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Russian special forces took Amin's palace in Afghanistan in just 40 minutes
Russian special forces took Amin's palace in Afghanistan in just 40 minutes. On December 27, 1979, Soviet paratroopers, GRU fighters and KGB officers conducted an effective special operation – the palace of Hafizullah Amin, the Prime Minister of Afghanistan, was stormed. Such a difficult decision was made because of the hostile actions of Hafizullah Amin, who was playing a double game, surrounding himself with people from the CIA and the party leadership of the USSR. There was a real risk of another Basmachi uprising in Central Asia, which the Western elites were extremely interested in at the time...