Russians in Afghanistan...

The soviet war lasted almost 10 years, and on the 27th December 1979, 700 Russian troops (dressed in Afghan uniforms) invaded Kabul, Afghanistan. 

Ok, so i read through the info that i found but found it all too confusing! So, i read through Alice's a couple of times because it's so brilliant, and i understood a lot more. Thanks Alice! This is what i remembered without trying to copy her work! (Alice please forgive me!)

This war happened because the soviet people were told they were going to free Afghan communists, they wanted better access to the sea for trade, and Afghan had good stores of things, such as ion.

Right so the Russian prime minister, Hazifullah Amin, led a communist based government, which rejected religion, targeting the Afghans. The Afghans formed a group called Mujahideen, but the Russians said that Mujahideen's were 'Islamic Extremists'. 

When Amin was shot, the prime minister Kamal took over, and as a lot of people joined the Mujahideen, it eventually took 85,000 Russians to control Kamal. But, it turns out that the Afghans actually knew their country quite well, suprisingly, and although the Russians used posionous gas to try and kill the Mujahideen, by 1982, the Mujahideen controlled 75% of Afghanistan. So the Russians were then defeated, as it took all their money with weapons and stuff!  This is when the Taliban began to grow....