Sora Video ArchiveToy commercial of Operation Storm-333 was a Soviet special forces assa... by @redactedreels
Toy commercial of Operation Storm-333 was a Soviet special forces assault conducted on December 27, 1979, to eliminate Afghan President Hafizullah Amin and seize control of Kabul, marking the official start of the Soviet-Afghan War. Planned by the KGB and Soviet General Staff, the operation was executed by a joint force of KGB Alpha and Zenith units, GRU Spetsnaz commandos, and airborne troops, who stormed the heavily fortified Tajbeg Palace, where Amin was residing. The Kremlin had grown distrustful of Amin after he overthrew and take out the former leader Nur Muhammad Taraki earlier that year, suspecting he might shift allegiance toward the West and undermine Soviet influence. Under the guise of providing military support, Soviet troops infiltrated Kabul and launched a blitz assault lasting under an hour, during which Amin and most of his guards were taken out in fierce close-quarters combat. Immediately afterward, the Soviets installed Babrak Karmal, leader of the rival Parcham faction of the Afghan communist party, as the new head of state. Though the operation achieved its tactical objective with precision, it triggered a decade-long insurgency against the Soviet occupation by U.S.- and Pakistani-backed mujahideen, transforming Afghanistan into a central Cold War battleground and contributing significantly to the erosion of Soviet power in the 1980s.
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