Afghanistan in international perspective

In: International studies: journal of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 105-133

Abstract

The author examines the history of the political status of Afghanistan, appraises it since the first world war with special reference to its development since the second world war. The central Afghan political structure established at Kandahar in 1747 by Ahmad Shah, Russian and British interests in Afghanistan in the 19th century. Afghanistan's emergence as an independent nation at the end of the first world war. Political developments in the country since 1945. Development of amicable relations between the USSR and Afghanistan since 1950. Afghanistan's non-aligned status recognized by the USSR in 1971. Background of the military coup in April 1978. Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in December 1979. International reactions to the Soviet military intervention. Solution of the Afghan conflict not in sight. (DÜI-Sen)