In December 1979, Soviet Spetsnaz forces stormed the presidential palace in Kabul, assassinating Hafizullah Amin—the Afghan leader Moscow had installed 11 months earlier—because he had become a political liability, marking the beginning of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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In December 1979, Soviet Spetsnaz stormed the presidential palace in Kabul and executed the head of state they had installed 11 months earlier. Hafizullah Amin had become a liability.
Moscow decided regime change was cleaner than diplomacy.
The assault force wore Afghan uniforms to delay identification. They cut the phone lines, killed the guards, and found Amin in his office.
He died believing his own soldiers had betrayed him. The invasion of Afghanistan began with the assassination of Afghanistan's president by his closest ally.
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