Ans: AFGHAN JIHAD:
Eighty thousand Russian troops entered Afghanistan in December 1979 and
took the control of the country in their hands. The people of Afghanistan
started armed struggle against this intervention. As a result of this civil war,
conditions worsened to such an extent that millions of Afghan citizens had to
leave their homes and migrate to Pakistan. The number of Afghan refugees
entering Pakistan, at different times, crossed 3 million. America and other
world powers supported Pakistan’s efforts to help Afghan people in their
struggle against Russian occupation. Combined efforts of Pakistan, Afghan
Mujahideen and the western powers led by America, defeated the Russian
army. The Soviet Union was compelled to withdraw her forces from
Afghanistan in 1989,