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| | Afghanistan War. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | As the war progressed, the rebels improved their organization and tactics and began using imported and captured weapons, including U.S. antiaircraft missiles, to neutralize the technological advantages of the USSR. |
 | | In the spring of 1992, Najibullahs government collapsed and, after 14 years of rule by the Peoples Democratic party, Kabul fell to a coalition of mujahidin under the military leadership of Ahmed Shah Massoud. |
 | | At the end of the war more than 5 million mines saturated approximately 2% of the country, where they will pose a threat to human and animal life well into the 21st cent. |
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