KnowraSoviet–Afghan WarLinked fromLinked fromThe 71 pages that link to Soviet–Afghan War, each with the reason it gives.All 71Broader topic 7Related 45Narrower topic 16Compared with 3Cold WarBroader topic: Foreign support for Afghan insurgents made the Soviet intervention a costly Cold War proxy conflict.Proxy warBroader topic: The United States, Pakistan, and other states supplied Afghan resistance groups fighting Soviet forces.Military interventionBroader topic: It illustrates how intervention can provoke resistance and draw in external support.Asymmetric warfareBroader topic: Afghan fighters used local knowledge, mobility, and external support against Soviet conventional power.History of AfghanistanBroader topic: Its devastation, foreign sponsorship, and aftermath reshaped Afghan society and regional politics.Afghan conflictBroader topic: Soviet intervention transformed the uprising into an internationalized war.Sandy GallBroader topic: This conflict established Afghanistan as a major setting for Gall’s reporting.