point because in 1989, Najibullah and the government put in effort to unite the Afghan people by saying the mujahideen were just Pakistani and ISI proxies. This worked and in 1989, we won the Battle of Jalalabad without Soviets being present
@@meatiest1989 Dr Najibullah Zindabad
@@DRAZindabad zindabad
@meatiest1989 Uh, that is one battle. Also battles are generally won by the counter-insurgent. They still lost. Edit: All this being noted, it is impressive. Edit2: If someone wants to resolve this seeming contradiction, I really like Counter-Insurgencies. I seriously love them, they are very difficult to fight but the military mastering they go through like the French getting Algerian rebels to just kill each other, the Portuguese turning insurgents to their side and Rhodesians mopping up rebel camps. I just adore it so much.
With a communist government. There should not be peace with them if possible. About the numbers who fought, again generally speaking the counter-insurgent can get more troops. This is nonetheless impressive, although how many actually wanted to join as opposed to being forced is a problem.
Your pronunciation of the HIND made me burst into laughter lol
Awesome video nonetheless
i knew an Iraqi girl whose name was "Hind" and that's who it was pronounced
No way, I thought that’s how it was pronounced!
@@HikmaHistory youve never played Metal Gear Solid have you? ☺
@@beepboop204 Once or twice years ago
@@beepboop204 a surveillance camera !??!??!
Apparently there are no superpowers manage to hold their grips in Afghanistan, the British, The Soviets and The Americans all of them were beast in their era however when it comes to Afghanistan, their were nothing but the pieces of chess kicked out from the chessboard.
Mongols, mauryans, Persians, mughals, Macedonians and Sikh would like to differ 😉
Если бы США или СССР воевали потенциалом своих наций,а не ограниченными континентами и возможностями,то от Афганистана уже бы ничего не осталось.
И те и другие хотели им лучшей жизни,но они выбрали притеснение женщин и убийства с наркоторговлей.
China is next.
If the soviet union fully invaded then afgan would have been soviet in a month@@VHS300
The Soviet Union didn't stand a chance against the Afghans, I'm so glad most of the countries around the world boycotted the 1980 Olympics.
☭❌
Russia always has problems man. I wonder 🤔 why. I got a feeling there's more to it though. Maybe because it's the biggest country in the world 🌎. Idk man
I am in love with this channel
In 1978 till 1989 My Father had participated in this battlefield and fought for the freedom of Afghanistan against Soviet union under Pakistan army 88lit and He had visited at a number of villages and cities like kandhar khosat pagtia gardees and so many others.I have number of photographs of Afghanistan.
Chop GANDOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Fuck You Pakistan
@@amayonsultan7711 beta g sach karwa hota ha
History gawah hai....
@@sanwlysardarpind_matta4105 please free yourself
Ну ушли советы,че зажили?
Советы строили и учили, когда они ушли Афганистан превратился в то что он есть.
So your father was fanatic working for CIA... evil man
What's the name of the background music at 8:53?
So many men from my city of Pakistan participated in this war with mujhadeens, unfortunately i wasn't born, if i was i would definitely take part in this
Very amazing great , got to learn a lot
Interesting and informative. A very unfortunate situation for the Russian foot solders. As with any war. The young and elderly suffered the most.
Are there any episode When Americans Invaded Afghanistan on your channel? It would be interesting to see your take on that
You reckon? I feel like it’s too recent haha
When you bring troops into a friendly and welcoming ally's territory to support that ally against an insurgency it's not "invading". Just like the US never invaded Vietnam or Korea.
@Drooman Kass the Afghan people are much better off with their current state then, right? I just wonder why they all want to migrate into Germany's welfare system then, eh? Stay where you are and enjoy what you fought for!
Killing the man that welcomed you in makes it a little more complicated…
There's so many keyboard warriors, in Kabul, you couldn't tell their teenagers from American/European teenagers. Tattoos, un-Islamic music, sports, technology. Those are the ones I worry most about since US left.
Those are not the best examples as in both cases the other side was invading. In Korea the North invaded (Not an insurgency.) and in Vietnam well again the same. Also the allied government was not a legitimate country, they did not last at all long enough in any case. Edit: Also the friendly government you cite was promptly murdered and overthrown by the soviets. I forgot about that part.
Soviet Afghan war would completely destroy the latter , the Mujahideen takeover would later result in only more bloodshed and anarchy.
This made the Taliban takeover more easy, as Afghans simply wanted some order .
U know a lot from mujahideen 😅
Very interesting history of Afghanistan hope you also make vid US invasion in 2001. Hope Afghanistan becomes peaceful and prosperous again
Or China will be next lol
It is now, the taliban have it all under control and under there government and they live peaceful and happy as it should been since before these wars.
@@alfredorodriguez4773 exactly that’s the only reason 80% afghans and 95% pak support them is because they’re doing great job so far
@@Karm-a1Total bullshit.
@@alfredorodriguez4773 Bro very doubt that. They ain’t saints.
At a house I rented a room one of the home owners was a Soviet Afghanistan war veteran being on the Soviet side. I was cleaning my guns once and he came to see and picked up my AR and held it like a professional. He's a really nice guy and with my buddies I'd joke he was ex Spetznaz but I heard he drove trucks there. I wish I'd have asked him more about it to compare how it was to my good friends time there in the US Army
Bet he has alot of stories. Take him out to the range one day.
driving trucks was even more dangerous then being spetznaz
@@zlo333 it always is, just like being a field radio operator.
If he drove trucks in Afghanistan, then he was likely getting hit by ambushes consistently.
It’s likely he has more tales to tell than a spetznaz soldier from Afghanistan.
Now do a video on Mujahideen civil war and Ahmed Masoud killing just before 9/11
You know when HikmaHistory says, "a chain of unforseen events " you know someone I'd going to have a very bad day...
What kind of music is in the start of this video and what instruments do they use? I love Afghan instrumental music
It’s the afghan Folklore music and the instruments are Tabla, Rubab, Sitar :)
@@BactrianNomadI’ve just seen this comment now, thank you it’s really appreciated
@@BactrianNomadWould you know the specific artist or song by any chance? Once again thanks
It's the rubab
Good job
Alexander the Great invaded Afghanistan. He looked at the terrain, weather and the usual military considerations and said " HELL NO, WE'RE LEAVING."
Nobody is enough strong to beat Afghanistan.It is the nation born out of well trained phenomena.Lesson like failure not recognized to the Afghans.
They fight with their bones against any non-indeginous force wishing to dominate them for any interest and the obvious example is the retreat of Soviet union from the scene that is how ,the Afghans resist against the unsubmitted forces.
What if Afghanistan had to invade Russia instead?
Afghanistan was blessed with hard terrain. So it's tough for anyone to take them out.
Russia never had a good day after the stinger missle was introduced
Tariq bhai..Brilliant video..Absolutely marvelous✅..Very KIYADIYATI.. 🕋👍🙏🙏
Shukria Shariff!
@@HikmaHistory Welcome ji..Very AFRIDIYATI.. 🕋👍🙏🙏
I hope you can make a video about the Taliban in the 90s and today!
It will wake ppl up to how evil America is so no
@@ashleyoasis7948 they dont need that to see america is evil💀💀?? They can just go to wikipedia
@@-Teca- nah lots of dumb ppl honestally believe we were in Afghanistan to build college campuses for girls that’s how brainwashed Americans have made everyone as of Ukraine
I loved your dinner history episodes
Thanks man, unfortunately not many people did. Will give a re-think and try to re-vamp it going forward.
Oh gosh. Nice and depressing. I didn't realise Soviet losses were so low, a little surprised. As a side note I remember reading literature as a child, from the 90's I assume, about a girl in Aghanistan, and the specific mention that children should not approach "toy-like" objects. And then soon enough Aghanistan was a warzone and filled with (no longer noble and austere) mujahideen. So many different layers of propaganda over Afghanistan, each new one seamlessly hiding the level below. Thank you.
Just accept defeat and move on mate.
Because the afghan communist government was also fighting. So the numbers are much higher
@MrRahman220 Oh @#£%, I forgot about them. In any case the numbers for the soviets, 14,000 around abouts, is much lower than 55,000 in Vietnam. For South-Vietnam casualties were 300,000 or there abouts. What was the case in Afghanistan?
One important person not mentioned in Afghanistan documentary...John Rambo...
I knew I forgot something!
My grandfather killed 13 of the occupiers during the invasion my moms uncle shot down a helicopter with a stinger
Did he,aye.
Great
The thumbnail is very badass i thought it was some band 🤣
It's 1 of the many accurate phrophecies in the Quran that the land previously known khorisan, which used to include most of if not all Afghanistan, NWFP of Pakistan and I think the eastern part of Iran, would never be conquered, and up until today that area mentioned above has never been fully conquered and never will according to the Quran. Apparently the USA was very reluctant to give the Mujahideen the stinger missile it did towards the ending of the war, even then it was not a game changer, a few flares out of planes would render the stingers missiles to lose effectiveness, the mujahideen would wait patiently for hours, days to catch pilots off guard, striking them whilst hiding in bushes etc, it was the mujahideens determination and faith that gave them success of course as a poor country financial help was crucial to fight others proxy war as well as their own. Peace to everyone.
That’s not Quran that’s Hadith . And the Hadiths by some scholars considered weak because of the chain of narrators
@Micheal Al thanks for correcting me. Some Hadiths are considered weak not all as you said. It's a huge coincidence that Khorosan, formerly Afghanistan, NWFP of Pakistan and some parts of Iran until this day has not been fully conquered, as phrophecised in Hadiths, especially considering how many nations have tried.
@@sloopycat1954 have you forgotten about the Kushans, Alexandra the Great, Genghis Khan? And how about the arabs? What is the main religion of this region? It's definitely not native to it
@Elnaz never has Afghanistan been fully conquered only partially even then all conquerors struggled to maintain and keep whatever they had partially acquired. Sorry I don't understand the religion part of your question. Thankyou.
@@sloopycat1954 you could say that about a lot of countries. Fact is the lands that make up what is now Afghanistan have been conquered and influenced greatly by its conquerors (except in more recent times/last 300 years). Islam is not native to the region yet everyone is Muslim. Why? Because of foreigners.
Great video although the creator took a lazy approach of Ahmad Shah Massouds ceasefire with the Soviets. To state that his ceasefire would invalidate or lessen his impact of the Mujahadeen efforts is a gross simplification during the fog of war. Gulbadeen was on another level especially after the Soviets left Afghanistan known as the Butcher of Kabul. @hikma there is a reason why Ahmad Shah Massoud was assasinated 2 days before 9/11.
Its ok sometimes we can honor the non Pashtun figures of the modern Afghan state.
You should talk to Hakim about this
We need another documentary "When the US/Allies invaded Afghanistan-A historical defeat"
Ahmad sha massoud was a hero of the Asia. All khorasan and persien country should thanks him
Taliban hero mullah omar
And then Rambo shows up!
🤜🏻🤛🏻
I'm far from a communist but if we are being technical, the Soviets did not "invade" Afghanistan, the communist afghan government asked them to come in. This is an important distinction.
From the more communist friendly government they installed
@@pambower5215 true but it doesn't matter, it was still the afghan gov
@@JohnDoeX1966 no one liked them
@@kiythetheocrat5723 saying “no one” liked them isn’t true. Plenty of Afghan people hated them but many liked them as well bc of the economic & educational development of Afghan society. It was split.
@@JohnDoeX1966 ya sure 30% of the gays in kabul liked them, no-one else
Fun fact : When the Soviet left The Afghan government took over power
When USA and NATO left Taliban took over.
Fun fact nato are USA are terrorists
In a civil war...which they lost. Now maybe they lost slower but they lost.
Another fun fact: the Taliban arose almost immediately after the USSR left, in 1994
The west sucks at empire building
@@Ese_osa Another fun fact: the Afghan goverment controlled less than 90% of the territory for most of its short existence until its fall in 1992.
"...When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late...”. Bene Gesserit Coda
Hmmm very interesting quote, I feel torn by it a lil.
The Soviets walked into an avalanche .
Afghanistan hasn't been in a state of war since the americans pulled out. Yes there are small scale resistance groups attacking the taliban here or there but 99% of the country is peaceful.
Are Afghan women free to live their lives as they please? Afghanistan will never be peaceful until all people are treated equally.
@@nicmagnus819Leave the people alone
Marxists and capitalists can’t accept the fact that their materialistic view isn’t accepted worldwide
is the world ever gonna learn what the name "graveyard of empires" mean or should we change it to "if you invade you are fucked land"
Love Mujhadien from Pakistan💟
Moral of the story.
Don't put religion ahead of education.
Absloutly i agree
Religion is education
VIVA CRISTO REY
extremely one sided and biased view of the period! While it is always a problem for at least part of the population when a foreign army comes into a country, I have heard reports from Afghan people that the Soviets built roads, schools and hospitals and by no means targeted civilians. Not to say about the situation of women who were free to study, work and dress as they please.
The Afghan war was one of many proxy wars, the then Soviet Union and now Russia is fighting with the US.
It is the US who created, trained and armed the mujahedins, now turned Taliban. And we all see the result...
Now it is the Afghan people turn to change their country and save their women and children, instead of running away to the west.
You are certainly from Russia....keep saying that the Russians are " saving " Ukrainians now from evil America and Nato.
they never turned to the west. only the north alliance run by the "lion" did. the rest stayed and fought the american government. they forged their own government after the usa helped them & tried to control them (failing to do so)
yes this is americanized perspective
most of our infrastructure was built by the USSR. USSR was our friend. when Daoud Khan went to USA in 1950s and ask if he can buy weapons they said no because USA supports t##ist pakistan but the USSR came and helped us modernize our army and we had a strong military when the USSR left in 1989. Pakistan and the Mujahadeen invaded jalalabad in 1989 and failed and were kicked out by the Afghan Army. only reason The Republic of Afghanistan fell was boris yeltsin cut fuel exports
Hikma spoke of private donations for the Mujahideen but didn't tell from where this money came. Probably from the Open Society Foundations and other neo-liberal bullshiters
My dad was a soviet war criminal but then he defected to Mozambique and became a taxi driver in Canada
You don't say these things in public
Every time the Russians get in a war the Americans arm their opponent to the teeth 😂
That's because they always hated each other. But now we will finally see who of the 2 can win against each other. Russia will directly be facing the USA soon after it gets through Ukraine.
@@brianticas2068 nah we're doing another capital riot
@@brianticas2068 ukraine can win the war like mujahideen did.
@@brianticas2068 if they can't beat the ukrainian army they don't stand a chance against the US
Ahh, Liked Russia Armed MAO ZE DONG to Start Rebellion in China! To Convert it to Communism? How about Russia Armed North Korea to Invade the South? Ahh There's more How about Russia Armed North Vietnam to Attacked the South? US Armed Afghanistan rebel against Soviet Troops, and US Armed Ukraine Against Russia!
Carter signed off on funding and arming anti communist groups in 1979 before the Soviet Intervention, according to National Security Advisor, Brzezinski, it was also one of contributing factors of the Soviet Decision to intervene.
They do this to distablish governments and rise weak leaderships who'll be favorable to sign business with them. I am very sure 99.9% of the private donations for Afghanistan came from things like the Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, Foundation for the Defence of Democracies, Foundation this, Foundation that... their chairmen loves to proft with cheap resources from devastated countries.
He sent non-lethal aid to the mujahideen who were already fighting against the Afghan government. Before this time the soviets were giving aid to the Afghans in the form of helicopters, tanks and military advisers. Finally, how would the soviets know? Until about 1985, the Afghans were being funded with old soviet equipment because the United States wanted to maintain plausible deniability, if this were true Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński would have just sent whatever they had on hand (Or at the very least not tried to be secret about it.). In Vietnam, everyone knew the soviets were providing military aid to the vietnamese for example. Finally the claim the soviets made was that the Afghan government was turning to the U.S. so what the @#£%?
انتصار المجاهدين لم يكن فقط للافغان بل كان بدعم العالم الإسلامي اجمع واختلط معهم مجاهدين عرب أيضا.
انتصار طالبان كان بدعم العرب .
كلنا طالبان النصر للاسلام ✌️
AFG kicked those Russians’ ass. Great video
So did the taliban to the Americans
Yeah 2,000 compared to 52,000 they really kicked are ass
@@pambower5215 (14,000 > (>90,000 minimum))
@@olliebroadhurst4975 taliban are cruel
Afghanistan have a less knowledge of management.
But I love them. They are with real indipendency in their mind.
They are well aware with hard life.
They have history of thousands of years to stay indipendent.
It takes a certain type of animal to disguise a mine as a child's toy
You mean a TACTICAL MILITARY GENIUS
Americans did the same in Eastern Europe, dropping pens and toys with explosives in them. There were many crippled children in Bulgaria post 1946 due to this, and it is documented. I never heard about it being done in Afghanistan until now so.... I highly doubt that the Soviets did that. The US loves to pin its own crimes on others.
@@grundgesetzart.1463I doubt this but the mine thing is true.
I think the shape, according to the soviets, was based on aerodynamics but not sure.
@@edgardovilla199Killing children?
Jungles and mountains are not ideal battlegrounds for mechanized militaries.
Not to mention the heat and sand would of been hell for invading armies as we have seen
When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan…it’s quite a short story it led to the subsequent collapse of an entire empire.
Что бред.
СССР предал Горбачев.
When the Soviets invaded and occupied Afghanistan it was all darkness, the world that the Afghans knew was gone and now these foreign European looking men with pale skin, blue eyes, and guttural voices riding on tanks and holding automatic weapons were now in charge of their lives and they cruel, sadistic, and brutal. It was the dark ages forced upon Afghanstan, descended upon them. Imagine how hard life was like for the 13 million Afghans who lived under Soviet occupation. And the two million slaughtered under it. The world owes Afghanistan an eternal gratitude debt that can never be repaid by defeating the Soviet Union. No other country fought as hard as Afghanistan against Soviet Imperialism. Not Ukraine, not Finland, not Hungary, not Poland, and not even Nazi Germany caused such long term harm to the USSR. Afghans fought the longest, hardest, and suffered the most. For years they fought Soviet tanks and hinds with sticks and stones until the USA, UK, China, and other countries started sending weapons and supplies to the Afghan freedom fighters. The Afghans outnumbered and outgunned by the technologically and militarily superior Soviets won in the end because they had the indomitable will to win because the thought of losing their country was unbearable. It was thanks to Afghanstan and its people for causing the collapse of the Soviet Union ultimately and bringing an end to the Cold War. While I admire a lot of Soviet culture and scientific engineering I cannot say the same about their military and Government who were on par as evil and immoral as the Axis Powers during World War 2.
The Russians eventually effectively naturalised the effect of the *"Stinger"* by flying missions in areas where they would be below the threat level so effectively valleys & canyons as the weapon could only shoot up & not down. 👍
What do you think of the american rerun of this with a lot more slop. That was some fun watching Saigon 2 happen mid 2021.
you’re ignorant
You actually fell for that Saigon shit? 😂
Difference is, we massacared the taliban. They killed MAYBE 3-4000 US troops over 20 years while the US killed about 52,000 talibs…. Russia got massacred by the Mujahideen, 15,000 KIA in 9 years
@@GoldenGod69 Russia is got massackred in 1989???
@@GoldenGod69 it counts nothing with 2.3 trillion on paper expense on war by america (300 million daily). Do the opposite and see what happens.
All these years later, we should have stayed completely out of it!
The Soviet Afghan war wasn't as big deal as the West claims it was.
If you think having 110 000 men going up and down the mountains of Afghanistan chasing after goat herders and farmers was a big deal, remember this.
The Soviets at their peak only had about 110 000 troops in Afghanistan. Thst is 110 000 soldiers from a standing army of 5 million men, 55 000 tanks, 10 000 artillery pieces, 10 000 warplanes, 200 nuclear powered submarines.
The Soviet Union lost 500 000 men almost every 2 or 3 weeks during WWII after 1941.
Most Soviet forces who fought IN Afghanistan were from the neighboring Soviet Republic like Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan.
They were not Ethnic Russians.
Most of the ethnic Russian divisions who were best trained and equipped were ststioned in East Europe and Eastern Russia and never fought in Afghanistan.
The 2 Wars in Chechnya were much more destructive and massive in scale for Russia
The Soviet soldiers WERE NOT ONLY from those Soviet republics as you mentioned. I lived in Ukraine in that time and MANY were drafted there. That was a big deal for Soviet ppl.
That's why 50 pct of people argue that Russia's win over Nazi Germany is a bit overrated. Yes Russia won but Germany completely 🗑️ trashed Russia's house and put fear 😨 in Russia. Russia lost many lives and many women had to raise their children fatherless.
You assume it was a solid group of people. They rotated the troops involved.
Russia and the United States should not talk about human rights, what they have done in Afghanistan for 40 years is no greater atrocity.
“Grave yard of empires” comments incoming.
Afghanistan was conquered several times since ancient times by foreign powers, even Britain subdued them.
Who are they now ? Are they British ? Russian ? Are they American. I don't think so.
Especially Turkics ruled Afghanistan very long time
@@papazataklaattiranimam which kingdom. Weren't turk shahi and hindu shahi turks
@@ShubhamMishrabro Hindu Shahi were Indics while Turk Shahi were Khalaj Turks
@@papazataklaattiranimam ok
This is why when Hasan Piker says things like "The US had 9/11 coming" was absolutely absurd.
The Graveyard of Empires!!!!!
Even Salahuddin made truce with crusaders
At this point, I do not know what can be done to fix the Middle East now because the damages left by the European powers and the U.S are just so... many. Anyone knows how to solve all the problems in the Middle East? Please, tell me and the rest of the world if you have some solutions.
Consolidation of the Muslim powers is needed. That doesn't mean they will all become one country, but the infighting must stop. To do that, they must expunge western forces and traitors. Iran and Afghanistan have succeeded, but more countries must do this. They are slowly moving towards China and rejecting the west, but who know how long that will take. As the US declines, other nations move away from the US.
Honestly? Time. And non-intervention. Let the people of the Middle East decide what they need for themselves. Unfortunately, as long as we have superpowers who're concerned about their spheres of influence, we may never have peace in the Middle East or Africa.
Reason why superpowers are in the Middle East is cause of Oil
Turn back the US monopoly of printing and making dollar freely or after priting money buying bonds from it and calling it security. This is how america is super power. Get off the fake and endless money supply and it cannot finance such wars and will not inflate other currencies. Dollar is all fake and other nation currecies s are semi fake. This is how to steal world wealth.
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“When your layin out wounded In Afghanistan’s plains
And the women come out to take up what remains
Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
And go to your god like a soldier.”
-Kipling(I’m 90% sure)
Yes, Rudyard Kipling. Good quote.
It was quoted in a P.B.S. documentary.