The Soviet Raid That Killed Afghanistan's President #Shorts

追加: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]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.

[00:00:12]Moscow decided regime change was cleaner than diplomacy.

[00:00:16]The assault force wore Afghan uniforms to delay identification. They cut the phone lines, killed the guards, and found Amin in his office.

[00:00:24]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.