RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM IN THE PUBLIC AND POLITICAL LIFE OF AFGHANISTAN

Abstract

The withdrawal of troops on February 15, 1989 did not trigger, as expected, the beginning of the pacification process in Afghanistan, but, on the contrary, prompted the opposition to intensify hostilities. The Afghan war ended, seriously changing the world, both politically and economically. The USSR left the political arena, leaving behind a scattered state, immersed in the many-sided problems of the state. Russia, as a successor to the USSR, could not adequately continue the foreign policy line. For example, neither the UN nor the Russian The Foreign Ministry did nothing to get the United States and Pakistan to implement the Geneva agreements. The Soviet troops left, their bases on the territory of Afghanistan were liquidated, and all the military bases and training centers of the Mujahideen on the territory of Pakistan remained. In a word, the Soviet troops left Afghanistan, leaving behind only problems