The Soviet-Afghan War

What was the informal name of the 19th century rivalry between the British and Russian empires over control of Afghanistan?

What Soviet-controlled state ruled Afghanistan from 1978-1987?

Name any of the four Soviet premiers who were in office during the Soviet-Afghan War.

What is the general term for the Islamist resistance groups that were the primary opponents of the Soviet Union during the war?

What CIA program oversaw US support and funding of these groups?

The Sunni Islamist groups formed an alliance called the Peshawar Seven. What was the Shia groups' alliance called?

Soviet forces notoriously used what vehicles to abduct young women?

It is estimated that Afghans made up what percent of refugees in the 1980s?

To the nearest million, approximatey how many Afghans were killed during the war?

What is the second largest city in Afghanistan, the population of which was reduced from 250,000 to 25,000 during the war?

What international agreements were signed in Switzerland, officially marking the end of the war and the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from Afghanistan?

After the war, the United States left reconstruction efforts in the hands of its allies: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. What militant group did the Pakistani government immediately strengthen relations with, that would gain control of Afghanistan over the ensuing decades?

Millions of Soviet weapons scattered during the war continue to kill thousands of Afghan civilians annually, and the International Committee of the Red Cross has calculated that it would take about 4,300 years to remove them all. What are they?

During the aftermath of the war, in which year did Al Qaeda militants detonate a van bomb beside the World Trade Center, intending to collapse both buildings?

Just one year after the Soviets' withdrawal, Afghanistan would be engulfed in what war?