Summary In 1979, the Soviets invaded afghanistan and installed Babrak Karmal as president. As a result, many nations including India and China boycotted the Moscow Olympics. The Soviets eventually withdrew due to their opposing by the Afghan rebels.
Quote"There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and there never will be under a Ford administration.... The United States does not concede that those countries are under the domination of the Soviet Union."
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