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Afganastan 鈥� An Tir Fo Leon : Jihad

Episode 2 of 4

In the 1980s, Afghanistan turned into the epicentre of a struggle between Islam and Communism and, at the same time, a battlefield of the Cold War.

In the 1980s, Afghanistan turned into the epicenter of a struggle between Islam and Communism and, at the same time, a battlefield of the Cold War. After the Soviet troops had reached Kabul, weapons and money from the United States and the Arab World were sent to the Afghan resistance. Also foreign fighters joined the jihad against the atheistic Soviets.

A young Osama Bin Laden was among them. This war became 鈥渢he Soviet Vietnam鈥�. After 10 years of fighting, the Mujahideen pushed back the occupying troops, thus contributing to the collapse of Soviet Union. Contributors include: Mujahidin commander Gulbuddin Hekmatyar; Soviet war hero Ruslan Aushev; former CIA chief of station in charge for Afghanistan, Milton Bearden.

Sna 1980an, bha Afganastan aig teis-mheadhan str矛 eadar Ioslam is Comannachas, agus aig an aon 脿m na l脿rach bl脿ir sa Chogaidh Fhuar. Nuair a r脿inig na Sovietaich Kabul chuir na St脿itean Aonaichte agus na t矛rean Arabach airgead is armachd gu na ceannaircich Afganach. Cuideachd, chaidh cathaich a d霉thchannan c猫in an luib an Jihad an aghaidh na Sovietaich ain-diadhaidh.

Bha Osama Bin Laden 貌g nam measg. 'S e am "Vietnam Shovietach" a bhiodh sa chogadh seo. 脌s d猫idh 10 bliadhna thug am Mujahidin air na Sovietaich teiche, a' cuideachadh le tuiteam an aonaidh. Chithear an ceannard Mujahidin Gulbuddin Hekmatyar; an curaidh Shovietach Ruslan Aushev; seann cheannard st猫isean Afganastan an CIA, Milton Bearden sa phr貌gram.

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles

52 minutes

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Narrator Evelyn Coull Macleod
Executive Producer Ishbel Maclennan

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