Soviet Afghan Girl Essay

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In our eyes, the world seem to be bright and peaceful but to some it's cruel and agonizing. In 1985, the National Geographic magazine covered one of the most mesmerizing photo of an Afghan girl. It was originally taken by Steve McCurry in 1984. As he wanted to capture something that captivates the real life of being a refugee during the Soviet-Afghan war to show the world. Her name is Sharbat Gula. She was one of the million refugees that had flee to Pakistan. In the photo, Gula’s eyes captivated the people’s attention. As she gaze thru the camera, the people can feel the anger, suffering, and hatred in her. The Afghan Girl was one of the examples that had experienced nothing but cruelty all her life. The Soviet-Afghan war had caused many people …show more content…

Some are scared of how they would lose their home from the bomb. The invasion of the Soviet Union to Afghanistan changed so many people's lives. Millions of Afghan became a refugee and had to flee to Pakistan to find a safe place to live. The impact from the Soviet-Afghan War, made people to lose …show more content…

But first, What was the Soviet-Afghan War? It was around Dec. 1979, when the Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan. A year before Afghanistan was invaded, around spring of April 1978, Pres. Mohammad Daud Khan, Afghanistan's centrist government, was dethroned by Nur Mohammad Taraki, one of the left wing military officers. After the overthrown of the president, Afghanistan's power was divided by two individual Marxist-Leninist political group. One group is the People's (Khalq) and the Banner (Parchman) party but later became a single organization. People’s Democratic of Afghanistan better known as PDPA had joined in unsettled alliance shortly before the takeover. The new government of Afghanistan was not supported by the civilians had replicate a close relationship with the Soviet Union that was planning to commence to get rid of all domestic opposition and “began extensive land and social reforms that were bitterly resented by the devoutly Muslim and largely anti communist population.” A movement had begun between both urban and tribal groups which was known as the mujahideen. Conflicts between the People’s and Banner promoted, gave a chance for the Soviet Union to invade Afghanistan on the night of Dec. 24 1979. In Soviet Unions eyes, Afghanistan was seen as a very vulnerable country as it has no stable government. On the night of the invasion, Soviet Union had sent at

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