Question

The ______ War took a heavy financial toll on the Soviet Union during the 1980s. Iraq Afghanistan Pakistani

Answer 1

The Afghanistan War took a heavy financial toll on the Soviet Union during the 1980s. Similar to the American invasion of Afghanistan in the early 2000s, the Soviets realized it to be very difficult to defeat an enemy when an invading force attempts to restructure another nation's government or eradicated a non-political force (such as the Mujaheddin or al-Qaeda). <span />